Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc5-mm2] [sched] add allowed CPUs check into find_idlest_group()

["M.Baris Demiray" <baris@labristeknoloji.com>]

Hello Nick,

Nick Piggin wrote:
> M.Baris Demiray wrote:
>
> [...]
> Close.
>
> Probably it would be better to take the intersection of
> (group->cpumask, p->cpus_allowed), and skip the group if
> the intersection is empty.

But, isn't it required for us to be allowed to run on _every_
CPU in that group. If we take intersection and continue if
that's not empty, then there could be CPUs in group that are
not allowed. Since any CPU then can be the idlest in that
group we can be assigned to a CPU that is not allowed.
Missing something?

> In addition to that, do a patch for find_idlest_cpu that
> skips cpus that aren't allowed. You needn't do the cpumask
> check each time round the loop, again just take the
> intersection of the group->cpumask and p->cpus_allowed, and
> loop over that.

Will do it.

> Wanna do a patch for that?

Sure. But I'll wait EOT and do read something more to fill
the gaps.

> [...]
> I don't think it does anything ;)

LOL. Hope next one'll do.

Meanwhile, what is the problem with that patch? Not traversing
the CPUs correctly or continue;ing is wrong?

	for_each_cpu_mask(i, group->cpumask) {
		if (!cpu_isset(i, p->cpus_allowed))
			continue;
	}

Thanks for comments.

>

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