From c0a23bbc98e93704a1f4fb5e7e7bb2d7c0fb6eb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:26:11 +0200 Subject: ipvs: Fix estimator kthreads preferred affinity The estimator kthreads' affinity are defined by sysctl overwritten preferences and applied through a plain call to the scheduler's affinity API. However since the introduction of managed kthreads preferred affinity, such a practice shortcuts the kthreads core code which eventually overwrites the target to the default unbound affinity. Fix this with using the appropriate kthread's API. Fixes: d1a89197589c ("kthread: Default affine kthread to its preferred NUMA node") Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Acked-by: Julian Anastasov Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal --- net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net') diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c index f821ad2e19b3..15049b826732 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c @@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ int ip_vs_est_kthread_start(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, } set_user_nice(kd->task, sysctl_est_nice(ipvs)); - set_cpus_allowed_ptr(kd->task, sysctl_est_cpulist(ipvs)); + if (sysctl_est_preferred_cpulist(ipvs)) + kthread_affine_preferred(kd->task, sysctl_est_preferred_cpulist(ipvs)); pr_info("starting estimator thread %d...\n", kd->id); wake_up_process(kd->task); -- cgit v1.2.3