From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org,
peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
vincent.guittot@linaro.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
yury.norov@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: sshegde@linux.ibm.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, seanjc@google.com,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 17/17] sched/debug: Add debug knobs for steal monitor
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 00:49:50 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407191950.643549-18-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407191950.643549-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Add three debug knobs:
steal_mon_period - sampling frequency in milliseconds.
steal_mon_low - lower threshold value (specify percentage * 100)
steal_mon_high - higher threshold value (specify percentage * 100)
Refer to Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst for detailed info.
Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sched/debug.c | 6 ++++++
kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst
index b5a92a39eccd..288cd2c63224 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst
@@ -52,3 +52,30 @@ rate for each task.
``scan_size_mb`` is how many megabytes worth of pages are scanned for
a given scan.
+
+==================================
+Tunables for generic steal monitor
+==================================
+
+Generic Steal time monitor can be enabled by selecting STEAL_MONITOR in
+sched features. It is disabled by default.
+
+steal_mon_period - sampling frequency in milliseconds.
+How often sampling for steal values happen. This controls how fast scheduler
+acts on detecting the changes to steal time values.
+Default value is 1000 milliseconds.
+
+steal_mon_low - lower threshold value in percentage * 100
+This determines what values should be considered as nil/no steal values.
+When scheduler see steal times below this value, it will try to increase
+the preferred CPUs by 1 core. Having value as zero causes too much oscillations.
+Default value is 200, i.e 2% steal is considered as low threshold.
+
+steal_mon_high - higher threshold value in percentage * 100
+This determines what values should be considered as high steal values.
+When scheduler see steal times higher than this value, it will reduce
+the preferred CPUs by 1 core.
+Default value is 500, i.e 5% steal is considered as high threshold.
+
+Note: When the steal values in between high and low threshold no action is taken
+by scheduler. This is to avoid too much oscillations.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 482c86a0ff80..9a6c1ada2cec 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -612,6 +612,12 @@ static __init int sched_init_debug(void)
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);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
+ debugfs_create_u32("steal_mon_low", 0644, debugfs_sched, &steal_mon.low_threshold);
+ debugfs_create_u32("steal_mon_high", 0644, debugfs_sched, &steal_mon.high_threshold);
+ debugfs_create_u32("steal_mon_period", 0644, debugfs_sched, &steal_mon.sampling_period_ms);
+#endif
+
sched_domains_mutex_lock();
update_sched_domain_debugfs();
sched_domains_mutex_unlock();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 337357e48a83..850d944b22f4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -4149,6 +4149,8 @@ struct steal_monitor_t {
unsigned int sampling_period_ms;
};
+extern struct steal_monitor_t steal_mon;
+
static inline bool task_can_run_on_preferred_cpu(struct task_struct *p)
{
return cpumask_intersects(p->cpus_ptr, cpu_preferred_mask);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-07 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-07 19:19 [PATCH v2 00/17] sched/paravirt: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask and steal-driven vCPU backoff Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 01/17] sched/debug: Remove unused schedstats Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 02/17] sched/docs: Document cpu_preferred_mask and Preferred CPU concept Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 03/17] cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 20:27 ` Yury Norov
2026-04-08 9:16 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-08 17:57 ` Yury Norov
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 04/17] sysfs: Add preferred CPU file Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] sched/core: allow only preferred CPUs in is_cpu_allowed Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-08 1:05 ` Yury Norov
2026-04-08 12:56 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-08 18:09 ` Yury Norov
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 06/17] sched/fair: Select preferred CPU at wakeup when possible Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 07/17] sched/fair: load balance only among preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 08/17] sched/rt: Select a preferred CPU for wakeup and pulling rt task Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 09/17] sched/core: Keep tick on non-preferred CPUs until tasks are out Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 10/17] sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 11/17] sched/debug: Add migration stats due to non preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 12/17] sched/feature: Add STEAL_MONITOR feature Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 13/17] sched/core: Introduce a simple steal monitor Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 14/17] sched/core: Compute steal values at regular intervals Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 15/17] sched/core: Handle steal values and mark CPUs as preferred Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` [PATCH v2 16/17] sched/core: Mark the direction of steal values to avoid oscillations Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-07 19:19 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-04-07 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/17] sched/paravirt: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask and steal-driven vCPU backoff Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-08 10:14 ` Hillf Danton
2026-04-08 13:49 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-04-09 5:15 ` Hillf Danton
2026-04-09 10:27 ` Shrikanth Hegde
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