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

sched/rt: Fix lockdep annotation within find_lock_lowest_rq()

2012-06-06T14:52:26Z

Roland Dreier reported spurious, hard to trigger lockdep warnings within the scheduler - without any real lockup. This bit gives us the right clue: > [89945.640512] [] double_lock_balance+0x5a/0x90 > [89945.640568] [] push_rt_task+0xc6/0x290 if you look at that code you'll find the double_lock_balance() in question is the one in find_lock_lowest_rq() [yay for inlining]. Now find_lock_lowest_rq() has a bug.. it fails to use double_unlock_balance() in one exit path, if this results in a retry in push_rt_task() we'll call double_lock_balance() again, at which point we'll run into said lockdep confusion. Reported-by: Roland Dreier Acked-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1337282386.4281.77.camel@twins Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched/rt: Fix SCHED_RR across cgroups

2012-05-30T12:02:25Z

task_tick_rt() has an optimization to only reschedule SCHED_RR tasks if they were the only element on their rq. However, with cgroups a SCHED_RR task could be the only element on its per-cgroup rq but still be competing with other SCHED_RR tasks in its parent's cgroup. In this case, the SCHED_RR task in the child cgroup would never yield at the end of its timeslice. If the child cgroup rt_runtime_us was the same as the parent cgroup rt_runtime_us, the task in the parent cgroup would starve completely. Modify task_tick_rt() to check that the task is the only task on its rq, and that the each of the scheduling entities of its ancestors is also the only entity on its rq. Signed-off-by: Colin Cross Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1337229266-15798-1-git-send-email-ccross@android.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Move nr_cpus_allowed out of 'struct sched_rt_entity'

2012-05-30T12:02:25Z

Since nr_cpus_allowed is used outside of sched/rt.c and wants to be used outside of there more, move it to a more natural site. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-kr61f02y9brwzkh6x53pdptm@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'tip/sched/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace into sched/core

2012-04-14T13:12:04Z

Pull a scheduler optimization commit from Steven Rostedt. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched_rt: Avoid unnecessary dequeue and enqueue of pushable tasks in set_cpus_allowed_rt()

2012-04-12T20:59:37Z

Migration status depends on a difference of weight from 0 and 1. If weight > 1 (<= 1) and old weight <= 1 (> 1) then task becomes pushable (or not pushable). We are not insterested in its exact values, is it 3 or 4, for example. Now if we are changing affinity from a set of 3 cpus to a set of 4, the- task will be dequeued and enqueued sequentially without important difference in comparison with initial state. The only difference is in internal representation of plist queue of pushable tasks and the fact that the task may won't be the first in a sequence of the same priority tasks. But it seems to me it gives nothing. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/273741334120764@web83.yandex.ru Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Tkhai Kirill Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

sched/rt: Improve pick_next_highest_task_rt()

2012-03-27T12:52:12Z

Avoid extra work by continuing on to the next rt_rq if the highest prio task in current rt_rq is the same priority as our candidate task. More detailed explanation: if next is not NULL, then we have found a candidate task, and its priority is next->prio. Now we are looking for an even higher priority task in the other rt_rq's. idx is the highest priority in the current candidate rt_rq. In the current 3.3 code, if idx is equal to next->prio, we would start scanning the tasks in that rt_rq and replace the current candidate task with a task from that rt_rq. But the new task would only have a priority that is equal to our previous candidate task, so we have not advanced our goal of finding a higher prio task. So we should avoid the extra work by continuing on to the next rt_rq if idx is equal to next->prio. Signed-off-by: Michael J Wang Acked-by: Steven Rostedt Reviewed-by: Yong Zhang Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2EF88150C0EF2C43A218742ED384C1BC0FC83D6B@IRVEXCHMB08.corp.ad.broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments

2012-03-12T19:43:16Z

There's a few awkward printk()s inside of scheduler guts that people prefer to keep but really are rather deadlock prone. Fudge around it by storing the text in a per-cpu buffer and poll it using the existing printk_tick() handler. This will drop output when its more frequent than once a tick, however only the affinity thing could possible go that fast and for that just one should suffice to notify the admin he's done something silly.. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-wua3lmkt3dg8nfts66o6brne@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched/rt: Do not throttle when PI boosting

2012-03-01T09:28:02Z

When a runqueue has rt_runtime_us = 0 then the only way it can accumulate rt_time is via PI boosting. That causes the runqueue to be throttled and replenishing does not change anything due to rt_runtime_us = 0. So avoid that situation by clearing rt_time and skip the throttling alltogether. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra [ Changelog ] Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-7x70cypsotjb4jvcor3edctk@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched/rt: Keep period timer ticking when rt throttling is active

2012-03-01T09:28:01Z

When a runqueue is throttled we cannot disable the period timer because that timer is the only way to undo the throttling. We got stale throttling entries when a rq was throttled and then the global sysctl was disabled, which stopped the timer. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra [ Added changelog ] Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-nuj34q52p6ro7szapuz84i0v@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Make initial SCHED_RR timeslace DEF_TIMESLICE

2012-02-22T11:28:29Z

Current the initial SCHED_RR timeslice of init_task is HZ, which means 1s, and is not same as the default SCHED_RR timeslice DEF_TIMESLICE. Change that initial timeslice to the DEF_TIMESLICE. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto [ s/DEF_TIMESLICE/RR_TIMESLICE/g ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4F3C9995.3010800@ct.jp.nec.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar