From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
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Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
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Xin Zhao <jackzxcui1989@163.com>,
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linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH 10/14] tick/sched: Account tickless idle cputime only when tick is stopped
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:16:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260331131622.30505-11-frederic@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260331131622.30505-1-frederic@kernel.org>
There is no real point in switching to dyntick-idle cputime accounting
mode if the tick is not actually stopped. This just adds overhead,
notably fetching the GTOD, on each idle exit and each idle IRQ entry for
no reason during short idle trips.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 0da83d9b324a..923cae35827a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -1144,8 +1144,10 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick(void)
ts->idle_sleeps++;
ts->idle_expires = expires;
- if (!was_stopped && tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED))
+ if (!was_stopped && tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED)) {
+ kcpustat_dyntick_start(ts->idle_entrytime);
nohz_balance_enter_idle(cpu);
+ }
} else {
tick_nohz_retain_tick(ts);
}
@@ -1187,7 +1189,6 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
WARN_ON_ONCE(ts->timer_expires_base);
tick_sched_flag_set(ts, TS_FLAG_INIDLE);
ts->idle_entrytime = ktime_get();
- kcpustat_dyntick_start(ts->idle_entrytime);
tick_nohz_clock_sleep(ts);
local_irq_enable();
@@ -1217,9 +1218,10 @@ void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void)
struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_INIDLE)) {
- ts->idle_entrytime = ktime_get();
- kcpustat_irq_exit(ts->idle_entrytime);
tick_nohz_clock_sleep(ts);
+ ts->idle_entrytime = ktime_get();
+ if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED))
+ kcpustat_irq_exit(ts->idle_entrytime);
} else {
tick_nohz_full_update_tick(ts);
}
@@ -1320,8 +1322,11 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick(void)
{
struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
- if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED))
- tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, ktime_get());
+ if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED)) {
+ ktime_t now = ktime_get();
+ kcpustat_dyntick_stop(now);
+ tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, now);
+ }
}
static void tick_nohz_idle_update_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
@@ -1351,7 +1356,6 @@ static void tick_nohz_idle_update_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
{
struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
- bool idle_active, tick_stopped;
ktime_t now;
local_irq_disable();
@@ -1360,18 +1364,13 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
WARN_ON_ONCE(ts->timer_expires_base);
tick_sched_flag_clear(ts, TS_FLAG_INIDLE);
- idle_active = tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_IDLE_ACTIVE);
- tick_stopped = tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED);
+ tick_nohz_clock_wakeup(ts);
- if (idle_active || tick_stopped)
+ if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED)) {
now = ktime_get();
-
- if (idle_active)
- tick_nohz_clock_wakeup(ts);
-
- if (tick_stopped)
+ kcpustat_dyntick_stop(now);
tick_nohz_idle_update_tick(ts, now);
- kcpustat_dyntick_stop(now);
+ }
local_irq_enable();
}
@@ -1425,15 +1424,13 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_irq_enter(void)
struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
ktime_t now;
- if (!tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED | TS_FLAG_IDLE_ACTIVE))
+ tick_nohz_clock_wakeup(ts);
+
+ if (!tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED))
return;
now = ktime_get();
-
- if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_IDLE_ACTIVE)) {
- tick_nohz_clock_wakeup(ts);
- kcpustat_irq_enter(now);
- }
+ kcpustat_irq_enter(now);
/*
* If all CPUs are idle we may need to update a stale jiffies value.
@@ -1442,8 +1439,7 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_irq_enter(void)
* rare case (typically stop machine). So we must make sure we have a
* last resort.
*/
- if (tick_sched_flag_test(ts, TS_FLAG_STOPPED))
- tick_nohz_update_jiffies(now);
+ tick_nohz_update_jiffies(now);
}
#else
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-31 13:16 [PATCH 00/14 v3] tick/sched: Refactor idle cputime accounting Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 01/14] sched/idle: Handle offlining first in idle loop Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:59 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 02/14] sched/cputime: Remove superfluous and error prone kcpustat_field() parameter Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 03/14] sched/cputime: Correctly support generic vtime idle time Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 04/14] powerpc/time: Prepare to stop elapsing in dynticks-idle Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 05/14] s390/time: " Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 06/14] tick/sched: Unify idle cputime accounting Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 07/14] tick/sched: Remove nohz disabled special case in cputime fetch Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 08/14] tick/sched: Move dyntick-idle cputime accounting to cputime code Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 09/14] tick/sched: Remove unused fields Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 11/14] tick/sched: Consolidate idle time fetching APIs Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 12/14] sched/cputime: Provide get_cpu_[idle|iowait]_time_us() off-case Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 13/14] sched/cputime: Handle idle irqtime gracefully Frederic Weisbecker
2026-03-31 13:16 ` [PATCH 14/14] sched/cputime: Handle dyntick-idle steal time correctly Frederic Weisbecker
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