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,
kprateek.nayak@amd.com, vschneid@redhat.com, iii@linux.ibm.com,
huschle@linux.ibm.com, rostedt@goodmis.org,
dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, mgorman@suse.de, bsegall@google.com,
maddy@linux.ibm.com, srikar@linux.ibm.com, hdanton@sina.com,
chleroy@kernel.org, vineeth@bitbyteword.org,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 05/17] sched/core: allow only preferred CPUs in is_cpu_allowed
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 00:49:38 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407191950.643549-6-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407191950.643549-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
When possible, choose a preferred CPUs to pick.
Push task mechanism uses stopper thread which going to call
select_fallback_rq and use this mechanism to pick only a preferred CPU.
When task is affined only to non-preferred CPUs it should continue to
run there. Detect that by checking if cpus_ptr and cpu_preferred_mask
interesect or not.
Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
kernel/sched/sched.h | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 7ea05a7a717b..336e7c694eb7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2463,9 +2463,16 @@ static inline bool is_cpu_allowed(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
if (is_migration_disabled(p))
return cpu_online(cpu);
- /* Non kernel threads are not allowed during either online or offline. */
- if (!(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
- return cpu_active(cpu);
+ /*
+ * Non kernel threads are not allowed during either online or offline.
+ * Ensure it is a preferred CPU to avoid further contention
+ */
+ if (!(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+ if (!cpu_active(cpu))
+ return false;
+ if (!cpu_preferred(cpu) && task_can_run_on_preferred_cpu(p))
+ return false;
+ }
/* KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU is always allowed. */
if (kthread_is_per_cpu(p))
@@ -2475,6 +2482,10 @@ static inline bool is_cpu_allowed(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
if (cpu_dying(cpu))
return false;
+ /* Try on preferred CPU first */
+ if (!cpu_preferred(cpu) && task_can_run_on_preferred_cpu(p))
+ return false;
+
/* But are allowed during online. */
return cpu_online(cpu);
}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 88e0c93b9e21..7271af2ca64f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -4130,4 +4130,16 @@ DEFINE_CLASS_IS_UNCONDITIONAL(sched_change)
#include "ext.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
+static inline bool task_can_run_on_preferred_cpu(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ return cpumask_intersects(p->cpus_ptr, cpu_preferred_mask);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool task_can_run_on_preferred_cpu(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+#endif
+
#endif /* _KERNEL_SCHED_SCHED_H */
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-07 19:21 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 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-04-08 1:05 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] sched/core: allow only preferred CPUs in is_cpu_allowed 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 ` [PATCH v2 17/17] sched/debug: Add debug knobs for steal monitor Shrikanth Hegde
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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