From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
To: "Ridong Chen" <ridong.chen@linux.dev>,
"Tejun Heo" <tj@kernel.org>,
"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
"Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>,
"Shuah Khan" <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>,
Ridong Chen <chenridong@xiaomi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] cpuset: settle isolation state when CPUs are given back to parent
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 09:51:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <09c033dd-41dc-4503-9def-4e662e946dc4@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107120100.3587595-4-ridong.chen@linux.dev>
On 11/7/26 7:00 AM, Ridong Chen wrote:
> From: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xiaomi.com>
>
> partition_xcpus_del() only updates isolated_cpus when the partition that
> gives back the CPUs has a different state than its parent. CPUs that were
> further distributed to descendant isolated partitions are not taken into
> account, so isolated_cpus_release() has to be called afterwards in
> several places to walk up the ancestors and fix isolated_cpus.
>
> Make partition_xcpus_del() always set the isolation state of the given
> back CPUs to the state of the parent that receives them. As the
> effective_xcpus of a partition covers the CPUs distributed to its
> descendants, the isolation state of those CPUs is settled at the same
> time. Boot-time isolated CPUs are still preserved by isolated_cpu_update().
>
> compute_partition_effective_cpumask() invalidates a child partition
> without going through partition_xcpus_del(), so do the same there: the
> CPUs of the invalidated child take the isolation state of its parent.
>
> As the parent may be shrunk and its effective_xcpus not updated yet,
> only do so for the CPUs the parent still owns. This is to keep the
> isolation state correct for now, the in-place invalidation here will be
> removed later in the partition rework.
>
> isolated_cpus_update() assumes the old and new states are different,
> which no longer holds now that partition_xcpus_del() proceeds regardless
> of the states. Drop its @old_prs argument and the WARN_ON_ONCE() so that
> it simply sets the isolation state of the given CPUs, and use it
> everywhere. The state check in partition_xcpus_add() is dropped as well,
> as setting the state is a no-op when the states are the same.
>
> isolated_cpus_release() is no longer needed and is removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xiaomi.com>
> ---
> kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 98 ++++++++----------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> index 85e5b529d144..fc9de6e16ff5 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> @@ -1244,17 +1244,17 @@ static bool isolated_cpu_update(int new_prs, int cpu)
> }
>
> /*
> - * isolated_cpus_update - Update the isolated_cpus mask
> - * @old_prs: old partition_root_state
> - * @new_prs: new partition_root_state
> - * @xcpus: exclusive CPUs with state change
> + * isolated_cpus_update - Set the isolation state of @xcpus
> + * @new_prs: partition root state that @xcpus will belong to
> + * @xcpus: exclusive CPUs whose isolation state may change
> + *
> + * CPUs isolated at boot time are kept isolated.
> */
> -static void isolated_cpus_update(int old_prs, int new_prs, struct cpumask *xcpus)
> +static void isolated_cpus_update(int new_prs, struct cpumask *xcpus)
> {
> bool updated = false;
> int cpu;
>
> - WARN_ON_ONCE(old_prs == new_prs);
> lockdep_assert_held(&callback_lock);
> lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
> for_each_cpu(cpu, xcpus)
> @@ -1263,45 +1263,6 @@ static void isolated_cpus_update(int old_prs, int new_prs, struct cpumask *xcpus
> update_housekeeping = true;
> }
>
> -/*
> - * isolated_cpus_release - Remove the relevant CPUs in @xcpus from isolated_cpus
> - * @cs: the current cpuset
> - * @xcpus: the set of effective xcpus to be considered for removal
> - *
> - * This function is called when an isolated partition is invalidated or when
> - * some of its effective xcpus are to be removed from isolated_cpus due to
> - * changes in parent cpuset. The given @xcpus must be modifiable as the function
> - * will update its value to determine the right set of CPUs to be removed.
> - */
> -static void isolated_cpus_release(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *xcpus)
> -{
> - struct cpuset *ancestor = parent_cs(cs);
> - struct cpuset *iancestor = NULL;
> -
> - /*
> - * Search the furthest isolated partition root ancestor available
> - * until top_cpuset or a remote partition root is hit.
> - */
> - for (; ancestor; ancestor = parent_cs(ancestor)) {
> - if (ancestor->partition_root_state == PRS_ISOLATED)
> - iancestor = ancestor;
> - if (is_remote_partition(ancestor))
> - break;
> - }
> -
> - /*
> - * If a furthest isolated partition acnestor is found, use it to
> - * determine which of the CPUs in @xcpus should be removed from
> - * isolated_cpus. Otherwise, all of them will be removed.
