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From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v6 18/23] virt/steal_monitor: Provide default method to inc/dec preferred CPUs
Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2026 19:46:49 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260701141654.500125-19-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260701141654.500125-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>

These methods will be used by the steal_monitor core in subsequent
patches. Default implementation are likely good enough for most archs.

decrease_preferred_cpus() - Called when there is high steal time. It needs
to decide which CPUs to mark as non-preferred and set that state.
increase_preferred_cpus() - Called when there is low steal time. It needs
to decide which CPUs to mark as preferred and set that state.

Default Implementations:
decrease_preferred_cpus()
- Get first housekeeping CPU and its core mask. Mark it as
  protected core. This helps to keep at least one core as preferred.
  This is to be safe under non-normal cases.
- Find the last CPU outside of this protected core mask. (target CPU)
  This works for cases where one may specify nohz_full= for last set of
  CPUs as well.
- If no such CPU exits, then only housekeeping core remains. Bail out.
- Based on that target CPU, get its sibling and mark them as
  non-preferred. If they are nohz_full, enable the tick.
  push mechanism relies on sched_tick.

increase_preferred_cpus()
- Get the first active non-preferred CPUs. This likely is the last
  set of CPUs being marked as non-preferred.
- If there is no such CPU, i.e preferred is same as active. Nothing
  todo further.
- If not, get the siblings of that core and mark them as preferred.
  Note that clearing the tick isn't needed as that would be handled via
  sched_can_stop_tick.

Using core instead of individual CPUs give better numbers as SMT is
quite common and some hypervisor such as powerVM does core scheduling.

Note: This doesn't do any NUMA splicing to keep the code simpler and
minimal overhead. current code expects CPUs spread unformly
across NUMA nodes.

Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
v5->v6:
- Make it work for all cases when nohz_full= may be specified.

 drivers/virt/steal_monitor/defaults.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h  |  2 +
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/defaults.c b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/defaults.c
index 6681f9938f6a..4e2e5b233948 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/defaults.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/defaults.c
@@ -26,3 +26,77 @@ u64 __weak get_system_steal_time(void)
 
 	return total_steal;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Default implementation of decrementing the preferred CPUs based on steal
+ * time. This is simple logic and decrease the preferred CPUs by 1 core.
+ * It takes out the last core in the active & preferred.
+ *
+ * Ensure at least one housekeeping core is always kept as preferred
+ *
+ * Could be overwritten by arch specific handling. Arch must ensure
+ * preferred is always subset of active.
+ */
+
+#define get_core_mask(cpu) topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu)
+
+void __weak decrease_preferred_cpus(struct steal_monitor *ctx)
+{
+	int tmp_cpu, first_hk_cpu;
+	const struct cpumask *first_hk_core;
+	int target_cpu = nr_cpu_ids;
+
+	guard(cpus_read_lock)();
+
+	first_hk_cpu = cpumask_first_and(housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE),
+					 cpu_active_mask);
+
+	if (first_hk_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
+		return;
+
+	first_hk_core = get_core_mask(first_hk_cpu);
+
+	/* Always leave first housekeeping core as preferred. */
+	for_each_cpu_andnot(tmp_cpu, cpu_preferred_mask, first_hk_core)
+		target_cpu = tmp_cpu;
+
+	/* Only the first housekeeping core remains */
+	if (target_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * set tick bit for nohz_full CPU to push the task out. Once the tasks
+	 * are pushed out, bit will be cleared if there are no tasks.
+	 */
+
+	for_each_cpu_and(tmp_cpu, get_core_mask(target_cpu), cpu_active_mask) {
+		set_cpu_preferred(tmp_cpu, false);
+		if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(tmp_cpu))
+			tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(tmp_cpu, TICK_DEP_BIT_SCHED);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Default implementation of incrementing preferred CPUs based on steal
+ * time. This is simple logic and increases the preferred CPUs by 1 core.
+ * It adds the first core in active & !preferred
+ *
+ * Nothing to do if active == preferred
+ *
+ * Could be overwritten by arch specific handling. Arch must ensure
+ * preferred is subset of active.
+ */
+void __weak increase_preferred_cpus(struct steal_monitor *ctx)
+{
+	int first_cpu, tmp_cpu;
+
+	guard(cpus_read_lock)();
+
+	first_cpu = cpumask_first_andnot(cpu_active_mask, cpu_preferred_mask);
+	/* All CPUs are preferred. Nothing to increase further */
+	if (first_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
+		return;
+
+	for_each_cpu_and(tmp_cpu, get_core_mask(first_cpu), cpu_active_mask)
+		set_cpu_preferred(tmp_cpu, true);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h
index 634c9f5a2610..030f6236c38e 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h
+++ b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ struct steal_monitor {
 extern struct steal_monitor sm_core_ctx;
 
 u64 get_system_steal_time(void);
+void increase_preferred_cpus(struct steal_monitor *ctx);
+void decrease_preferred_cpus(struct steal_monitor *ctx);
 
 #endif /* __VIRT_STEAL_CORE_H */
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 14:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-01 14:16 [PATCH v6 00/23] sched: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask and steal-driven vCPU backoff Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 01/23] sched/docs: Document cpu_preferred_mask and Preferred CPU concept Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 02/23] kconfig: Provide PREFERRED_CPU option Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 03/23] cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 15:35   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-01 16:40     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 04/23] sysfs: Add preferred CPU file Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 05/23] sched/core: Try to use a preferred CPU in is_cpu_allowed Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 16:09   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-01 16:49     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-02  6:30       ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 06/23] sched/fair: Load balance only among preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 16:19   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-01 16:41     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 07/23] sched/fair: Pull the load on preferred CPU Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 08/23] sched/core: Keep tick on non-preferred CPUs until tasks are out Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 09/23] sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 16:50   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-01 17:03     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 10/23] sched/debug: Add migration stats due to non preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 11/23] virt/steal_monitor: Add documentation Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 12/23] virt: Introduce steal monitor driver Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 13/23] virt/steal_monitor: Restore to active on module disable Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 14/23] virt/steal_monitor: Define steal_monitor structure Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 15/23] virt/steal_monitor: Add control knobs for handling steal values Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-02  7:16   ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 16/23] virt/steal_monitor: Compute work at regular intervals Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 17/23] virt/steal_monitor: Provide default method to get systemwide steal time Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 19/23] virt/steal_monitor: Provide default method to get num of CPUs for steal ratio Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 20/23] virt/steal_monitor: Act on steal values at regular intervals Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-02  7:18   ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 21/23] virt/steal_monitor: Add direction control Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 22/23] virt/steal_monitor: Add design check of preferred subset of active Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-01 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 23/23] virt/steal_monitor: Optimise decrease_preferred_cpus when all CPUs are housekeeping Shrikanth Hegde

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