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From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v7 11/12] virt/steal_monitor: Act on steal time periodically and decide on preferred CPUs
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:26:47 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260709215648.1246821-12-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260709215648.1246821-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>

schedule work at regular intervals. Interval is determined by
interval_ms parameter. schedule_delayed_work is used since interval_ms
is usually in order of milliseconds. Work need not happen instantly.

Periodic work function essentially does:
- Calculate the steal_ratio as below.

       steal_ratio = (delta_steal * 100*100)/(delta_ns * num_cpus())

  It is calculated to consider the fractional values of steal time.
  I.e 10 means 0.1% steal time. A few tricks such as divide by 10,000
  are used to avoid possible overflow.
- If steal value is higher than high threshold, call the method to reduce
  the preferred CPUs.
- If steal value is lower or equal to low threshold, call the method to
  increase the preferred CPUs.
- If the steal value is in between, no action is taken.
- Save the values for next delta calculations.
- Save the current direction of steal values to avoid oscillations.
  So two consecutive values of high values or low values are taken for
  decrease/increase of preferred CPUs.
- Ensure design checks are met.
  1. At least one core/CPU must be there in preferred mask.
  2. preferred CPUs is subset of active CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
v6->v7:
- Merge two patches which did periodic work function.
- Misc checks for early firing, requeue work, math safety.

 drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.c | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.c b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.c
index 4a03c14337be..09a5c3a299c3 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.c
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ struct steal_monitor sm_core_ctx = {
 	.low_threshold = 200,	/* 2% */
 };
 
+enum sm_direction {
+	SM_DIR_INCREASE = -1,
+	SM_DIR_NONE	=  0,
+	SM_DIR_DECREASE	=  1,
+};
+
 static int param_set_interval_ms(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	unsigned int interval;
@@ -106,14 +112,82 @@ module_param_cb(low_threshold, &low_threshold_ops, &sm_core_ctx.low_threshold, 0
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(low_threshold,
 		 "Low steal threshold. default: 200 i.e 2%. Must be < high_threshold");
 
+static void compute_preferred_cpus_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	u64 curr_steal, delta_steal, delta_ns, steal_ratio;
+	ktime_t now;
+
+	now = ktime_get();
+	delta_ns = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(now, sm_core_ctx.prev_time));
+
+	if (unlikely(delta_ns < NSEC_PER_MSEC)) {
+		pr_err_ratelimited("steal_monitor: work scheduled too soon delta_ns: %llu\n",
+				   delta_ns);
+		goto requeue_work;
+	}
+
+	curr_steal = get_system_steal_time();
+	delta_steal = curr_steal > sm_core_ctx.prev_steal ?
+		      curr_steal - sm_core_ctx.prev_steal : 0;
+
+	/* Update for next calculation */
+	sm_core_ctx.prev_steal = curr_steal;
+	sm_core_ctx.prev_time = now;
+
+	/*
+	 * steal_ratio = (delta_steal * 100*100)/(delta_ns * num_cpus())
+	 * To avoid possible overflow, divide the denominator early.
+	 * Note minimum interval is 10ms.
+	 */
+	delta_ns = div_u64(delta_ns * get_num_cpus_steal_ratio(), 100 * 100);
+	steal_ratio = div64_u64(delta_steal, delta_ns);
+
+	if (sm_core_ctx.prev_direction == SM_DIR_DECREASE &&
+	    steal_ratio > sm_core_ctx.high_threshold)
+		decrease_preferred_cpus(&sm_core_ctx);
+	if (sm_core_ctx.prev_direction == SM_DIR_INCREASE &&
+	    steal_ratio <= sm_core_ctx.low_threshold)
+		increase_preferred_cpus(&sm_core_ctx);
+
+	/*
+	 * mark the direction. Increasing the gap between hi and lo_threshold
+	 * helps to avoid ping-pongs.
+	 */
+	if (steal_ratio > sm_core_ctx.high_threshold)
+		sm_core_ctx.prev_direction = SM_DIR_DECREASE;
+	else if (steal_ratio <= sm_core_ctx.low_threshold)
+		sm_core_ctx.prev_direction = SM_DIR_INCREASE;
+	else
+		sm_core_ctx.prev_direction = SM_DIR_NONE;
+
+requeue_work:
+	/* maintain design constructs always */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_empty(cpu_preferred_mask));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_subset(cpu_preferred_mask, cpu_active_mask));
+
+	/* Trigger for next sampling */
+	schedule_delayed_work(&sm_core_ctx.work,
+			      msecs_to_jiffies(sm_core_ctx.interval_ms));
+}
+
 static int __init steal_monitor_init(void)
 {
-	pr_info("steal_monitor is enabled\n");
+	pr_info("steal_monitor is enabled. interval: %ums, high_threshold: %u, low_threshold: %u\n",
+		sm_core_ctx.interval_ms, sm_core_ctx.high_threshold, sm_core_ctx.low_threshold);
+
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sm_core_ctx.work, compute_preferred_cpus_work);
+	sm_core_ctx.prev_steal = get_system_steal_time();
+	sm_core_ctx.prev_time = ktime_get();
+
+	schedule_delayed_work(&sm_core_ctx.work,
+			      msecs_to_jiffies(sm_core_ctx.interval_ms));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit steal_monitor_exit(void)
 {
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sm_core_ctx.work);
 	guard(cpus_read_lock)();
 	cpumask_copy(&__cpu_preferred_mask, cpu_active_mask);
 
diff --git a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h
index ee68cd8b1944..7c7a9bced682 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h
+++ b/drivers/virt/steal_monitor/sm_core.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/topology.h>
 #include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
+#include <linux/math64.h>
 
 struct steal_monitor {
 	struct delayed_work	work;
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-09 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-09 21:56 [PATCH v7 00/12] sched, steal_monitor: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask and steal-driven vCPU backoff Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 01/12] sched/docs: Document cpu_preferred_mask and Preferred CPU concept Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 02/12] cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 03/12] sysfs: Add preferred CPU file Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10 15:41   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-10 17:00     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10 23:09       ` Yury Norov
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 04/12] sched/core: Try to use a preferred CPU in is_cpu_allowed Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 05/12] sched/fair: Load balance only among preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 06/12] sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10 23:02   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 07/12] sched/debug: Add migration stats due to non preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 08/12] virt: Introduce steal monitor driver Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10  1:27   ` Randy Dunlap
2026-07-10  4:28     ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10 20:53   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 09/12] virt/steal_monitor: Add control knobs for handling steal values Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10  4:27   ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 10/12] virt/steal_monitor: Provide functions for managing " Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10  4:30   ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10 20:00   ` Yury Norov
2026-07-09 21:56 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-07-10 20:37   ` [PATCH v7 11/12] virt/steal_monitor: Act on steal time periodically and decide on preferred CPUs Yury Norov
2026-07-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v7 12/12] sched, virt/steal_monitor: Keep tick on for faster push on nohz_full CPU Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10  6:35   ` Shrikanth Hegde

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