Don't allow a paravirt CPU to be used while looking for a CPU to use.
Push task mechanism uses stopper thread which going to call
select_fallback_rq and use this mechanism to avoid picking a paravirt CPU.
Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b8a84e4691c8..279b0dd72b5e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2462,8 +2462,13 @@ static inline bool is_cpu_allowed(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
return cpu_online(cpu);
/* Non kernel threads are not allowed during either online or offline. */
- if (!(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
- return cpu_active(cpu);
+ if (!(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+ /* A user thread shouldn't be allowed on a paravirt cpu */
+ if (is_cpu_paravirt(cpu))
+ return false;
+ else
+ return cpu_active(cpu);
+ }
/* KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU is always allowed. */
if (kthread_is_per_cpu(p))
@@ -2473,6 +2478,10 @@ static inline bool is_cpu_allowed(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
if (cpu_dying(cpu))
return false;
+ /* Non percpu kthreads should stay away from paravirt cpu*/
+ if (is_cpu_paravirt(cpu))
+ return false;
+
/* But are allowed during online. */
return cpu_online(cpu);
}
--
2.47.3