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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
	Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] sched/fair: Rename cfs_rq::avg_vruntime to ::sum_w_vruntime, and helper functions
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2025 07:46:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251201064647.1851919-7-mingo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251201064647.1851919-1-mingo@kernel.org>

The ::avg_vruntime field is a  misnomer: it says it's an
'average vruntime', but in reality it's the momentary sum
of the weighted vruntimes of all queued tasks, which is
at least a division away from being an average.

This is clear from comments about the math of fair scheduling:

    * \Sum (v_i - v0) * w_i := cfs_rq->avg_vruntime

This confusion is increased by the cfs_avg_vruntime() function,
which does perform the division and returns a true average.

The sum of all weighted vruntimes should be named thusly,
so rename the field to ::sum_w_vruntime. (As arguably
::sum_weighted_vruntime would be a bit of a mouthful.)

Understanding the scheduler is hard enough already, without
extra layers of obfuscated naming. ;-)

Also rename related helper functions:

  sum_vruntime_add()    => sum_w_vruntime_add()
  sum_vruntime_sub()    => sum_w_vruntime_sub()
  sum_vruntime_update() => sum_w_vruntime_update()

With the notable exception of cfs_avg_vruntime(), which
was named accurately.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/debug.c |  2 +-
 kernel/sched/fair.c  | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
 kernel/sched/sched.h |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index a6ceda12bd35..b6fa5ca6a932 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ void print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 			SPLIT_NS(left_vruntime));
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %Ld.%06ld\n", "zero_vruntime",
 			SPLIT_NS(zero_vruntime));
-	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %Ld.%06ld\n", "avg_vruntime",
+	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %Ld.%06ld\n", "sum_w_vruntime",
 			SPLIT_NS(cfs_avg_vruntime(cfs_rq)));
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %Ld.%06ld\n", "right_vruntime",
 			SPLIT_NS(right_vruntime));
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 2ffd52a2e7a0..41ede30b74cd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static inline s64 entity_key(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
  * Which we track using:
  *
  *                    v0 := cfs_rq->zero_vruntime
- * \Sum (v_i - v0) * w_i := cfs_rq->avg_vruntime
+ * \Sum (v_i - v0) * w_i := cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime
  *              \Sum w_i := cfs_rq->sum_weight
  *
  * Since zero_vruntime closely tracks the per-task service, these
@@ -619,32 +619,32 @@ static inline s64 entity_key(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
  * As measured, the max (key * weight) value was ~44 bits for a kernel build.
  */
 static void
-avg_vruntime_add(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
+sum_w_vruntime_add(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
 	unsigned long weight = scale_load_down(se->load.weight);
 	s64 key = entity_key(cfs_rq, se);
 
-	cfs_rq->avg_vruntime += key * weight;
+	cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime += key * weight;
 	cfs_rq->sum_weight += weight;
 }
 
 static void
-avg_vruntime_sub(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
+sum_w_vruntime_sub(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
 	unsigned long weight = scale_load_down(se->load.weight);
 	s64 key = entity_key(cfs_rq, se);
 
-	cfs_rq->avg_vruntime -= key * weight;
+	cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime -= key * weight;
 	cfs_rq->sum_weight -= weight;
 }
 
 static inline
-void avg_vruntime_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, s64 delta)
+void sum_w_vruntime_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, s64 delta)
 {
 	/*
-	 * v' = v + d ==> avg_vruntime' = avg_runtime - d*sum_weight
+	 * v' = v + d ==> sum_w_vruntime' = sum_runtime - d*sum_weight
 	 */
-	cfs_rq->avg_vruntime -= cfs_rq->sum_weight * delta;
+	cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime -= cfs_rq->sum_weight * delta;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ void avg_vruntime_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, s64 delta)
 u64 cfs_avg_vruntime(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 {
 	struct sched_entity *curr = cfs_rq->curr;
-	s64 avg = cfs_rq->avg_vruntime;
+	s64 avg = cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime;
 	long load = cfs_rq->sum_weight;
 
 	if (curr && curr->on_rq) {
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static void update_entity_lag(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 static int vruntime_eligible(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, u64 vruntime)
 {
 	struct sched_entity *curr = cfs_rq->curr;
-	s64 avg = cfs_rq->avg_vruntime;
+	s64 avg = cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime;
 	long load = cfs_rq->sum_weight;
 
 	if (curr && curr->on_rq) {
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static void update_zero_vruntime(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	u64 vruntime = cfs_avg_vruntime(cfs_rq);
 	s64 delta = (s64)(vruntime - cfs_rq->zero_vruntime);
 
-	avg_vruntime_update(cfs_rq, delta);
+	sum_w_vruntime_update(cfs_rq, delta);
 
 	cfs_rq->zero_vruntime = vruntime;
 }
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ RB_DECLARE_CALLBACKS(static, min_vruntime_cb, struct sched_entity,
  */
 static void __enqueue_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	avg_vruntime_add(cfs_rq, se);
+	sum_w_vruntime_add(cfs_rq, se);
 	update_zero_vruntime(cfs_rq);
 	se->min_vruntime = se->vruntime;
 	se->min_slice = se->slice;
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static void __dequeue_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
 	rb_erase_augmented_cached(&se->run_node, &cfs_rq->tasks_timeline,
 				  &min_vruntime_cb);
-	avg_vruntime_sub(cfs_rq, se);
+	sum_w_vruntime_sub(cfs_rq, se);
 	update_zero_vruntime(cfs_rq);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 54994d93958a..f0eb58458ff3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ struct cfs_rq {
 	unsigned int		h_nr_runnable;		/* SCHED_{NORMAL,BATCH,IDLE} */
 	unsigned int		h_nr_idle;		/* SCHED_IDLE */
 
-	s64			avg_vruntime;
+	s64			sum_w_vruntime;
 	u64			sum_weight;
 
 	u64			zero_vruntime;
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-12-01  6:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-01  6:46 [PATCH 0/6] sched: Misc cleanups Ingo Molnar
2025-12-01  6:46 ` [PATCH 1/6] sched/fair: Join two #ifdef CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH blocks Ingo Molnar
2025-12-04  5:53   ` Shrikanth Hegde
2025-12-06 10:48     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  7:46   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Join two #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED blocks tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-15  7:59   ` tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-01  6:46 ` [PATCH 2/6] sched/fair: Clean up comments in 'struct cfs_rq' Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  7:46   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-15  7:59   ` tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-01  6:46 ` [PATCH 3/6] sched/fair: Separate se->vlag from se->vprot Ingo Molnar
2025-12-01  8:06   ` [PATCH 3/6 v2] " Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  7:46   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-15  7:59   ` tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-01  6:46 ` [PATCH 4/6] sched/fair: Rename avg_vruntime() to cfs_avg_vruntime() Ingo Molnar
2025-12-02 10:24   ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-02 15:15     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-12-01  6:46 ` [PATCH 5/6] sched/fair: Rename cfs_rq::avg_load to cfs_rq::sum_weight Ingo Molnar
2025-12-02 10:27   ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-02 15:57     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  7:46   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-15  7:59   ` tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-01  6:46 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2025-12-02 10:35   ` [PATCH 6/6] sched/fair: Rename cfs_rq::avg_vruntime to ::sum_w_vruntime, and helper functions Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-02 15:19     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  7:46   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-15  7:59   ` tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar

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