On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 09:30:16PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> Commit e2ffe502ba45 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset.cpus.exclusive for
> v2") adds a user writable cpuset.cpus.exclusive file for setting
> exclusive CPUs to be used for the creation of partitions. Since then
> effective_xcpus depends on both the cpuset.cpus and cpuset.cpus.exclusive
> setting. If cpuset.cpus.exclusive is set, effective_xcpus will depend
> only on cpuset.cpus.exclusive. When it is not set, effective_xcpus
> will be set according to the cpuset.cpus value when the cpuset becomes
> a valid partition root.
>
> When cpuset.cpus is being cleared by the user, effective_xcpus should
> only be cleared when cpuset.cpus.exclusive is not set. However, that
> is not currently the case.
>
> # cd /sys/fs/cgroup/
> # mkdir test
> # echo +cpuset > cgroup.subtree_control
> # cd test
> # echo 3 > cpuset.cpus.exclusive
> # cat cpuset.cpus.exclusive.effective
> 3
> # echo > cpuset.cpus
> # cat cpuset.cpus.exclusive.effective // was cleared
>
> Fix it by clearing effective_xcpus only if cpuset.cpus.exclusive is
> not set.
>
> Fixes: e2ffe502ba45 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset.cpus.exclusive for v2")
> Reported-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Applied 1-2 to cgroup/for-6.11-fixes w/ stable cc'd.
Thanks.
--
tejun
