From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
To: mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, rostedt@goodmis.org,
bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de, vschneid@redhat.com,
kprateek.nayak@amd.com, zhanxusheng1024@gmail.com,
neelx@suse.com, sean@ashe.io, steve@abita.co,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] sched/debug: Introduce per-CPU debugfs files
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:52:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260728205238.18447-1-atomlin@atomlin.com> (raw)
Currently, accessing scheduler debugging details for a specific CPU
requires reading /sys/kernel/debug/sched/debug, which outputs
information for all online CPUs. When investigating a latency anomaly or
scheduling issue isolated to a specific CPU, accessing
/sys/kernel/debug/sched/cpu/cpu<N>/debug provides an immediate, targeted
view of that runqueue.
Add support for per-CPU debug files under:
/sys/kernel/debug/sched/cpu/cpu<N>/debug. Reading
/sys/kernel/debug/sched/cpu/cpu<N>/debug calls print_cpu() specifically
for CPU <N>, exposing CPU-specific runqueue details on demand. If the
target CPU is currently offline, reading its file returns -ENODEV.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
---
Changes since v1:
- Reframed commit message motivation around targeted interactive
debugging on large SMP topologies (Peter Zijlstra and Zhan Xusheng)
- Gated sched_debug_cpu_show() with a cpu_online(cpu) check
returning -ENODEV when target CPU is offline (Zhan Xusheng)
- Linked to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260728020309.6169-1-atomlin@atomlin.com/
---
kernel/sched/debug.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 40584b27ea0c..af6f68f73e5f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sched_verbose_fops = {
};
static const struct seq_operations sched_debug_sops;
+static void print_cpu(struct seq_file *m, int cpu);
static int sched_debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
@@ -633,6 +634,47 @@ static void debugfs_fair_server_init(void)
}
}
+static int sched_debug_cpu_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+ unsigned long cpu = (unsigned long) m->private;
+
+ if (!cpu_online(cpu))
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ print_cpu(m, cpu);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int sched_debug_cpu_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+ return single_open(filp, sched_debug_cpu_show, inode->i_private);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations sched_debug_cpu_fops = {
+ .open = sched_debug_cpu_open,
+ .read = seq_read,
+ .llseek = seq_lseek,
+ .release = single_release,
+};
+
+static __init void debugfs_cpu_init(void)
+{
+ struct dentry *d_cpu_dir;
+ unsigned long cpu;
+ char buf[16];
+
+ d_cpu_dir = debugfs_create_dir("cpu", debugfs_sched);
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ struct dentry *d_cpu;
+
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "cpu%lu", cpu);
+ d_cpu = debugfs_create_dir(buf, d_cpu_dir);
+
+ debugfs_create_file("debug", 0444, d_cpu, (void *) cpu, &sched_debug_cpu_fops);
+ }
+}
+
static __init int sched_init_debug(void)
{
struct dentry __maybe_unused *numa, *llc;
@@ -690,6 +732,7 @@ static __init int sched_init_debug(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT
debugfs_ext_server_init();
#endif
+ debugfs_cpu_init();
return 0;
}
--
2.55.0
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