The current cpuset code uses both cpu_active_mask and cpu_online_mask
and it can be confusing which one should be used if we need to update
the code.
The top_cpuset is always synchronized to cpu_active_mask and we should
avoid using cpu_online_mask as much as possible. An active CPU is always
an online CPU, but not vice versa. cpu_active_mask and cpu_online_mask
can differ during hotplug operations.
A CPU is marked active at the last stage of CPU bringup (CPUHP_AP_ACTIVE).
It is also the stage where cpuset hotplug code will be called to update
the sched domains so that the scheduler can move a normal task to a
newly active CPU or remove tasks away from a newly inactivated CPU. The
online bit is set much earlier in the CPU bringup process and cleared
much later in CPU teardown.
If cpu_online_mask is used while a hotunplug operation is happening in
parallel, we may leave an offline CPU in cpu_allowed or have a higher
chance of leaving an offline CPU in some other masks. Avoid this
problem by always using cpu_active_mask in the cpuset code and leave
a comment as to why the use of cpu_online_mask is discouraged.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
7a0aabd9ce