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authorMike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>2012-08-07 10:02:38 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2012-08-13 18:41:55 +0200
commite221d028bb08b47e624c5f0a31732c642db9d19a (patch)
tree0bfe6324f58c7c27fcd7b3dafd749903ab598ecc /kernel
parentsched,cgroup: Fix up task_groups list (diff)
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sched,rt: fix isolated CPUs leaving root_task_group indefinitely throttled
Root task group bandwidth replenishment must service all CPUs, regardless of where the timer was last started, and regardless of the isolation mechanism, lest 'Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"' become rt scheduling policy. Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344326558.6968.25.camel@marge.simpson.net Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/rt.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 573e1ca01102..944cb68420e9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -788,6 +788,19 @@ static int do_sched_rt_period_timer(struct rt_bandwidth *rt_b, int overrun)
const struct cpumask *span;
span = sched_rt_period_mask();
+#ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
+ /*
+ * FIXME: isolated CPUs should really leave the root task group,
+ * whether they are isolcpus or were isolated via cpusets, lest
+ * the timer run on a CPU which does not service all runqueues,
+ * potentially leaving other CPUs indefinitely throttled. If
+ * isolation is really required, the user will turn the throttle
+ * off to kill the perturbations it causes anyway. Meanwhile,
+ * this maintains functionality for boot and/or troubleshooting.
+ */
+ if (rt_b == &root_task_group.rt_bandwidth)
+ span = cpu_online_mask;
+#endif
for_each_cpu(i, span) {
int enqueue = 0;
struct rt_rq *rt_rq = sched_rt_period_rt_rq(rt_b, i);