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From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
	Madadi Vineeth Reddy <vineethr@linux.ibm.com>,
	Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>,
	Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
	Jianyong Wu <jianyong.wu@outlook.com>,
	Yangyu Chen <cyy@cyyself.name>,
	Tingyin Duan <tingyin.duan@gmail.com>,
	Vern Hao <vernhao@tencent.com>, Vern Hao <haoxing990@gmail.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
	Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@intel.com>, Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>,
	Chen Yu <yu.chen.surf@gmail.com>,
	Adam Li <adamli@os.amperecomputing.com>,
	Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@bytedance.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com>, Josh Don <joshdon@google.com>,
	Gavin Guo <gavinguo@igalia.com>,
	Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>,
	Libo Chen <libchen@purestorage.com>,
	Luo Gengkun <luogengkun2@huawei.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Patch v4 04/16] sched/cache: Calculate the LLC size and store it in sched_domain
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:39:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <37afee09ff608034da0ce149e72d33b6f4698edf.1778703694.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1778703694.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>

From: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>

Cache aware scheduling needs to know the LLC size that a process
can use, so as to avoid memory-intensive tasks from being
over-aggregated on a single LLC.

Introduce a preparation patch to add get_effective_llc_bytes() to
get the LLC size that a CPU can use. The function can be further
enhanced by subtracting the LLC cache ways reserved by resctrl
(CAT in Intel RDT, etc).

Tested-by: Tingyin Duan <tingyin.duan@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/base/cacheinfo.c       | 23 ++++++++
 include/linux/cacheinfo.h      |  1 +
 include/linux/sched/topology.h |  7 +++
 kernel/sched/topology.c        | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
index 391ac5e3d2f5..70701d3bc81c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched/topology.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
@@ -68,6 +69,24 @@ bool last_level_cache_is_valid(unsigned int cpu)
 
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get the cacheinfo of the LLC associated with @cpu.
+ * Derived from update_per_cpu_data_slice_size_cpu().
+ */
+struct cacheinfo *get_cpu_cacheinfo_llc(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct cacheinfo *llc;
+
+	if (!last_level_cache_is_valid(cpu))
+		return NULL;
+
+	llc = per_cpu_cacheinfo_idx(cpu, cache_leaves(cpu) - 1);
+	if (llc->type != CACHE_TYPE_DATA && llc->type != CACHE_TYPE_UNIFIED)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return llc;
+}
+
 bool last_level_cache_is_shared(unsigned int cpu_x, unsigned int cpu_y)
 {
 	struct cacheinfo *llc_x, *llc_y;
@@ -1018,6 +1037,7 @@ static int cacheinfo_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 		goto err;
 	if (cpu_map_shared_cache(true, cpu, &cpu_map))
 		update_per_cpu_data_slice_size(true, cpu, cpu_map);
+	sched_update_llc_bytes(cpu);
 	return 0;
 err:
 	free_cache_attributes(cpu);
@@ -1036,6 +1056,9 @@ static int cacheinfo_cpu_pre_down(unsigned int cpu)
 	free_cache_attributes(cpu);
 	if (nr_shared > 1)
 		update_per_cpu_data_slice_size(false, cpu, cpu_map);
+
+	sched_update_llc_bytes(cpu);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
index c8f4f0a0b874..fc879ac4cc4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
+++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu);
 int cache_setup_acpi(unsigned int cpu);
 bool last_level_cache_is_valid(unsigned int cpu);
 bool last_level_cache_is_shared(unsigned int cpu_x, unsigned int cpu_y);
+struct cacheinfo *get_cpu_cacheinfo_llc(unsigned int cpu);
 int fetch_cache_info(unsigned int cpu);
 int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu);
 #ifndef CONFIG_ACPI_PPTT
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/topology.h b/include/linux/sched/topology.h
index 0036d6b4bd67..fe09d3268bc9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/topology.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct sched_domain {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
 	unsigned int llc_max;
 	unsigned int *llc_counts __counted_by_ptr(llc_max);
+	unsigned long llc_bytes;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
@@ -265,4 +266,10 @@ static inline int task_node(const struct task_struct *p)
 	return cpu_to_node(task_cpu(p));
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
+extern void sched_update_llc_bytes(unsigned int cpu);
+#else
+static inline void sched_update_llc_bytes(unsigned int cpu) { }
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SCHED_TOPOLOGY_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index 9fc99346ef4f..7248a7279abe 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -776,9 +776,11 @@ cpu_attach_domain(struct sched_domain *sd, struct root_domain *rd, int cpu)
 			/* move buffer to parent as child is being destroyed */
 			sd->llc_counts = tmp->llc_counts;
 			sd->llc_max = tmp->llc_max;
+			sd->llc_bytes = tmp->llc_bytes;
 			/* make sure destroy_sched_domain() does not free it */
 			tmp->llc_counts = NULL;
 			tmp->llc_max = 0;
+			tmp->llc_bytes = 0;
 #endif
 			/*
 			 * sched groups hold the flags of the child sched
@@ -831,10 +833,42 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(sched_cache_active);
 /* user wants cache aware scheduling [0 or 1] */
 int sysctl_sched_cache_user = 1;
 
