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A BPF scheduler may want to use the built-in idle cpumasks in ops.init()
before the scheduler is fully initialized, either directly or through a
BPF timer for example.
However, this would result in an error, since the idle state has not
been properly initialized yet.
This can be easily verified by modifying scx_simple to call
scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask() in ops.init():
$ sudo scx_simple
DEBUG DUMP
===========================================================================
scx_simple[121] triggered exit kind 1024:
runtime error (built-in idle tracking is disabled)
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Fix this by properly initializing the idle state before ops.init() is
called. With this change applied:
$ sudo scx_simple
local=2 global=0
local=19 global=11
local=23 global=11
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Fixes: d73249f88743d ("sched_ext: idle: Make idle static keys private")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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create_dsq and therefore the scx_bpf_create_dsq kfunc currently silently
ignore duplicate entries. As a sched_ext scheduler is creating each DSQ
for a different purpose this is surprising behaviour.
Replace rhashtable_insert_fast which ignores duplicates with
rhashtable_lookup_insert_fast that reports duplicates (though doesn't
return their value). The rest of the code is structured correctly and
this now returns -EEXIST.
Tested by adding an extra scx_bpf_create_dsq to scx_simple. Previously
this was ignored, now init fails with a -17 code. Also ran scx_lavd
which continued to work well.
Signed-off-by: Jake Hillion <jake@hillion.co.uk>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Fixes: f0e1a0643a59 ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Core & fair scheduler changes:
- Cancel the slice protection of the idle entity (Zihan Zhou)
- Reduce the default slice to avoid tasks getting an extra tick
(Zihan Zhou)
- Force propagating min_slice of cfs_rq when {en,de}queue tasks
(Tianchen Ding)
- Refactor can_migrate_task() to elimate looping (I Hsin Cheng)
- Add unlikey branch hints to several system calls (Colin Ian King)
- Optimize current_clr_polling() on certain architectures (Yujun
Dong)
Deadline scheduler: (Juri Lelli)
- Remove redundant dl_clear_root_domain call
- Move dl_rebuild_rd_accounting to cpuset.h
Uclamp:
- Use the uclamp_is_used() helper instead of open-coding it (Xuewen
Yan)
- Optimize sched_uclamp_used static key enabling (Xuewen Yan)
Scheduler topology support: (Juri Lelli)
- Ignore special tasks when rebuilding domains
- Add wrappers for sched_domains_mutex
- Generalize unique visiting of root domains
- Rebuild root domain accounting after every update
- Remove partition_and_rebuild_sched_domains
- Stop exposing partition_sched_domains_locked
RSEQ: (Michael Jeanson)
- Update kernel fields in lockstep with CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ=y
- Fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero
- selftests: Add rseq syscall errors test
- selftests: Ensure the rseq ABI TLS is actually 1024 bytes
Membarriers:
- Fix redundant load of membarrier_state (Nysal Jan K.A.)
Scheduler debugging:
- Introduce and use preempt_model_str() (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
- Make CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG unconditional (Ingo Molnar)
Fixes and cleanups:
- Always save/restore x86 TSC sched_clock() on suspend/resume
(Guilherme G. Piccoli)
- Misc fixes and cleanups (Thorsten Blum, Juri Lelli, Sebastian
Andrzej Siewior)"
* tag 'sched-core-2025-03-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (40 commits)
cpuidle, sched: Use smp_mb__after_atomic() in current_clr_polling()
sched/debug: Remove CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
sched/debug: Remove CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG from self-test config files
sched/debug, Documentation: Remove (most) CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG references from documentation
sched/debug: Make CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG functionality unconditional
sched/debug: Make 'const_debug' tunables unconditional __read_mostly
sched/debug: Change SCHED_WARN_ON() to WARN_ON_ONCE()
rseq/selftests: Fix namespace collision with rseq UAPI header
include/{topology,cpuset}: Move dl_rebuild_rd_accounting to cpuset.h
sched/topology: Stop exposing partition_sched_domains_locked
cgroup/cpuset: Remove partition_and_rebuild_sched_domains
sched/topology: Remove redundant dl_clear_root_domain call
sched/deadline: Rebuild root domain accounting after every update
sched/deadline: Generalize unique visiting of root domains
sched/topology: Wrappers for sched_domains_mutex
sched/deadline: Ignore special tasks when rebuilding domains
tracing: Use preempt_model_str()
xtensa: Rely on generic printing of preemption model
x86: Rely on generic printing of preemption model
s390: Rely on generic printing of preemption model
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The scheduler has this special SCHED_WARN() facility that
depends on CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG.
Since CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is getting removed, convert
SCHED_WARN() to WARN_ON_ONCE().
Note that the warning output isn't 100% equivalent:
#define SCHED_WARN_ON(x) WARN_ONCE(x, #x)
Because SCHED_WARN_ON() would output the 'x' condition
as well, while WARN_ONCE() will only show a backtrace.
Hopefully these are rare enough to not really matter.
If it does, we should probably introduce a new WARN_ON()
variant that outputs the condition in stringified form,
or improve WARN_ON() itself.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250317104257.3496611-2-mingo@kernel.org
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Make scx_select_cpu_dfl() more consistent with the other idle-related
APIs by returning a negative value when an idle CPU isn't found.
No functional changes, this is purely a refactoring.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Enable passing idle flags (%SCX_PICK_IDLE_*) to scx_select_cpu_dfl(),
to enforce strict selection criteria, such as selecting an idle CPU
strictly within @prev_cpu's node or choosing only a fully idle SMT core.
