From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: mingo@kernel.org
Cc: peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
vincent.guittot@linaro.org, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com,
rostedt@goodmis.org, bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de,
vschneid@redhat.com, kprateek.nayak@amd.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tj@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] sched/fair: Push sched_balance_newidle() unlock down
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:17:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828104018.890793421@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260828101659.812011872@infradead.org
By pushing down the this_rq unlock, there are more cases where the lock isn't
dropped.
XXX needs numbers
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -13417,6 +13417,7 @@ static int sched_balance_rq(int this_cpu
struct sched_domain *sd, enum cpu_idle_type idle,
int *continue_balancing)
{
+ bool lock_rq = false, unlock_rq = idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE;
int ld_moved, cur_ld_moved, active_balance = 0;
struct sched_domain *sd_parent = sd->parent;
struct sched_group *group;
@@ -13485,6 +13486,12 @@ static int sched_balance_rq(int this_cpu
*/
env.loop_max = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->nr_running);
+ if (unlock_rq) {
+ raw_spin_rq_unlock(this_rq);
+ unlock_rq = false;
+ lock_rq = true;
+ }
+
more_balance:
rq_lock_irqsave(busiest, &rf);
update_rq_clock(busiest);
@@ -13613,6 +13620,12 @@ static int sched_balance_rq(int this_cpu
if (!need_active_balance(&env))
goto out_unbalanced;
+ if (unlock_rq) {
+ raw_spin_rq_unlock(this_rq);
+ unlock_rq = false;
+ lock_rq = true;
+ }
+
scoped_guard (raw_spin_rq_lock_irqsave, busiest) {
/*
* Don't kick the active_load_balance_cpu_stop,
@@ -13706,6 +13719,8 @@ static int sched_balance_rq(int this_cpu
out:
if (need_unlock)
atomic_set_release(&sched_balance_running, 0);
+ if (lock_rq)
+ raw_spin_rq_lock(this_rq);
return ld_moved;
}
@@ -14582,8 +14597,6 @@ static void sched_balance_newidle(struct
t0 = sched_clock_cpu(this_cpu);
__sched_balance_update_blocked_averages(this_rq);
- raw_spin_rq_unlock(this_rq);
-
for_each_domain(this_cpu, sd) {
u64 domain_cost;
@@ -14634,8 +14647,6 @@ static void sched_balance_newidle(struct
break;
}
- raw_spin_rq_lock(this_rq);
-
if (curr_cost > this_rq->max_idle_balance_cost)
this_rq->max_idle_balance_cost = curr_cost;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 10:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 10:16 [PATCH 0/7] sched: core-sched fixes and balancing Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 10:17 ` [PATCH 1/7] sched/core: Fix pick_next_task() self recursion Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-03 11:13 ` Aaron Lu
2026-09-25 14:33 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 10:17 ` [PATCH 2/7] sched/core: Simplify/fix time updates Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-02 5:38 ` Tejun Heo
2026-09-02 14:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 10:17 ` [PATCH 3/7] sched/core: Allow newidle for core-sched Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 10:17 ` [PATCH 4/7] sched/rt: Add early exit on balance path Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 10:17 ` [PATCH 5/7] sched/fair: Reflow pick_task_fair() / newidle Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 10:17 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2026-08-28 10:17 ` [PATCH 7/7] sched: Remove sched_class::balance() Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-01 23:47 ` Tejun Heo
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