[Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] credit2: Fix erronous ASSERT

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In order to avoid high-frequency cpu migration, vcpus may in fact be
scheduled slightly out-of-order.  Account for this situation properly.

Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/common/sched_credit2.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/common/sched_credit2.c b/xen/common/sched_credit2.c
index a7bd2ee..5bf5ebc 100644
--- a/xen/common/sched_credit2.c
+++ b/xen/common/sched_credit2.c
@@ -1544,31 +1544,23 @@ csched_runtime(const struct scheduler *ops, int cpu, 
struct csched_vcpu *snext)
         }
     }
 
-    /*
-     * snext is about to be scheduled; so:
-     *
-     * 1. if snext->credit were less than 0 when it was taken off the
-     * runqueue, then csched_schedule() should have called
-     * reset_credit().  So at this point snext->credit must be greater
-     * than 0.
-     *
-     * 2. snext's credit must be greater than or equal to anyone else
-     * in the queue, so snext->credit - swait->credit must be greater
-     * than or equal to 0.
-     */
-    ASSERT(rt_credit >= 0);
-
-    /* FIXME: See if we can eliminate this conversion if we know time
-     * will be outside (MIN,MAX).  Probably requires pre-calculating
-     * credit values of MIN,MAX per vcpu, since each vcpu burns credit
-     * at a different rate. */
-    time = c2t(rqd, rt_credit, snext);
-
-    /* Check limits */
-    if ( time < CSCHED_MIN_TIMER )
+    /* The next guy may actually have a higher credit, if we've */
+    if ( rt_credit < 0 )
         time = CSCHED_MIN_TIMER;
-    else if ( time > CSCHED_MAX_TIMER )
-        time = CSCHED_MAX_TIMER;
+    else
+    {
+        /* FIXME: See if we can eliminate this conversion if we know time
+         * will be outside (MIN,MAX).  Probably requires pre-calculating
+         * credit values of MIN,MAX per vcpu, since each vcpu burns credit
+         * at a different rate. */
+        time = c2t(rqd, rt_credit, snext);
+
+        /* Check limits */
+        if ( time < CSCHED_MIN_TIMER )
+            time = CSCHED_MIN_TIMER;
+        else if ( time > CSCHED_MAX_TIMER )
+            time = CSCHED_MAX_TIMER;
+    }
 
     return time;
 }
-- 
1.7.9.5


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel