Re: [PATCH v2] sched_ext: Trigger ops.update_idle() from pick_task_idle()

Andrea Righi
2024-10-15T05:21:56Z

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 03:12:16PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:06:03AM +0200, Andrea Righi wrote:
> > @@ -459,13 +459,13 @@ static void put_prev_task_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct t
> > static void set_next_task_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next, bool first)
> > {
> > update_idle_core(rq);
> > - scx_update_idle(rq, true);
> > schedstat_inc(rq->sched_goidle);
> > next->se.exec_start = rq_clock_task(rq);
> > }
> >
> > struct task_struct *pick_task_idle(struct rq *rq)
> > {
> > + scx_update_idle(rq, true);
>
> Thanks a lot for debugging this. Both the analysis and solution make sense
> to me. However, as this puts scx_update_idle() in a different place from
> other idle handling functions, can you please add a comment explaining why
> it needs to be in pick_task_idle() instead of set_next_task_idle()?
>
> Thanks.

Sure, I'll send a v3 with a proper comment.

Thanks,
-Andrea

>
> --
> tejun