* [PATCH 0/2] timers/migration: Fixes on top of per capacity hierarchies
@ 2026-05-19 22:09 Frederic Weisbecker
2026-05-19 22:09 ` [PATCH 1/2] timers/migration: Fix hotplug migrator selection target on asymetric capacity machines Frederic Weisbecker
2026-05-19 22:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] timers/migration: Deactivate per-capacity hierarchies under nohz_full Frederic Weisbecker
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From: Frederic Weisbecker @ 2026-05-19 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Gleixner; +Cc: LKML, Frederic Weisbecker, Anna-Maria Behnsen
Hi,
Looks like I overlooked a few things when I worked on making timer
migration capacity aware. Those patches apply on top of tip:timers/core
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git
timers/fixes
HEAD: 2b343fb3e17b72d6c26c9cff29fe8e53493b4cb9
Thanks,
Frederic
---
Frederic Weisbecker (2):
timers/migration: Fix hotplug migrator selection target on asymetric capacity machines
timers/migration: Deactivate per-capacity hierarchies under nohz_full
kernel/time/timer_migration.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
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* [PATCH 1/2] timers/migration: Fix hotplug migrator selection target on asymetric capacity machines
2026-05-19 22:09 [PATCH 0/2] timers/migration: Fixes on top of per capacity hierarchies Frederic Weisbecker
@ 2026-05-19 22:09 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2026-05-19 22:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] timers/migration: Deactivate per-capacity hierarchies under nohz_full Frederic Weisbecker
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From: Frederic Weisbecker @ 2026-05-19 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Gleixner; +Cc: LKML, Frederic Weisbecker, Anna-Maria Behnsen
When a top-level migrator is deactivated, either at CPU down hotplug
time or when a CPU is domain isolated, a new migrator is elected among
the available CPUs and woken up to take over the migration duty.
However that election must happen at the scope of a given hierarchy and
not globally, which the introduction of per-capacity hierarchies failed
to handle.
As a result a given hierarchy may end up without migrator to handle
global timers.
Fix it with making sure that the new migrator belongs to the same
hierarchy as the outgoing CPU.
Fixes: 098cbaad8e57 ("timers/migration: Split per-capacity hierarchies")
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
kernel/time/timer_migration.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
index 25e3c563eb74..8032b0044f44 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,18 @@ static long tmigr_trigger_active(void *unused)
return 0;
}
+static struct tmigr_hierarchy *__tmigr_get_hierarchy(unsigned int capacity)
+{
+ struct tmigr_hierarchy *iter;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(iter, &tmigr_hierarchy_list, node) {
+ if (iter->capacity == capacity)
+ return iter;
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
static int tmigr_clear_cpu_available(unsigned int cpu)
{
struct tmigr_cpu *tmc = this_cpu_ptr(&tmigr_cpu);
@@ -1488,8 +1500,21 @@ static int tmigr_clear_cpu_available(unsigned int cpu)
}
if (firstexp != KTIME_MAX) {
- migrator = cpumask_any(tmigr_available_cpumask);
- work_on_cpu(migrator, tmigr_trigger_active, NULL);
+ struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu));
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!hier))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ migrator = cpumask_any_and(tmigr_available_cpumask, hier->cpumask);
+ if (migrator < nr_cpu_ids) {
+ work_on_cpu(migrator, tmigr_trigger_active, NULL);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * If deactivation returned an expiration, it belongs to an available
+ * nohz CPU in the hierarchy.
