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From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v7 02/12] cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:26:38 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260709215648.1246821-3-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260709215648.1246821-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>

Provide cpu_preferred_mask infrastructure. Define get/set macros
which could be used to get/set CPU state as preferred.

PREFERRED_CPU config will be selected by the driver which handles
steal time values. It is going to set/clear preferred CPU state.
This driver will be called steal_monitor and it is introduced in
subsequent patches. It periodically samples the steal time and
decides on preferred CPU state.

A CPU is set to preferred when it becomes active. Later it may be
marked as non-preferred depending on steal time values with
steal_monitor being enabled.

Always maintain design construct of preferred is subset of active.
i.e. preferred ⊆ active ⊆ online ⊆ present ⊆ possible

With PREFERRED_CPU=n, ensure set_cpu_preferred is a nop and get
method returns the active state in that case.

Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
v6->v7:
- removed CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU as user option.
- Use do { } while (0) for nop 

 include/linux/cpumask.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/Kconfig.preempt  |  3 +++
 kernel/cpu.c            |  6 ++++++
 kernel/sched/core.c     |  5 +++++
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index d3cda0544954..34d08a3d80e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -122,12 +122,20 @@ extern struct cpumask __cpu_enabled_mask;
 extern struct cpumask __cpu_present_mask;
 extern struct cpumask __cpu_active_mask;
 extern struct cpumask __cpu_dying_mask;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU
+extern struct cpumask __cpu_preferred_mask;
+#else
+#define __cpu_preferred_mask __cpu_active_mask
+#endif
+
 #define cpu_possible_mask ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_possible_mask)
 #define cpu_online_mask   ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_online_mask)
 #define cpu_enabled_mask   ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_enabled_mask)
 #define cpu_present_mask  ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_present_mask)
 #define cpu_active_mask   ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_active_mask)
 #define cpu_dying_mask    ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_dying_mask)
+#define cpu_preferred_mask ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_preferred_mask)
 
 extern atomic_t __num_online_cpus;
 extern unsigned int __num_possible_cpus;
@@ -1164,6 +1172,12 @@ void init_cpu_possible(const struct cpumask *src);
 #define set_cpu_active(cpu, active)	assign_cpu((cpu), &__cpu_active_mask, (active))
 #define set_cpu_dying(cpu, dying)	assign_cpu((cpu), &__cpu_dying_mask, (dying))
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU
+#define set_cpu_preferred(cpu, preferred) assign_cpu((cpu), &__cpu_preferred_mask, (preferred))
+#else
+#define set_cpu_preferred(cpu, preferred) do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
 void set_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu, bool online);
 void set_cpu_possible(unsigned int cpu, bool possible);
 
@@ -1258,6 +1272,11 @@ static __always_inline bool cpu_dying(unsigned int cpu)
 	return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_dying_mask);
 }
 
+static __always_inline bool cpu_preferred(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_preferred_mask);
+}
+
 #else
 
 #define num_online_cpus()	1U
@@ -1296,6 +1315,11 @@ static __always_inline bool cpu_dying(unsigned int cpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static __always_inline bool cpu_preferred(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return cpu == 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* NR_CPUS > 1 */
 
 #define cpu_is_offline(cpu)	unlikely(!cpu_online(cpu))
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index 88c594c6d7fc..ed02e4431230 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -192,3 +192,6 @@ config SCHED_CLASS_EXT
 	  For more information:
 	    Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
 	    https://github.com/sched-ext/scx
+
+config PREFERRED_CPU
+	bool
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index b3c8553d7bd6..376d297a6292 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -3103,6 +3103,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cpu_dying_mask);
 atomic_t __num_online_cpus __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__num_online_cpus);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU
+struct cpumask __cpu_preferred_mask __read_mostly;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__cpu_preferred_mask);
+#endif
+
 void init_cpu_present(const struct cpumask *src)
 {
 	cpumask_copy(&__cpu_present_mask, src);
@@ -3160,6 +3165,7 @@ void __init boot_cpu_init(void)
 	/* Mark the boot cpu "present", "online" etc for SMP and UP case */
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);
 	set_cpu_active(cpu, true);
+	set_cpu_preferred(cpu, true);
 	set_cpu_present(cpu, true);
 	set_cpu_possible(cpu, true);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 2e7cde033a31..a45f7c308329 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8690,6 +8690,9 @@ int sched_cpu_activate(unsigned int cpu)
 	 */
 	sched_set_rq_online(rq, cpu);
 
+	/* preferred is subset of active and follows its state */
+	set_cpu_preferred(cpu, true);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -8703,6 +8706,8 @@ int sched_cpu_deactivate(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	set_cpu_preferred(cpu, false);
+
 	/*
 	 * Remove CPU from nohz.idle_cpus_mask to prevent participating in
 	 * load balancing when not active
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-09 21:57 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 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
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 ` [PATCH v7 11/12] virt/steal_monitor: Act on steal time periodically and decide on preferred CPUs Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-10 20:37   ` 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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