On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 19:02 +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> Fix to avoid -1 retval.
>
> Includes fixes from Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx>.
This changelog is very much insufficient. It fails to mention why your
solution is the right one or if there's something else wrong with that
code.
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++++
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 940e6d1..137119f 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -2789,6 +2789,9 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flags)
> if (new_cpu == -1 || new_cpu == cpu) {
> /* Now try balancing at a lower domain level of cpu */
> sd = sd->child;
> + if (new_cpu < 0)
> + /* Return prev_cpu is find_idlest_cpu failed */
> + new_cpu = prev_cpu;
> continue;
> }
>
> @@ -2807,6 +2810,7 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flags)
> unlock:
> rcu_read_unlock();
>
> + BUG_ON(new_cpu < 0);
> return new_cpu;
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
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