From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org,
peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
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Subject: [PATCH v3 20/20] sched/debug: Add debug knobs for steal monitor
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 20:52:04 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514152204.481115-21-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514152204.481115-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Add three debug knobs in steal_monitor:
sampling_period - sampling frequency in milliseconds.
low_threshold - lower steal threshold value (specify percentage * 100)
high_threshold - higher steal 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 | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sched/debug.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst
index b5a92a39eccd..a1fddfca2a52 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst
@@ -52,3 +52,35 @@ 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
+==================================
+Feature for preferred CPUs logic. Available under CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU
+Files are at /sys/kernel/debug/sched/steal_monitor/
+
+enable - used for enable/disable the steal_monitor feature.
+Disable needs more than a static branch disable to maintain design
+construct of preferred is same as online when feature is disabled.
+Once enabled, it starts sampling steal time at intervals specified in
+sampling_period and takes action based on high/low thresholds.
+
+sampling_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.
+
+low_threshold - 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.
+
+high_threshold - 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 oscillations.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index f00c08581253..57ba35f7cf95 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ static void sched_steal_monitor_debugfs_init(void)
return;
debugfs_create_file("enable", 0644, sm, &sched_sm_wr_enable, &sched_sm_en_fops);
+ debugfs_create_u32("low_threshold", 0644, sm, &steal_mon.low_threshold);
+ debugfs_create_u32("high_threshold", 0644, sm, &steal_mon.high_threshold);
+ debugfs_create_u32("sampling_period", 0644, sm, &steal_mon.sampling_period_ms);
}
#endif
--
2.47.3
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 15:21 [PATCH v3 00/20] sched: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask and steal-driven vCPU backoff Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 01/20] sched/debug: Remove unused schedstats Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 02/20] sched/docs: Document cpu_preferred_mask and Preferred CPU concept Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 03/20] kconfig: Provide PREFERRED_CPU option Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 04/20] cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 05/20] sysfs: Add preferred CPU file Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 06/20] sched/core: allow only preferred CPUs in is_cpu_allowed Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 07/20] sched/fair: Select preferred CPU at wakeup when possible Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 08/20] sched/fair: load balance only among preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 09/20] sched/rt: Select a preferred CPU for wakeup and pulling rt task Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 10/20] sched/core: Keep tick on non-preferred CPUs until tasks are out Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 11/20] sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 12/20] sched/debug: Add migration stats due to non preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 13/20] sched/debug: Create debugfs folder steal_monitor Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 14/20] sched/debug: Provide debugfs to enable/disable steal monitor Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:21 ` [PATCH v3 15/20] sched/core: Introduce a simple " Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:22 ` [PATCH v3 16/20] sched/core: Compute steal values at regular intervals Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:22 ` [PATCH v3 17/20] sched/core: Introduce default arch handling code for inc/dec preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:22 ` [PATCH v3 18/20] sched/core: Handle steal values and mark CPUs as preferred Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:22 ` [PATCH v3 19/20] sched/core: Mark the direction of steal values to avoid oscillations Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 15:22 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
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