+/*
+ * Get the effective LLC size in bytes that @cpu's bottom sched_domain
+ * can use. A CPU within a cpuset partition can only use a proportion
+ * of the physical LLC, scaled by the ratio of the partition's span
+ * weight to the hardware LLC sharing weight. @sd should be the
+ * topmost domain with SD_SHARE_LLC.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if cacheinfo is not yet populated. This happens during
+ * early boot when build_sched_domains() runs before the generic
+ * cacheinfo framework has been initialized (cacheinfo_cpu_online()
+ * is a device_initcall cpuhp callback). In that case,
+ * cacheinfo_cpu_online() will later call sched_update_llc_bytes()
+ * to fill in the bottom domain's llc_bytes once the cache attributes
+ * are available.
+ */
+static unsigned long get_effective_llc_bytes(int cpu,
+					     struct sched_domain *sd)
+{
+	struct cacheinfo *ci;
+	unsigned int hw_weight;
+
+	ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo_llc(cpu);
+	if (!ci)
+		return 0;
+
+	hw_weight = cpumask_weight(&ci->shared_cpu_map);
+	if (!hw_weight)
+		return 0;
+
+	return div_u64((u64)ci->size * sd->span_weight, hw_weight);
+}
+
 static bool alloc_sd_llc(const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
 			 struct s_data *d)
 {
-	struct sched_domain *sd;
+	struct sched_domain *sd, *top_llc, *parent;
 	unsigned int *p;
 	int i;
 
@@ -848,8 +882,24 @@ static bool alloc_sd_llc(const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
 		if (!p)
 			goto err;
 
-		sd->llc_max = max_lid + 1;
-		sd->llc_counts = p;
+		top_llc = sd;
+		/*
+		 * Find the topmost SD_SHARE_LLC domain.
+		 * Not yet attached to the CPU, so per_cpu(sd_llc, i)
+		 * can not be used.
+		 */
+		while ((parent = rcu_dereference_protected(top_llc->parent, true)) &&
+		       (parent->flags & SD_SHARE_LLC))
+			top_llc = parent;
+
+		if (top_llc->flags & SD_SHARE_LLC) {
+			sd->llc_max = max_lid + 1;
+			sd->llc_counts = p;
+			sd->llc_bytes = get_effective_llc_bytes(i, top_llc);
+		} else {
+			/* avoid memory leak */
+			kfree(p);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -860,6 +910,7 @@ static bool alloc_sd_llc(const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
 			kfree(sd->llc_counts);
 			sd->llc_counts = NULL;
 			sd->llc_max = 0;
+			sd->llc_bytes = 0;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -919,6 +970,47 @@ void sched_cache_active_set_unlocked(void)
 {
 	return sched_cache_active_set(false);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Update the bottom sched_domain's llc_bytes for @cpu and all its
+ * LLC siblings. Called from cacheinfo_cpu_online() or
+ * cacheinfo_cpu_pre_down() with cpu hotplug lock held.
+ *
+ * Note: get_effective_llc_bytes() returns 0 on PowerPC.
+ * thus cache aware scheduling is disabled on PowerPC for
+ * now. PowerPC does not use the generic cacheinfo framework --
+ * it has its own cacheinfo with a separate struct cache hierarchy
+ * and does not populates the per-CPU struct cpu_cacheinfo array
+ * that get_cpu_cacheinfo_llc() reads.
+ */
+void sched_update_llc_bytes(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct sched_domain *sd, *sdp;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	sched_domains_mutex_lock();
+
+	sdp = rcu_dereference_sched_domain(per_cpu(sd_llc, cpu));
+	if (!sdp)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	/*
+	 * ci->shared_cpu_map is built incrementally as CPUs come
+	 * online, so the first CPU in an LLC initially sees
+	 * hw_weight == 1 and computes an inflated llc_bytes in
+	 * get_effective_llc_bytes().  Re-evaluating every LLC
+	 * sibling on each online event corrects this once the full
+	 * shared_cpu_map is known.
+	 */
+	for_each_cpu(i, sched_domain_span(sdp)) {
+		sd = rcu_dereference_sched_domain(cpu_rq(i)->sd);
+		if (sd)
+			sd->llc_bytes = get_effective_llc_bytes(i, sdp);
+	}
+
+unlock:
+	sched_domains_mutex_unlock();
+}
 #else
 static bool alloc_sd_llc(const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
 			 struct s_data *d)
-- 
2.32.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-13 20:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-13 20:39 [Patch v4 00/16] Cache aware scheduling enhancements Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 01/16] sched/cache: Allow only 1 thread of the process to calculate the LLC occupancy Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 02/16] sched/cache: Disable cache aware scheduling for processes with high thread counts Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 03/16] sched/cache: Skip cache-aware scheduling for single-threaded processes Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` Tim Chen [this message]
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 05/16] sched/cache: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 06/16] sched/cache: Add user control to adjust the aggressiveness of cache-aware scheduling Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 07/16] sched/cache: Fix rcu warning when accessing sd_llc domain Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 08/16] sched/cache: Fix potential NULL mm pointer access Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 09/16] sched/cache: Annotate lockless accesses to mm->sc_stat.cpu Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 10/16] sched/cache: Fix unpaired account_llc_enqueue/dequeue Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 11/16] sched/cache: Fix checking active load balance by only considering the CFS task Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 12/16] sched/cache: Fix race condition during sched domain rebuild Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 13/16] sched/cache: Fix cache aware scheduling enabling for multi LLCs system Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 14/16] sched/cache: Fix has_multi_llcs iff at least one partition has multiple LLCs Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 15/16] sched/cache: Fix possible overflow when invalidating the preferred CPU Tim Chen
2026-05-13 20:39 ` [Patch v4 16/16] sched/cache: Fix stale preferred_llc for a new task Tim Chen

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