> - */
> - if (iancestor && !cpumask_andnot(xcpus, xcpus, iancestor->effective_xcpus))
> - return; /* No CPU should be removed from isolated_cpus */
> -
> - spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
> - isolated_cpus_update(PRS_ISOLATED, PRS_ROOT, xcpus);
> - spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
> -}
> -
> /*
> * partition_xcpus_add - Add new exclusive CPUs to partition
> * @new_prs: new partition_root_state
> @@ -1325,9 +1286,7 @@ static void partition_xcpus_add(int new_prs, struct cpuset *parent,
> if (parent == &top_cpuset)
> cpumask_or(subpartitions_cpus, subpartitions_cpus, xcpus);
>
> - if (new_prs != parent->partition_root_state)
> - isolated_cpus_update(parent->partition_root_state, new_prs,
> - xcpus);
> + isolated_cpus_update(new_prs, xcpus);
>
> cpumask_andnot(parent->effective_cpus, parent->effective_cpus, xcpus);
> }
> @@ -1355,9 +1314,8 @@ static void partition_xcpus_del(int old_prs, struct cpuset *parent,
> if (parent == &top_cpuset)
> cpumask_andnot(subpartitions_cpus, subpartitions_cpus, xcpus);
>
> - if (old_prs != parent->partition_root_state)
> - isolated_cpus_update(old_prs, parent->partition_root_state,
> - xcpus);
> + /* CPUs given back, including those of descendants, take parent's state */
> + isolated_cpus_update(parent->partition_root_state, xcpus);
>
> cpumask_or(parent->effective_cpus, parent->effective_cpus, xcpus);
> cpumask_and(parent->effective_cpus, parent->effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask);
> @@ -1612,6 +1570,7 @@ static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
> struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
> struct cpuset *child;
> bool populated = partition_is_populated(cs, NULL);
> + static cpumask_t xcpus; /* Protected by cpuset_mutex */
>
> /*
> * Check child partition roots to see if they should be invalidated
> @@ -1640,14 +1599,15 @@ static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
> int parent_prs = cs->partition_root_state;
>
> /*
> - * Invalidate child partition and update isolated_cpus
> - * if necessary.
> + * Invalidate child partition. Its CPUs still owned by
> + * cs take the isolation state of cs. effective_xcpus
> + * of cs may not be updated yet, so recompute it.
> */
> spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
> WRITE_ONCE(child->prs_err, PERR_NOCPUS);
> - if ((old_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) && (parent_prs == PRS_ROOT))
> - isolated_cpus_update(PRS_ISOLATED, PRS_ROOT,
> - child->effective_xcpus);
> + compute_excpus(cs, &xcpus);
> + cpumask_and(&xcpus, &xcpus, child->effective_xcpus);
> + isolated_cpus_update(parent_prs, &xcpus);
> child->partition_root_state = -old_prs;
> spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
> notify_partition_change(child, old_prs);
> @@ -2080,22 +2040,8 @@ static int update_parent_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, int cmd,
> *
> * A partition error happens when parent has tasks and all
> * its effective CPUs will have to be distributed out.
> - *
> - * For an isolated partition with a shrunk root partition parent
> - * we may need to return some or all of its isolated CPUs.
> */
> nocpu |= cpumask_empty(tmp->delmask);
> - if ((parent_prs == PRS_ROOT) && (old_prs == PRS_ISOLATED)) {
> - cpumask_clear(tmp->addmask);
> - if (nocpu)
> - cpumask_copy(tmp->addmask, cs->effective_xcpus);
> - else if (!cpumask_subset(cs->effective_xcpus, parent->effective_xcpus))
> - cpumask_andnot(tmp->addmask, cs->effective_xcpus,
> - parent->effective_xcpus);
> - if (!cpumask_empty(tmp->addmask))
> - isolated_cpus_release(cs, tmp->addmask);
> - /* Expansion of parent's effective_xcpus is handled below */
> - }
> if (nocpu) {
> part_error = PERR_NOCPUS;
> if (is_partition_valid(cs))
> @@ -2341,18 +2287,12 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp,
> /*
> * When parent is not a valid partition root,
> * child partition roots become invalid too.
> - *
> - * For a to be invalidated isolated partition,
> - * call return_isolated_cpus() to remove the
> - * relevant CPUs from isolated_cpus.
> + * The isolation state of their CPUs has been
> + * settled when the parent gave them back.
> */
> if (is_partition_valid(cp))
> new_prs = -old_prs;
>
> - if (old_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) {
> - cpumask_copy(tmp->delmask, cp->effective_xcpus);
> - isolated_cpus_release(cp, tmp->delmask);
> - }
> WRITE_ONCE(cp->prs_err,
> is_partition_invalid(parent)
> ? PERR_INVPARENT : PERR_NOTPART);
> @@ -3108,7 +3048,7 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
> if (!is_partition_valid(cs))
> reset_partition_data(cs);
> else if (isolcpus_updated)
> - isolated_cpus_update(old_prs, new_prs, cs->effective_xcpus);
> + isolated_cpus_update(new_prs, cs->effective_xcpus);
> spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
>
> /* Force update if partition is disabled & update effective_xcpus */
The code change looks good to me. However this is not just a code
restructuring, it also includes a bug fix. I wonder if we should clarify
that and maybe add a Fixes tag.
Cheers,
Longman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 12:00 [PATCH v3 0/4] cpuset: preparatory fixes and cleanups for partition rework Ridong Chen
2026-11-07 12:00 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] cgroup/cpuset: Reset partition data when an invalid partition stays invalid Ridong Chen
2026-11-09 14:59 ` Guopeng Zhang
2026-11-07 12:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] cpuset: add early empty cpumask check in partition_xcpus_add/del Ridong Chen
2026-11-07 12:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] cpuset: settle isolation state when CPUs are given back to parent Ridong Chen
2026-11-09 14:51 ` Waiman Long [this message]
2026-11-09 15:20 ` Guopeng Zhang
2026-11-07 12:01 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] cpuset: generalize the validate_partition() interface Ridong Chen
2026-11-09 14:52 ` Waiman Long
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