Commit-ID: 985d3a4c11cd28251bcc7925aa2d7a9038910384
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/985d3a4c11cd28251bcc7925aa2d7a9038910384
Author: Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 06:11:51 +0800
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:21:19 +0200
sched/fair: Avoid pulling all tasks in idle balancing
In idle balancing where a CPU going idle pulls tasks from another CPU,
a livelock may happen if the CPU pulls all tasks from another, makes
it idle, and this iterates. So just avoid this.
Reported-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150705221151.GF5197@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 587a2f6..8b384b8d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5863,6 +5863,13 @@ static int detach_tasks(struct lb_env *env)
return 0;
while (!list_empty(tasks)) {
+ /*
+ * We don't want to steal all, otherwise we may be treated likewise,
+ * which could at worst lead to a livelock crash.
+ */
+ if (env->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE && env->src_rq->nr_running <= 1)
+ break;
+
p = list_first_entry(tasks, struct task_struct, se.group_node);
env->loop++;
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