[PATCH v3 7/7] cpuset: fix to migrate mm correctly in a corner case

From: Li Zefan
Date: Sun Jun 09 2013 - 05:18:28 EST


Before moving tasks out of empty cpusets, update_tasks_nodemask()
is called, which calls do_migrate_pages(xx, from, to). Then those
tasks are moved to an ancestor, and do_migrate_pages() is called
again.

The first time: from = node_to_be_offlined, to = empty.
The second time: from = empty, to = ancestor's nodemask.

so looks like no pages will be migrated.

Fix this by:

- Don't call update_tasks_nodemask() on empty cpusets.
- Pass cs->old_mems_allowed to do_migrate_pages().

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/cpuset.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index d1d6782..3cd68b8 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1563,9 +1563,16 @@ static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
struct cpuset *mems_oldcs = effective_nodemask_cpuset(oldcs);

mpol_rebind_mm(mm, &cpuset_attach_nodemask_to);
- if (is_memory_migrate(cs))
- cpuset_migrate_mm(mm, &mems_oldcs->mems_allowed,
+ if (is_memory_migrate(cs)) {
+ /*
+ * old_mems_allowed is the same with mems_allowed here,
+ * except if this task is being moved automatically due
+ * to hotplug, and in this case mems_allowed is empty
+ * and old_mems_allowed is the offlined node.
+ */
+ cpuset_migrate_mm(mm, &mems_oldcs->old_mems_allowed,
&cpuset_attach_nodemask_to);
+ }
mmput(mm);
}

@@ -2155,7 +2162,7 @@ retry:
* for empty cpuset to take on ancestor's cpumask.
*/
if ((sane && cpumask_empty(cs->cpus_allowed)) ||
- !cpumask_empty(&off_cpus))
+ (!cpumask_empty(&off_cpus) && !cpumask_empty(cs->cpus_allowed)))
update_tasks_cpumask(cs, NULL);

mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
@@ -2167,7 +2174,7 @@ retry:
* for empty cpuset to take on ancestor's nodemask.
*/
if ((sane && nodes_empty(cs->mems_allowed)) ||
- !nodes_empty(off_mems))
+ (!nodes_empty(off_mems) && !nodes_empty(cs->mems_allowed)))
update_tasks_nodemask(cs, NULL);

is_empty = cpumask_empty(cs->cpus_allowed) ||
--
1.8.0.2
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