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Commit a9f2a846 authored by Vlastimil Babka's avatar Vlastimil Babka Committed by Linus Torvalds
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mm, slab: reschedule cache_reap() on the same CPU

cache_reap() is initially scheduled in start_cpu_timer() via
schedule_delayed_work_on(). But then the next iterations are scheduled
via schedule_delayed_work(), i.e. using WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.

Thus since commit ef557180 ("workqueue: schedule WORK_CPU_UNBOUND
work on wq_unbound_cpumask CPUs") there is no guarantee the future
iterations will run on the originally intended cpu, although it's still
preferred.  I was able to demonstrate this with
/sys/module/workqueue/parameters/debug_force_rr_cpu.  IIUC, it may also
happen due to migrating timers in nohz context.  As a result, some cpu's
would be calling cache_reap() more frequently and others never.

This patch uses schedule_delayed_work_on() with the current cpu when
scheduling the next iteration.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180411070007.32225-1-vbabka@suse.cz


Fixes: ef557180 ("workqueue: schedule WORK_CPU_UNBOUND work on wq_unbound_cpumask CPUs")
Signed-off-by: default avatarVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: default avatarPekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Acked-by: default avatarChristoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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