linux/kernel
Mike Galbraith 83929cce95 sched/autogroup: Fix 64-bit kernel nice level adjustment
Michael Kerrisk reported:

> Regarding the previous paragraph...  My tests indicate
> that writing *any* value to the autogroup [nice priority level]
> file causes the task group to get a lower priority.

Because autogroup didn't call the then meaningless scale_load()...

Autogroup nice level adjustment has been broken ever since load
resolution was increased for 64-bit kernels.  Use scale_load() to
scale group weight.

Michael Kerrisk tested this patch to fix the problem:

> Applied and tested against 4.9-rc6 on an Intel u7 (4 cores).
> Test setup:
>
> Terminal window 1: running 40 CPU burner jobs
> Terminal window 2: running 40 CPU burner jobs
> Terminal window 1: running  1 CPU burner job
>
> Demonstrated that:
> * Writing "0" to the autogroup file for TW1 now causes no change
>   to the rate at which the process on the terminal consume CPU.
> * Writing -20 to the autogroup file for TW1 caused those processes
>   to get the lion's share of CPU while TW2 TW3 get a tiny amount.
> * Writing -20 to the autogroup files for TW1 and TW3 allowed the
>   process on TW3 to get as much CPU as it was getting as when
>   the autogroup nice values for both terminals were 0.

