From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm, slab: reschedule cache_reap() on the same CPU cache_reap() is initially scheduled in start_cpu_timer() via schedule_delayed_work_on(). But then the next iterations are scheduled via schedule_delayed_work(), i.e. using WORK_CPU_UNBOUND. Thus since commit ef557180447f ("workqueue: schedule WORK_CPU_UNBOUND work on wq_unbound_cpumask CPUs") there is no guarantee the future iterations will run on the originally intended cpu, although it's still preferred. I was able to demonstrate this with /sys/module/workqueue/parameters/debug_force_rr_cpu. IIUC, it may also happen due to migrating timers in nohz context. As a result, some cpu's would be calling cache_reap() more frequently and others never. This patch uses schedule_delayed_work_on() with the current cpu when scheduling the next iteration. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180411070007.32225-1-vbabka@xxxxxxx Fixes: ef557180447f ("workqueue: schedule WORK_CPU_UNBOUND work on wq_unbound_cpumask CPUs") Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/slab.c~mm-slab-reschedule-cache_reap-on-the-same-cpu mm/slab.c --- a/mm/slab.c~mm-slab-reschedule-cache_reap-on-the-same-cpu +++ a/mm/slab.c @@ -4086,7 +4086,8 @@ next: next_reap_node(); out: /* Set up the next iteration */ - schedule_delayed_work(work, round_jiffies_relative(REAPTIMEOUT_AC)); + schedule_delayed_work_on(smp_processor_id(), work, + round_jiffies_relative(REAPTIMEOUT_AC)); } void get_slabinfo(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct slabinfo *sinfo) _