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Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature

From Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature
Date 2016-11-07 21:10 +0100
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 13:54:12 -0600 (CST)
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 13:30:15 -0600 (CST)
> > Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > SCHED_RR tasks alternately running on on cpu can cause endless deferral of
> > > kworker threads. With the global effect of the OS processing reserved
> > > it may be the case that the processor we are executing never gets any
> > > time. And if that kworker threads role is releasing a mutex (like the
> > > cgroup_lock) then deadlocks can result.  
> >
> > I believe SCHED_RR tasks will still throttle if they use up too much of
> > the CPU. But I still don't see how this patch helps your situation.  
> 
> The kworker thread will be able to make progress? Or am I not reading this
> correctly?
> 

If kworker is SCHED_OTHER, then it will be able to make progress if the
RT tasks are throttled.

What Daniel's patch does, is to turn off throttling of the RT tasks if
there's no other task on the run queue.

-- Steve

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[PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> - 2016-11-07 09:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it> - 2016-11-07 11:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> - 2016-11-07 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it> - 2016-11-07 19:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it> - 2016-11-07 19:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature luca abeni <lucabe72@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 09:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> - 2016-11-08 11:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2016-11-07 18:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-07 19:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <daniel@bristot.me> - 2016-11-07 19:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-07 20:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2016-11-07 20:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2016-11-07 21:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-07 21:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <daniel@bristot.me> - 2016-11-07 21:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-07 21:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <daniel@bristot.me> - 2016-11-07 21:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-07 21:50 +0100
                [PATCH] sched/rt: Change default setup for RT THROTTLING Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <daniel@bristot.me> - 2016-11-08 10:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2016-11-09 00:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-07 21:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> - 2016-11-07 19:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-07 19:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <daniel@bristot.me> - 2016-11-07 19:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> - 2016-11-07 20:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-08 13:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-08 15:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-08 18:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-08 18:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-08 19:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> - 2016-11-08 20:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-08 21:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> - 2016-11-09 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: RT_RUNTIME_GREED sched feature Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2016-11-11 19:50 +0100

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