From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 386ef214c3c6ab111d05e1790e79475363abaa05 upstream. try_steal_cookie() looks at task_struct::cpus_mask to decide if the task could be moved to `this' CPU. It ignores that the task might be in a migration disabled section while not on the CPU. In this case the task must not be moved otherwise per-CPU assumption are broken. Use is_cpu_allowed(), as suggested by Peter Zijlstra, to decide if the a task can be moved. Fixes: d2dfa17bc7de6 ("sched: Trivial forced-newidle balancer") Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YjNK9El+3fzGmswf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -5929,7 +5929,7 @@ static bool try_steal_cookie(int this, i if (p == src->core_pick || p == src->curr) goto next; - if (!cpumask_test_cpu(this, &p->cpus_mask)) + if (!is_cpu_allowed(p, this)) goto next; if (p->core_occupation > dst->idle->core_occupation) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.17/sched-teach-the-forced-newidle-balancer-about-cpu-affinity-limitation.patch queue-5.17/tcp-don-t-acquire-inet_listen_hashbucket-lock-with-d.patch