On 23-Jan 19:59, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 02:14:26PM +0000, Patrick Bellasi wrote: > > > > > Consider also that the uclamp_task_update_active() added by this patch > > > > not only has lower overhead but it will be use also by cgroups where > > > > we want to force update all the tasks on a cgroup's clamp change. > > > > > > I haven't gotten that far; but I would prefer not to have two different > > > 'change' paths in __sched_setscheduler(). > > > > Yes, I agree that two paths in __sched_setscheduler() could be > > confusing. Still we have to consider that here we are adding > > "not class specific" attributes. > > But that change thing is not class specific; the whole: > > > rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf); > queued = task_on_rq_queued(p); > running = task_current(rq, p); > if (queued) > dequeue_task(rq, p, queue_flags); > if (running) > put_prev_task(rq, p); > > > /* @p is in it's invariant state; frob it's state */ > > > if (queued) > enqueue_task(rq, p, queue_flags); > if (running) > set_curr_task(rq, p); > task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf); > > > pattern is all over the place; it is just because C sucks that that Yes, understand, don't want to enter a language war :) > isn't more explicitly shared (do_set_cpus_allowed(), rt_mutex_setprio(), > set_user_nice(), __sched_setscheduler(), sched_setnuma(), > sched_move_task()). > > This is _the_ pattern for changing state and is not class specific at > all. Right, that pattern is not "class specific" true and I should have not used that term to begin with. What I was trying to point out is that all the calls above directly affect the current scheduling decision and "requires" a dequeue/enqueue pattern. When a task-specific uclamp value is changed for a task, instead, a dequeue/enqueue is not needed. As long as we are doing a lazy update, that sounds just like not necessary overhead. However, there could still be value in keeping code consistent and if you prefer it this way what should I do? ---8<--- __sched_setscheduler() ... if (policy < 0) policy = oldpolicy = p->policy; ... if (unlikely(policy == p->policy)) { ... if (uclamp_changed()) // Force dequeue/enqueue goto change; } change: ... if (queued) dequeue_task(rq, p, queue_flags); if (running) put_prev_task(rq, p); __setscheduler_uclamp(); __setscheduler(rq, p, attr, pi); if (queued) enqueue_task(rq, p, queue_flags); if (running) set_curr_task(rq, p); ... ---8<--- Could be something like that ok with you? Not sure about side-effects on p->prio(): for CFS seems to be reset to NORMAL in this case :/ -- #include <best/regards.h> Patrick Bellasi