linux/kernel/sched/core.c, branch v3.5

Merge branches 'core-urgent-for-linus', 'perf-urgent-for-linus' and 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2012-07-14T18:16:24Z

Pull RCU, perf, and scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar. The RCU fix is a revert for an optimization that could cause deadlocks. One of the scheduler commits (164c33c6adee "sched: Fix fork() error path to not crash") is correct but not complete (some architectures like Tile are not covered yet) - the resulting additional fixes are still WIP and Ingo did not want to delay these pending fixes. See this thread on lkml: [PATCH] fork: fix error handling in dup_task() The perf fixes are just trivial oneliners. * 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: Revert "rcu: Move PREEMPT_RCU preemption to switch_to() invocation" * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: perf kvm: Fix segfault with report and mixed guestmount use perf kvm: Fix regression with guest machine creation perf script: Fix format regression due to libtraceevent merge ring-buffer: Fix accounting of entries when removing pages ring-buffer: Fix crash due to uninitialized new_pages list head * 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: MAINTAINERS/sched: Update scheduler file pattern sched/nohz: Rewrite and fix load-avg computation -- again sched: Fix fork() error path to not crash

sched/nohz: Rewrite and fix load-avg computation -- again

2012-07-05T18:58:13Z

Thanks to Charles Wang for spotting the defects in the current code: - If we go idle during the sample window -- after sampling, we get a negative bias because we can negate our own sample. - If we wake up during the sample window we get a positive bias because we push the sample to a known active period. So rewrite the entire nohz load-avg muck once again, now adding copious documentation to the code. Reported-and-tested-by: Doug Smythies Reported-and-tested-by: Charles Wang Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: stable@kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1340373782.18025.74.camel@twins [ minor edits ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Revert "rcu: Move PREEMPT_RCU preemption to switch_to() invocation"

2012-07-02T18:39:19Z

This reverts commit 616c310e83b872024271c915c1b9ab505b9efad9. (Move PREEMPT_RCU preemption to switch_to() invocation). Testing by Sasha Levin showed that this can result in deadlock due to invoking the scheduler when one of the runqueue locks is held. Because this commit was simply a performance optimization, revert it. Reported-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Tested-by: Sasha Levin

sched: Fix the relax_domain_level boot parameter

2012-06-06T15:07:41Z

It does not get processed because sched_domain_level_max is 0 at the time that setup_relax_domain_level() is run. Simply accept the value as it is, as we don't know the value of sched_domain_level_max until sched domain construction is completed. Fix sched_relax_domain_level in cpuset. The build_sched_domain() routine calls the set_domain_attribute() routine prior to setting the sd->level, however, the set_domain_attribute() routine relies on the sd->level to decide whether idle load balancing will be off/on. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120605184436.GA15668@sgi.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Validate assumptions in sched_init_numa()

2012-06-06T14:52:30Z

Add some code to validate assumptions we're making and output warnings if they are not. If this trigger we want to know about it. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Alex Shi Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-6uc3wk5s9udxtdl9cnku0vtt@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Always initialize cpu-power

2012-06-06T14:52:27Z

Often when we run into mis-shapen topologies the balance iteration fails to update the cpu power properly and we'll end up in /0 traps. Always initialize the cpu-power to a semi-sane value so that we can at least boot the machine, even if the load-balancer might not function correctly. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-3lbhyj25sr169ha7z3qht5na@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Fix domain iteration

2012-06-06T14:52:26Z

Weird topologies can lead to asymmetric domain setups. This needs further consideration since these setups are typically non-minimal too. For now, make it work by adding an extra mask selecting which CPUs are allowed to iterate up. The topology that triggered it is the one from David Rientjes: 10 20 20 30 20 10 20 20 20 20 10 20 30 20 20 10 resulting in boxes that wouldn't even boot. Reported-by: David Rientjes Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-3p86l9cuaqnxz7uxsojmz5rm@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched/numa: Load balance between remote nodes

2012-06-06T14:52:25Z

Commit cb83b629b ("sched/numa: Rewrite the CONFIG_NUMA sched domain support") removed the NODE sched domain and started checking if the node distance in SLIT table is farther than REMOTE_DISTANCE, if so, it will lose the load balance chance at exec/fork/wake_affine points. But actually, even the node distance is farther than REMOTE_DISTANCE. Modern CPUs also has QPI like connections, which ensures that memory access is not too slow between nodes. So the above change in behavior on NUMA machine causes a performance regression on various benchmarks: hackbench, tbench, netperf, oltp, etc. This patch will recover the scheduler behavior to old mode on all my Intel platforms: NHM EP/EX, WSM EP, SNB EP/EP4S, and thus fixes the perfromance regressions. (all of them just have 2 kinds distance, 10, 21) Signed-off-by: Alex Shi Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338965571-9812-1-git-send-email-alex.shi@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Remove NULL assignment of dattr_cur

2012-05-30T12:02:27Z

Remove explicit NULL assignment of static pointer dattr_cur from init_sched_domains(). Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120523091411.GG5005@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Remove the last NULL entry from sched_feat_names

2012-05-30T12:02:27Z

No need to have the last NULL entry. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4FBF29E7.5020805@ct.jp.nec.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar