On Fri, 2014-02-21 at 10:23 +0800, Lei Wen wrote: > Cpu which is put into quiescent mode, would remove itself > from kernel's sched_domain, and want others not disturb its > task running. But current scheduler would not checking whether > that cpu is setting in such mode, and still insist the quiescent > cpu to response the nohz load balance.
Let's isolate some CPUs. Setup: /-----"system" CPU0 \ \---"rtcpus" CPUs1-3 crash> runqueues PER-CPU DATA TYPE: struct rq runqueues; PER-CPU ADDRESSES: [0]: ffff88022fc12c00 [1]: ffff88022fc92c00 [2]: ffff88022fd12c00 [3]: ffff88022fd92c00 crash> struct rq ffff88022fd92c00 | grep sd sd = 0x0, <== yup, CPU3 is isolated bit of silicon crash> struct rq ffff88022fd92c00 | grep rd rd = 0xffffffff81bffe60 <def_root_domain>, crash> struct -x root_domain 0xffffffff81bffe60 ... span = {{ bits = {0xe} <== "rtcpus" }}, crash> struct rq ffff88022fc12c00 | grep rd rd = 0xffff8802242c5800, crash> struct -x root_domain 0xffff8802242c5800 ... span = {{ bits = {0x1} <== "system" }}, Turn off load balancing in "system" as well now, CPU0 loses its 'sd', and becomes an isolated island identical to "rtcpus" CPUs, and thus.. span = {{ bits = {0xf} <== oh darn }}, .."system" and "rtcpus" merge, all CPUs having NULL sd, as they are now all remote silicon islands, but they now also share rd again, as if you had never diddled domains in the first place. -Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/