Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: Don't try push tasks if there are none.

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>]

On 2023-08-09 18:02:32 [+0100], Valentin Schneider wrote:
> On 01/08/23 17:26, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > I have a RT task X at a high priority and cyclictest on each CPU with
> > lower priority than X's. If X is active and each CPU wakes their own
> > cylictest thread then it ends in a longer rto_push storm.
> > A random CPU determines via balance_rt() that the CPU on which X is
> > running needs to push tasks. X has the highest priority, cyclictest is
> > next in line so there is nothing that can be done since the task with
> > the higher priority is not touched.
> >
> > tell_cpu_to_push() increments rto_loop_next and schedules
> > rto_push_irq_work_func() on X's CPU. The other CPUs also increment the
> > loop counter and do the same. Once rto_push_irq_work_func() is active it
> > does nothing because it has _no_ pushable tasks on its runqueue. Then
> > checks rto_next_cpu() and decides to queue irq_work on the local CPU
> > because another CPU requested a push by incrementing the counter.
> >
> 
> For a CPU to be in the rto_mask, it needs:
> 
>   rt_rq->rt_nr_migratory && rt_rq->rt_nr_total > 1
> 
> But if that CPU has no pushable tasks, then that means only the current
> task has p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1.
> 
> Should we change it so a CPU is only in the rto_mask iff it has pushable
> tasks? AFAICT that should not break the case where we push the current task
> away due to migration_disabled, as that still relies on the
> migration_disabled task to be in the pushable list.

Sounds good. The task with the highest priority becomes pushable if it
gets preempted (by a task with higher priority). This gets considered,
right?

Sebastian