[PATCH-next v3 01/11] cgroup/cpuset: Find furthest isolated ancestor for invalidated isolated partition

From: Waiman Long

Date: Sun Oct 25 2026 - 17:45:28 EST


Commit 46b885416c27 ("cgroup/cpuset: Fix a missing isolated_cpus
update in update_cpumasks_hier()") searches for the closet partition
root ancestor to determine if the isolated CPUs in a to be invalidated
isolation partition should be removed from isolated_cpus or not.

As reported by sashiko, this method may not work when there is a deeply
nested isolated partition hierarchy. For instance, Consider a nested
hierarchy A0 -> A1 -> A2 -> A3 where all four are PRS_ISOLATED:

A0: effective_xcpus = 0-4
A1: effective_xcpus = 1-4
A2: effective_xcpus = 2-4
A3: effective_xcpus = 3-4

When A1 shrinks its exclusive_cpus from 1-4 to 1-2, A2 will update it
effective_xcpus to 2. A3 will find its closet partition root ancestor
A2 and decides that its effective_xcpus 3-4 should be removed from
isolated_cpus which is incorrect.

Address this corner case by adding a new isolated_cpus_release() helper
to replace the existing ancestor_partition() helper. This new helper
will search for the furthest isolated partition root ancestor to decide
if some or all of its isolated CPUs should be removed from isolated_cpus
and also perform the removal when appropriate.

The is_remote_partition() and is_local_partition() helpers are also
moved up so they can be used in earlier functions.

There are other pre-existing problems that will still prevent the
above test case to work correctly. These problems will be addressed in
subsequent patches.

Fixes: 46b885416c27 ("cgroup/cpuset: Fix a missing isolated_cpus update in update_cpumasks_hier()")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 585a982249ad..bbd44782d4bf 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,16 @@ static void reset_partition_data(struct cpuset *cs)
cpumask_copy(cs->effective_cpus, parent->effective_cpus);
}

+static inline bool is_remote_partition(struct cpuset *cs)
+{
+ return cs->remote_partition;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_local_partition(struct cpuset *cs)
+{
+ return is_partition_valid(cs) && !is_remote_partition(cs);
+}
+
/* Return true if isolated_cpus changes. */
static bool isolated_cpu_update(int new_prs, int cpu)
{
@@ -1299,6 +1309,45 @@ static void isolated_cpus_update(int old_prs, int new_prs, struct cpumask *xcpus
update_housekeeping = true;
}

+/*
+ * isolated_cpus_release - Remove the relevant CPUs in @xcpus from isolated_cpus
+ * @cs: the current cpuset
+ * @xcpus: the set of effective xcpus to be considered for removal
+ *
+ * This function is called when an isolated partition is invalidated or when
+ * some of its effective xcpus are to be removed from isolated_cpus due to
+ * changes in parent cpuset. The given @xcpus must be modifiable as the function
+ * will update its value to determine the right set of CPUs to be removed.
+ */
+static void isolated_cpus_release(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *xcpus)
+{
+ struct cpuset *ancestor = parent_cs(cs);
+ struct cpuset *iancestor = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Search the furthest isolated partition root ancestor available
+ * until top_cpuset or a remote partition root is hit.
+ */
+ for (; ancestor; ancestor = parent_cs(ancestor)) {
+ if (ancestor->partition_root_state == PRS_ISOLATED)
+ iancestor = ancestor;
+ if (is_remote_partition(ancestor))
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If a furthest isolated partition acnestor is found, use it to
+ * determine which of the CPUs in @xcpus should be removed from
+ * isolated_cpus. Otherwise, all of them will be removed.
+ */
+ if (iancestor && !cpumask_andnot(xcpus, xcpus, iancestor->effective_xcpus))
+ return; /* No CPU should be removed from isolated_cpus */
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
+ isolated_cpus_update(PRS_ISOLATED, PRS_ROOT, xcpus);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
+}
+
/*
* partition_xcpus_add - Add new exclusive CPUs to partition
* @new_prs: new partition_root_state
@@ -1571,16 +1620,6 @@ static int compute_trialcs_excpus(struct cpuset *trialcs, struct cpuset *cs)
return rm_siblings_excl_cpus(parent, cs, excpus);
}

-static inline bool is_remote_partition(struct cpuset *cs)
-{
- return cs->remote_partition;
-}
-
-static inline bool is_local_partition(struct cpuset *cs)
-{
- return is_partition_valid(cs) && !is_remote_partition(cs);
-}
-
/*
* remote_partition_enable - Enable current cpuset as a remote partition root
* @cs: the cpuset to update
@@ -2155,25 +2194,6 @@ static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
rcu_read_unlock();
}

-/*
- * ancestor_partition - Find and return the closest valid partition root ancestor
- * @cs: the current cpuset
- *
- * Return: The closet partition root ancestor cpuset
- */
-static struct cpuset *ancestor_partition(struct cpuset *cs)
-{
- struct cpuset *ancestor = parent_cs(cs);
-
- /*
- * The top_cpuset is always a valid partition root which will stop
- * the loop if it is reached.
- */
- while (!is_partition_valid(ancestor))
- ancestor = parent_cs(ancestor);
- return ancestor;
-}
-
/*
* update_cpumasks_hier - Update effective cpumasks and tasks in the subtree
* @cs: the cpuset to consider
@@ -2267,7 +2287,6 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp,
*/
if ((cp != cs) && old_prs) {
int parent_prs = parent->partition_root_state;
- struct cpumask *del_cpus = NULL;

switch (parent_prs) {
case PRS_ROOT:
@@ -2281,32 +2300,15 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp,
* child partition roots become invalid too.
*
* For a to be invalidated isolated partition,
- * its isolated CPUs may or may not need to be
- * removed from isolated_cpus depending on if
- * its closest partition root ancestor is a root
- * or isolated partition. With a PRS_ISOLATED
- * ancestor, the CPUs are checked against its
- * effective xcpus to see if any of them needed
- * to be removed.
+ * call return_isolated_cpus() to remove the
+ * relevant CPUs from isolated_cpus.
*/
if (is_partition_valid(cp))
new_prs = -old_prs;

if (old_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) {
- struct cpuset *ancestor = ancestor_partition(cp);
-
- if (ancestor->partition_root_state == PRS_ROOT)
- del_cpus = cp->effective_xcpus;
- else if (cpumask_andnot(tmp->delmask,
- cp->effective_xcpus,
- ancestor->effective_xcpus))
- del_cpus = tmp->delmask;
-
- if (del_cpus) {
- spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
- isolated_cpus_update(old_prs, new_prs, del_cpus);
- spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
- }
+ cpumask_copy(tmp->delmask, cp->effective_xcpus);
+ isolated_cpus_release(cp, tmp->delmask);
}
WRITE_ONCE(cp->prs_err,
is_partition_invalid(parent)
--
2.56.0