From: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/9] sched: Add vCPU debooster infrastructure
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:53:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251219035334.39790-2-kernellwp@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251219035334.39790-1-kernellwp@gmail.com>
From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
Introduce foundational infrastructure for the vCPU debooster mechanism
to improve yield_to() effectiveness in virtualization workloads.
Add per-rq tracking fields for rate limiting (yield_deboost_last_time_ns)
and debouncing (yield_deboost_last_src/dst_pid, last_pair_time_ns).
Introduce global sysctl knob sysctl_sched_vcpu_debooster_enabled for
runtime control, defaulting to enabled. Add debugfs interface for
observability and initialization in sched_init().
The infrastructure is inert at this stage as no deboost logic is
implemented yet, allowing independent verification that existing
behavior remains unchanged.
v1 -> v2:
- Rename debugfs entry from sched_vcpu_debooster_enabled to
vcpu_debooster_enabled for consistency with other sched debugfs entries
- Add explicit initialization of yield_deboost_last_time_ns to 0 in
sched_init() for clarity
- Improve comments to follow kernel documentation style
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 9 +++++++--
kernel/sched/debug.c | 2 ++
kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
kernel/sched/sched.h | 12 ++++++++++++
4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 41ba0be16911..9f0936b9c1c9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8606,9 +8606,14 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
#endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED */
for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
- struct rq *rq;
+ struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(i);
+
+ /* Initialize vCPU debooster per-rq state */
+ rq->yield_deboost_last_time_ns = 0;
+ rq->yield_deboost_last_src_pid = -1;
+ rq->yield_deboost_last_dst_pid = -1;
+ rq->yield_deboost_last_pair_time_ns = 0;
- rq = cpu_rq(i);
raw_spin_lock_init(&rq->__lock);
rq->nr_running = 0;
rq->calc_load_active = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 41caa22e0680..13e67617549d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ static __init int sched_init_debug(void)
debugfs_create_file("tunable_scaling", 0644, debugfs_sched, NULL, &sched_scaling_fops);
debugfs_create_u32("migration_cost_ns", 0644, debugfs_sched, &sysctl_sched_migration_cost);
debugfs_create_u32("nr_migrate", 0644, debugfs_sched, &sysctl_sched_nr_migrate);
+ debugfs_create_u32("vcpu_debooster_enabled", 0644, debugfs_sched,
+ &sysctl_sched_vcpu_debooster_enabled);
sched_domains_mutex_lock();
update_sched_domain_debugfs();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index da46c3164537..87c30db2c853 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ static unsigned int normalized_sysctl_sched_base_slice = 700000ULL;
__read_mostly unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost = 500000UL;
+/*
+ * vCPU debooster: runtime toggle for yield_to() vruntime penalty mechanism.
+ * When enabled (default), yield_to() applies bounded vruntime penalties to
+ * improve lock holder scheduling in virtualized environments.
+ */
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_vcpu_debooster_enabled __read_mostly = 1;
+
static int __init setup_sched_thermal_decay_shift(char *str)
{
pr_warn("Ignoring the deprecated sched_thermal_decay_shift= option\n");
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index d30cca6870f5..b7aa0d35c793 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1294,6 +1294,16 @@ struct rq {
unsigned int push_busy;
struct cpu_stop_work push_work;
+ /*
+ * vCPU debooster: per-rq state for yield_to() optimization.
+ * Used to rate-limit and debounce vruntime penalties applied
+ * when a vCPU yields to a lock holder.
+ */
+ u64 yield_deboost_last_time_ns;
+ pid_t yield_deboost_last_src_pid;
+ pid_t yield_deboost_last_dst_pid;
+ u64 yield_deboost_last_pair_time_ns;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CORE
/* per rq */
struct rq *core;
@@ -2958,6 +2968,8 @@ extern int sysctl_resched_latency_warn_once;
extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_tunable_scaling;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_vcpu_debooster_enabled;
+
extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay;
extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_min;
extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_max;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-19 3:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-19 3:53 [PATCH v2 0/9] sched/kvm: Semantics-aware vCPU scheduling for oversubscribed KVM Wanpeng Li
2025-12-19 3:53 ` Wanpeng Li [this message]
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] sched/fair: Add rate-limiting and validation helpers Wanpeng Li
2025-12-22 21:12 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-04 4:09 ` Hillf Danton
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] sched/fair: Add cgroup LCA finder for hierarchical yield Wanpeng Li
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] sched/fair: Add penalty calculation and application logic Wanpeng Li
2025-12-22 23:36 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] sched/fair: Wire up yield deboost in yield_to_task_fair() Wanpeng Li
2025-12-22 7:06 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-22 9:31 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] KVM: x86: Add IPI tracking infrastructure Wanpeng Li
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] KVM: x86/lapic: Integrate IPI tracking with interrupt delivery Wanpeng Li
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] KVM: Implement IPI-aware directed yield candidate selection Wanpeng Li
2025-12-19 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] KVM: Relaxed boost as safety net Wanpeng Li
2026-01-04 2:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] sched/kvm: Semantics-aware vCPU scheduling for oversubscribed KVM Wanpeng Li
2026-01-05 6:26 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-13 1:13 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-01 9:48 ` Wanpeng Li
2026-04-02 23:43 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-26 14:41 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-04-01 9:34 ` Wanpeng Li
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