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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] sched/hotplug: Ensure only per-cpu kthreads run during hotplug
On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 01:17:45PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:

> > @@ -6968,6 +7064,8 @@ int sched_cpu_deactivate(unsigned int cp
> > */
> > synchronize_rcu();
> >
> > + balance_push_set(cpu, true);
> > +
>
> IIUC this is going to make every subsequent finish_lock_switch()
> migrate the switched-to task if it isn't a pcpu kthread. So this is going
> to lead to a dance of
>
> switch_to(<task0>) -> switch_to(<stopper>) -> switch_to(<task1>) -> switch_to(<stopper>) ...
>
> Wouldn't it be better to batch all those in a migrate_tasks() sibling that
> skips pcpu kthreads?

That's 'difficult', this is hotplug, performance is not a consideration.

Basically we don't have an iterator for the runqueues, so finding these
tasks is hard.

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