Reported-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479897217.4306.6.camel@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-11-24 05:45:02 +01:00
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bpf bpf: fix range arithmetic for bpf map access 2016-11-16 13:21:45 -05:00
configs config: android: enable CONFIG_SECCOMP 2016-10-11 15:06:32 -07:00
debug
events perf/core: Fix address filter parser 2016-11-21 11:28:36 +01:00
gcov gcov: add support for gcc version >= 6 2016-07-15 14:54:27 +09:00
irq genirq: Use irq type from irqdata instead of irqdesc 2016-11-08 15:15:19 +01:00
livepatch livepatch/module: make TAINT_LIVEPATCH module-specific 2016-08-26 14:42:08 +02:00
locking lockdep: Limit static allocations if PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL is defined 2016-11-18 11:33:19 -08:00
power PM / sleep: fix device reference leak in test_suspend 2016-11-02 05:10:04 +01:00
printk Revert "printk: make reading the kernel log flush pending lines" 2016-11-14 09:31:52 -08:00
rcu This adds a new gcc plugin named "latent_entropy". It is designed to 2016-10-15 10:03:15 -07:00
sched sched/autogroup: Fix 64-bit kernel nice level adjustment 2016-11-24 05:45:02 +01:00
time timers: Prevent base clock corruption when forwarding 2016-10-25 16:32:50 +02:00
trace ftrace: Add more checks for FTRACE_FL_DISABLED in processing ip records 2016-11-14 16:31:49 -05:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c audit: cleanup prune_tree_thread 2016-04-04 09:46:47 -04:00
audit_watch.c Merge branch 'stable-4.8' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-09-01 15:55:56 -07:00
audit.c Merge branch 'stable-4.9' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-10-04 14:21:41 -07:00
audit.h Merge branch 'stable-4.8' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-07-29 17:54:17 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: add fields to exclude filter by reusing user filter 2016-06-27 11:01:00 -04:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'stable-4.9' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-10-04 14:21:41 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c kernel: Add noaudit variant of ns_capable() 2016-06-06 20:16:18 +10:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup_pids.c cgroup: Use lld instead of ld when printing pids controller events_limit 2016-06-21 15:03:36 -04:00
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-4.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2016-10-14 12:18:50 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Use distinct name for cpu_hotplug.dep_map 2016-10-16 11:09:32 +02:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-4.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2016-10-14 12:18:50 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: Reject inodes with invalid ids in set_create_file_as() 2016-06-30 18:05:09 -05:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c sched/autogroup: Do not use autogroup->tg in zombie threads 2016-11-22 12:33:43 +01:00
extable.c
fork.c fork: Add task stack refcounting sanity check and prevent premature task stack freeing 2016-11-01 07:39:17 +01:00
freezer.c freezer, oom: check TIF_MEMDIE on the correct task 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
futex_compat.c
futex.c futex: Add some more function commentry 2016-09-05 17:20:18 +02:00
groups.c cred: simpler, 1D supplementary groups 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
hung_task.c hung_task: allow hung_task_panic when hung_task_warnings is 0 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c powerpc updates for 4.8 #2 2016-08-05 09:00:54 -04:00
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: properly check if we are in an interrupt 2016-10-27 18:43:42 -07:00
kexec_core.c kexec: add restriction on kexec_load() segment sizes 2016-08-02 19:35:31 -04:00
kexec_file.c kexec: fix double-free when failing to relocate the purgatory 2016-09-01 17:52:01 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c kexec: allow architectures to override boot mapping 2016-08-02 19:35:27 -04:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: include <asm/sections.h> instead of <asm-generic/sections.h> 2016-10-11 15:06:31 -07:00
ksysfs.c kexec: add a kexec_crash_loaded() function 2016-08-02 19:35:30 -04:00
kthread.c kthread: better support freezable kthread workers 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
latencytop.c
Makefile userns: Add per user namespace sysctls. 2016-08-08 13:18:58 -05:00
membarrier.c
memremap.c mm: fix cache mode of dax pmd mappings 2016-09-09 17:34:46 -07:00
module_signing.c KEYS: Move the point of trust determination to __key_link() 2016-04-11 22:43:43 +01:00
module-internal.h
module.c livepatch/module: make TAINT_LIVEPATCH module-specific 2016-08-26 14:42:08 +02:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-09-19 21:44:30 +02:00
panic.c x86/panic: replace smp_send_stop() with kdump friendly version in panic path 2016-10-11 15:06:32 -07:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'nsfs-ioctls' into HEAD 2016-09-22 20:00:36 -05:00
pid.c remove lots of IS_ERR_VALUE abuses 2016-05-27 15:26:11 -07:00
profile.c profile: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-07-15 10:41:42 +02:00
ptrace.c mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:31:25 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c relay: Use irq_work instead of plain timer for deferred wakeup 2016-10-11 15:06:32 -07:00
resource.c /proc/iomem: only expose physical resource addresses to privileged users 2016-04-14 12:56:09 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Fix tracer exit notifications during fatal signals 2016-08-30 16:12:46 -07:00
signal.c x86/signal: Add SA_{X32,IA32}_ABI sa_flags 2016-09-14 21:28:11 +02:00
smp.c smp: Allocate smp_call_on_cpu() workqueue on stack too 2016-09-22 14:49:10 +02:00
smpboot.c kthread/smpboot: do not park in kthread_create_on_cpu() 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Display IRQ_POLL for irq-poll statistics 2016-10-21 15:45:47 -06:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-10-03 13:39:00 -07:00
sys_ni.c x86/pkeys: Fix pkeys build breakage for some non-x86 arches 2016-09-13 14:41:36 +02:00
sys.c prctl: make PR_SET_THP_DISABLE wait for mmap_sem killable 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use generic UUID library 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-10-10 13:04:49 -07:00
task_work.c task_work: use READ_ONCE/lockless_dereference, avoid pi_lock if !task_works 2016-08-02 19:35:02 -04:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fix the length of cgroupstats_cmd_get_policy 2016-11-03 16:55:58 -04:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Convert torture_shutdown() to hrtimer 2016-08-22 10:01:49 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c mntns: Add a limit on the number of mount namespaces. 2016-08-31 07:28:35 -05:00
uid16.c cred: simpler, 1D supplementary groups 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
up.c smp: Add function to execute a function synchronously on a CPU 2016-09-05 13:52:39 +02:00
user_namespace.c Merge branch 'nsfs-ioctls' into HEAD 2016-09-22 20:00:36 -05:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c Merge branch 'nsfs-ioctls' into HEAD 2016-09-22 20:00:36 -05:00
watchdog.c Revert "perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86" 2016-07-10 20:58:36 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c kthread: rename probe_kthread_data() to kthread_probe_data() 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00