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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: mingo@kernel.org
Cc: longman@redhat.com, chenridong@huaweicloud.com,
	peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
	vincent.guittot@linaro.org, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com,
	rostedt@goodmis.org, bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de,
	vschneid@redhat.com, tj@kernel.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
	mkoutny@suse.com, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jstultz@google.com,
	kprateek.nayak@amd.com, qyousef@layalina.io
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/10] sched/fair: Add newidle balance to pick_task_fair()
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 13:31:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260511120627.944705718@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260511113104.563854162@infradead.org

With commit 50653216e4ff ("sched: Add support to pick functions to
take rf") removing the balance callback, the pick_task() callback is
in charge of newidle balancing.

This means pick_task_fair() should do so too. This hasn't been a
problem in practise because pick_next_task_fair() is used. However,
since we'll be removing that one shortly, make sure pick_next_task()
is up to scratch.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |   38 +++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9215,16 +9215,18 @@ static void wakeup_preempt_fair(struct r
 }
 
 static struct task_struct *pick_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
+	__must_hold(__rq_lockp(rq))
 {
 	struct sched_entity *se;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	bool throttled;
+	int new_tasks;
 
 again:
 	cfs_rq = &rq->cfs;
 	if (!cfs_rq->nr_queued)
-		return NULL;
+		goto idle;
 
 	throttled = false;
 
@@ -9245,6 +9247,14 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_task_fai
 	if (unlikely(throttled))
 		task_throttle_setup_work(p);
 	return p;
+
+idle:
+	new_tasks = sched_balance_newidle(rq, rf);
+	if (new_tasks < 0)
+		return RETRY_TASK;
+	if (new_tasks > 0)
+		goto again;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static void __set_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, bool first);
@@ -9256,12 +9266,12 @@ pick_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struc
 {
 	struct sched_entity *se;
 	struct task_struct *p;
-	int new_tasks;
 
-again:
 	p = pick_task_fair(rq, rf);
+	if (unlikely(p == RETRY_TASK))
+		return p;
 	if (!p)
-		goto idle;
+		return p;
 	se = &p->se;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
@@ -9311,29 +9321,11 @@ pick_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struc
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED */
 	put_prev_set_next_task(rq, prev, p);
 	return p;
-
-idle:
-	if (rf) {
-		new_tasks = sched_balance_newidle(rq, rf);
-
-		/*
-		 * Because sched_balance_newidle() releases (and re-acquires)
-		 * rq->lock, it is possible for any higher priority task to
-		 * appear. In that case we must re-start the pick_next_entity()
-		 * loop.
-		 */
-		if (new_tasks < 0)
-			return RETRY_TASK;
-
-		if (new_tasks > 0)
-			goto again;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 static struct task_struct *
 fair_server_pick_task(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct rq_flags *rf)
+	__must_hold(__rq_lockp(dl_se->rq))
 {
 	return pick_task_fair(dl_se->rq, rf);
 }



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-11 12:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-11 11:31 [PATCH v2 00/10] sched: Flatten the pick Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] sched/debug: Use char * instead of char (*)[] Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] sched: Use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() for preempt_dynamic_mode Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] sched/debug: Collapse subsequent CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT sections Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] sched/fair: Add cgroup_mode switch Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] sched/fair: Add cgroup_mode: UP Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] sched/fair: Add cgroup_mode: MAX Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] sched/fair: Add cgroup_mode: CONCUR Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] sched: Remove sched_class::pick_next_task() Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 11:31 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] sched/eevdf: Move to a single runqueue Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-11 16:21   ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-05-11 19:23 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] sched: Flatten the pick Tejun Heo

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