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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] sched/balancing: Update run_rebalance_domains() comments
Date: Fri,  8 Mar 2024 11:58:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240308105901.1096078-9-mingo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240308105901.1096078-1-mingo@kernel.org>

The first sentence of the comment explaining run_rebalance_domains()
is historic and not true anymore:

    * run_rebalance_domains is triggered when needed from the scheduler tick.

... contradicted/modified by the second sentence:

    * Also triggered for NOHZ idle balancing (with NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK set).

Avoid that kind of confusion straight away and explain from what
places sched_balance_softirq() is triggered.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index f3c03c6db3c8..b567c0790f44 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -12409,9 +12409,12 @@ static int newidle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
 }
 
 /*
- * This softirq may be triggered from the scheduler tick, or by
- * any of the flags in NOHZ_KICK_MASK: NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK,
- * NOHZ_STATS_KICK or NOHZ_NEXT_KICK.
+ * This softirq handler is triggered via SCHED_SOFTIRQ from two places:
+ *
+ * - directly from the local scheduler_tick() for periodic load balancing
+ *
+ * - indirectly from a remote scheduler_tick() for NOHZ idle balancing
+ *   through the SMP cross-call nohz_csd_func()
  */
 static __latent_entropy void run_rebalance_domains(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
-- 
2.40.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-03-08 10:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-08 10:58 [PATCH -v4 00/10] sched/balancing: Misc updates & cleanups Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:58 ` [PATCH 01/10] sched/balancing: Switch the 'DEFINE_SPINLOCK(balancing)' spinlock into an 'atomic_t sched_balance_running' flag Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-15  9:25   ` [PATCH 01/10] " Shrikanth Hegde
2024-03-08 10:58 ` [PATCH 02/10] sched/balancing: Remove reliance on 'enum cpu_idle_type' ordering when iterating [CPU_MAX_IDLE_TYPES] arrays in show_schedstat() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 13:26   ` Vincent Guittot
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Shrikanth Hegde
2024-03-08 10:58 ` [PATCH 03/10] sched/balancing: Change 'enum cpu_idle_type' to have more natural definitions Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:58 ` [PATCH 04/10] sched/debug: Increase SCHEDSTAT_VERSION to 16 Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 16:40   ` Shrikanth Hegde
2024-03-12 10:01     ` Ingo Molnar
2024-03-14  5:21       ` Gautham R. Shenoy
2024-03-14  6:04         ` Swapnil Sapkal
2024-03-15  4:37           ` Shrikanth Hegde
2024-03-15  9:06             ` Swapnil Sapkal
2024-03-15  9:20               ` Shrikanth Hegde
2024-03-15 14:03                 ` Swapnil Sapkal
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:58 ` [PATCH 05/10] sched/debug: Allow CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS even on !KERNEL_DEBUG kernels Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:58 ` [PATCH 06/10] sched/balancing: Change comment formatting to not overlap Git conflict marker lines Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:58 ` [PATCH 07/10] sched/balancing: Fix comments (trying to) refer to NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 12:03   ` Vincent Guittot
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:58 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2024-03-08 12:02   ` [PATCH 08/10] sched/balancing: Update run_rebalance_domains() comments Vincent Guittot
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:59 ` [PATCH 09/10] sched/balancing: Vertically align the comments of 'struct sg_lb_stats' and 'struct sd_lb_stats' Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 12:01   ` Vincent Guittot
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 10:59 ` [PATCH 10/10] sched/balancing: Update comments in " Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 12:01   ` Vincent Guittot
2024-03-12 12:00   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar

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