v5:
  - [v4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230627143508.1576882-1-longman@redhat.com/
  - Drop the first 4 patches as they had been merged.
  - Make cpuset.cpus.exclusive invariant once it is manually set. This
    also means the cpuset.cpus.exclusive may not show the effective value
    that is actually being used.
  - Update the documentation and test accordingly.

 v4:
  - [v3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230627005529.1564984-1-longman@redhat.com/
  - Fix compilation problem reported by kernel test robot.

This patch series introduces a new cpuset control file
"cpuset.cpus.exclusive" which must be a subset of "cpuset.cpus"
and the parent's "cpuset.cpus.exclusive". This control file lists
the exclusive CPUs to be distributed down the hierarchy. Any one
of the exclusive CPUs can only be distributed to at most one child
cpuset. Unlike "cpuset.cpus", invalid input to "cpuset.cpus.exclusive"
will be rejected with an error. This new control file has no effect on
the behavior of the cpuset until it turns into a partition root. At that
point, its effective CPUs will be set to its exclusive CPUs unless some
of them are offline.

This patch series also introduces a new category of cpuset partition
called remote partitions. The existing partition category where the
partition roots have to be clustered around the root cgroup in a
hierarchical way is now referred to as local partitions.

A remote partition can be formed far from the root cgroup
with no partition root parent. While local partitions can be
created without touching "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" as it can be set
automatically if a cpuset becomes a local partition root. Properly set
"cpuset.cpus.exclusive" values down the hierarchy are required to create
a remote partition.

Both scheduling and isolated partitions can be formed in a remote
partition. A local partition can be created under a remote partition.
A remote partition, however, cannot be formed under a local partition
for now.

Modern container orchestration tools like Kubernetes use the cgroup
hierarchy to manage different containers. And it is relying on other
middleware like systemd to help managing it. If a container needs to
use isolated CPUs, it is hard to get those with the local partitions
as it will require the administrative parent cgroup to be a partition
root too which tool like systemd may not be ready to manage.

With this patch series, we allow the creation of remote partition
far from the root. The container management tool can manage the
"cpuset.cpus.exclusive" file without impacting the other cpuset
files that are managed by other middlewares. Of course, invalid
"cpuset.cpus.exclusive" values will be rejected.

Waiman Long (5):
  cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset.cpus.exclusive for v2
  cgroup/cpuset: Introduce remote partition
  cgroup/cpuset: Check partition conflict with housekeeping setup
  cgroup/cpuset: Documentation update for partition
  cgroup/cpuset: Extend test_cpuset_prs.sh to test remote partition

 Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst       |  114 +-
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c                        | 1242 ++++++++++++-----
 .../selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh       |  419 ++++--
 3 files changed, 1291 insertions(+), 484 deletions(-)

-- 
2.31.1

On 7/13/23 13:25, Waiman Long wrote:
>   v5:
>    - [v4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230627143508.1576882-1-longman@redhat.com/
>    - Drop the first 4 patches as they had been merged.
>    - Make cpuset.cpus.exclusive invariant once it is manually set. This
>      also means the cpuset.cpus.exclusive may not show the effective value
>      that is actually being used.
>    - Update the documentation and test accordingly.
>
>   v4:
>    - [v3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230627005529.1564984-1-longman@redhat.com/
>    - Fix compilation problem reported by kernel test robot.
>
> This patch series introduces a new cpuset control file
> "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" which must be a subset of "cpuset.cpus"
> and the parent's "cpuset.cpus.exclusive". This control file lists
> the exclusive CPUs to be distributed down the hierarchy. Any one
> of the exclusive CPUs can only be distributed to at most one child
> cpuset. Unlike "cpuset.cpus", invalid input to "cpuset.cpus.exclusive"
> will be rejected with an error. This new control file has no effect on
> the behavior of the cpuset until it turns into a partition root. At that
> point, its effective CPUs will be set to its exclusive CPUs unless some
> of them are offline.
>
> This patch series also introduces a new category of cpuset partition
> called remote partitions. The existing partition category where the
> partition roots have to be clustered around the root cgroup in a
> hierarchical way is now referred to as local partitions.
>
> A remote partition can be formed far from the root cgroup
> with no partition root parent. While local partitions can be
> created without touching "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" as it can be set
> automatically if a cpuset becomes a local partition root. Properly set
> "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" values down the hierarchy are required to create
> a remote partition.
>
> Both scheduling and isolated partitions can be formed in a remote
> partition. A local partition can be created under a remote partition.
> A remote partition, however, cannot be formed under a local partition
> for now.
>
> Modern container orchestration tools like Kubernetes use the cgroup
> hierarchy to manage different containers. And it is relying on other
> middleware like systemd to help managing it. If a container needs to
> use isolated CPUs, it is hard to get those with the local partitions
> as it will require the administrative parent cgroup to be a partition
> root too which tool like systemd may not be ready to manage.
>
> With this patch series, we allow the creation of remote partition
> far from the root. The container management tool can manage the
> "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" file without impacting the other cpuset
> files that are managed by other middlewares. Of course, invalid
> "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" values will be rejected.
>
> Waiman Long (5):
>    cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset.cpus.exclusive for v2
>    cgroup/cpuset: Introduce remote partition
>    cgroup/cpuset: Check partition conflict with housekeeping setup
>    cgroup/cpuset: Documentation update for partition
>    cgroup/cpuset: Extend test_cpuset_prs.sh to test remote partition
>
>   Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst       |  114 +-
>   kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c                        | 1242 ++++++++++++-----
>   .../selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh       |  419 ++++--
>   3 files changed, 1291 insertions(+), 484 deletions(-)
>
Tejun,

Do you have any further suggested change that you would like to see?

Cheers,
Longman