+ */
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "Expected available CPU in the hierarchy\n");
+ }
}
return 0;
@@ -1915,12 +1940,9 @@ static int tmigr_setup_groups(struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier, unsigned int cpu,
static struct tmigr_hierarchy *tmigr_get_hierarchy(unsigned int capacity)
{
- struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier = NULL, *iter;
+ struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier;
- list_for_each_entry(iter, &tmigr_hierarchy_list, node) {
- if (iter->capacity == capacity)
- hier = iter;
- }
+ hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(capacity);
if (hier)
return hier;
@@ -1978,9 +2000,9 @@ static long connect_old_root_work(void *arg)
struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
- hier = tmigr_get_hierarchy(arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu));
- if (IS_ERR(hier))
- return PTR_ERR(hier);
+ hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu));
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!hier))
+ return -EINVAL;
return tmigr_connect_old_root(hier, cpu, old_root, true);
}
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH 2/2] timers/migration: Deactivate per-capacity hierarchies under nohz_full
2026-05-19 22:09 [PATCH 0/2] timers/migration: Fixes on top of per capacity hierarchies Frederic Weisbecker
2026-05-19 22:09 ` [PATCH 1/2] timers/migration: Fix hotplug migrator selection target on asymetric capacity machines Frederic Weisbecker
@ 2026-05-19 22:09 ` Frederic Weisbecker
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From: Frederic Weisbecker @ 2026-05-19 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Gleixner; +Cc: LKML, Frederic Weisbecker, Anna-Maria Behnsen
Nohz_full CPUs global timers are guaranteed to be handled by the
timekeeper: that CPU never stops its tick and therefore remains active
in the hierarchy.
But since the introduction of per-capacity hierarchies, this guarantee
is broken because the timekeeper may not belong to the same hierarchy
as all the nohz_full CPUs.
Fix it with simply turning off capacity awareness when nohz_full is
running and force a single hierarchy. Nohz_full is not exactly optimized
powerwise anyway.
Fixes: 098cbaad8e57 ("timers/migration: Split per-capacity hierarchies")
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
kernel/time/timer_migration.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
index 8032b0044f44..8ba53ad49173 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
@@ -1464,8 +1464,24 @@ static long tmigr_trigger_active(void *unused)
return 0;
}
-static struct tmigr_hierarchy *__tmigr_get_hierarchy(unsigned int capacity)
+static unsigned int tmigr_get_capacity(int cpu)
{
+ /*
+ * nohz_full CPUs need to make sure there is always an available (online)
+ * and never idle migrator to handle all their global timers. That duty
+ * is served by the timekeeper which then never stops its tick. But the
+ * timekeeper must then belong to the same hierarchy as all the nohz_full
+ * CPUs. Simply turn off capacity awareness when nohz_full is running.
+ */
+ if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+ return SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
+ else
+ return arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu);
+}
+
+static struct tmigr_hierarchy *__tmigr_get_hierarchy(int cpu)
+{
+ unsigned int capacity = tmigr_get_capacity(cpu);
struct tmigr_hierarchy *iter;
list_for_each_entry(iter, &tmigr_hierarchy_list, node) {
@@ -1500,7 +1516,7 @@ static int tmigr_clear_cpu_available(unsigned int cpu)
}
if (firstexp != KTIME_MAX) {
- struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu));
+ struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(cpu);
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!hier))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1938,11 +1954,11 @@ static int tmigr_setup_groups(struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier, unsigned int cpu,
return err;
}
-static struct tmigr_hierarchy *tmigr_get_hierarchy(unsigned int capacity)
+static struct tmigr_hierarchy *tmigr_get_hierarchy(int cpu)
{
struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier;
- hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(capacity);
+ hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(cpu);
if (hier)
return hier;
@@ -1962,7 +1978,7 @@ static struct tmigr_hierarchy *tmigr_get_hierarchy(unsigned int capacity)
for (int i = 0; i < tmigr_hierarchy_levels; i++)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hier->level_list[i]);
- hier->capacity = capacity;
+ hier->capacity = tmigr_get_capacity(cpu);
list_add_tail(&hier->node, &tmigr_hierarchy_list);
return hier;
@@ -2000,7 +2016,7 @@ static long connect_old_root_work(void *arg)
struct tmigr_hierarchy *hier;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
- hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu));
+ hier = __tmigr_get_hierarchy(cpu);
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!hier))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -2016,7 +2032,7 @@ static int tmigr_add_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
guard(mutex)(&tmigr_mutex);
- hier = tmigr_get_hierarchy(arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu));
+ hier = tmigr_get_hierarchy(cpu);
if (IS_ERR(hier))
return PTR_ERR(hier);
--
2.53.0
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