This functionality will be exposed through a dedicated kfunc in a
separate patch.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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scx_bpf_reenqueue_local() can be invoked from ops.cpu_release() to give
tasks that are queued to the local DSQ a chance to migrate to other
CPUs, when a CPU is taken by a higher scheduling class.
However, there is no point re-enqueuing tasks that can only run on that
particular CPU, as they would simply be re-added to the same local DSQ
without any benefit.
Therefore, skip per-CPU tasks in scx_bpf_reenqueue_local().
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add tracing support to track sched_ext core events
(/sched_ext/sched_ext_event). This may be useful for debugging sched_ext
schedulers that trigger a particular event.
The trace point can be used as other trace points, so it can be used in,
for example, `perf trace` and BPF programs, as follows:
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$> sudo perf trace -e sched_ext:sched_ext_event --filter 'name == "SCX_EV_ENQ_SLICE_DFL"'
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struct tp_sched_ext_event {
struct trace_entry ent;
u32 __data_loc_name;
s64 delta;
};
SEC("tracepoint/sched_ext/sched_ext_event")
int rtp_add_event(struct tp_sched_ext_event *ctx)
{
char event_name[128];
unsigned short offset = ctx->__data_loc_name & 0xFFFF;
bpf_probe_read_str((void *)event_name, 128, (char *)ctx + offset);
bpf_printk("name %s delta %lld", event_name, ctx->delta);
return 0;
}
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Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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The event count could be negative in the future,
so change the event type from u64 to s64.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Pull for-6.14-fixes to receive:
9360dfe4cbd6 ("sched_ext: Validate prev_cpu in scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl()")
which conflicts with:
337d1b354a29 ("sched_ext: Move built-in idle CPU selection policy to a separate file")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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If a BPF scheduler provides an invalid CPU (outside the nr_cpu_ids
range) as prev_cpu to scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() it can cause a kernel
crash.
To prevent this, validate prev_cpu in scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() and
trigger an scx error if an invalid CPU is specified.
Fixes: f0e1a0643a59b ("sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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without balance()
a6250aa251ea ("sched_ext: Handle cases where pick_task_scx() is called
without preceding balance_scx()") added a workaround to handle the cases
where pick_task_scx() is called without prececing balance_scx() which is due
to a fair class bug where pick_taks_fair() may return NULL after a true
return from balance_fair().
The workaround detects when pick_task_scx() is called without preceding
balance_scx() and emulates SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP and triggers kicking to avoid
stalling. Unfortunately, the workaround code was testing whether @prev was
on SCX to decide whether to keep the task running. This is incorrect as the
task may be on SCX but no longer runnable.
This could lead to a non-runnable task to be returned from pick_task_scx()
which cause interesting confusions and failures. e.g. A common failure mode
is the task ending up with (!on_rq && on_cpu) state which can cause
potential wakers to busy loop, which can easily lead to deadlocks.
Fix it by testing whether @prev has SCX_TASK_QUEUED set. This makes
@prev_on_scx only used in one place. Open code the usage and improve the
comment while at it.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Pat Cody <patcody@meta.com>
Fixes: a6250aa251ea ("sched_ext: Handle cases where pick_task_scx() is called without preceding balance_scx()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
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Similarly to scx_bpf_nr_cpu_ids(), introduce a new kfunc
scx_bpf_nr_node_ids() to expose the maximum number of NUMA nodes in the
system.
BPF schedulers can use this information together with the new node-aware
kfuncs, for example to create per-node DSQs, validate node IDs, etc.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Using a single global idle mask can lead to inefficiencies and a lot of
stress on the cache coherency protocol on large systems with multiple
NUMA nodes, since all the CPUs can create a really intense read/write
activity on the single global cpumask.
Therefore, split the global cpumask into multiple per-NUMA node cpumasks
to improve scalability and performance on large systems.
The concept is that each cpumask will track only the idle CPUs within
its corresponding NUMA node, treating CPUs in other NUMA nodes as busy.
In this way concurrent access to the idle cpumask will be restricted
within each NUMA node.
The split of multiple per-node idle cpumasks can be controlled using the
SCX_OPS_BUILTIN_IDLE_PER_NODE flag.
By default SCX_OPS_BUILTIN_IDLE_PER_NODE is not enabled and a global
host-wide idle cpumask is used, maintaining the previous behavior.
NOTE: if a scheduler explicitly enables the per-node idle cpumasks (via
SCX_OPS_BUILTIN_IDLE_PER_NODE), scx_bpf_get_idle_cpu/smtmask() will
trigger an scx error, since there are no system-wide cpumasks.
= Test =
Hardware:
- System: DGX B200
- CPUs: 224 SMT threads (112 physical cores)
- Processor: INTEL(R) XEON(R) PLATINUM 8570
- 2 NUMA nodes
Scheduler:
- scx_simple [1] (so that we can focus at the built-in idle selection
policy and not at the scheduling policy itself)
Test:
- Run a parallel kernel build `make -j $(nproc)` and measure the average
elapsed time over 10 runs:
avg time | stdev
---------+------
before: 52.431s | 2.895
after: 50.342s | 2.895
= Conclusion =
Splitting the global cpumask into multiple per-NUMA cpumasks helped to
achieve a speedup of approximately +4% with this particular architecture
and test case.
The same test on a DGX-1 (40 physical cores, Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 @
2.20GHz, 2 NUMA nodes) shows a speedup of around 1.5-3%.
On smaller systems, I haven't noticed any measurable regressions or
improvements with the same test (parallel kernel build) and scheduler
(scx_simple).
Moreover, with a modified scx_bpfland that uses the new NUMA-aware APIs
I observed an additional +2-2.5% performance improvement with the same
test.
[1] https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/blob/main/scheds/c/scx_simple.bpf.c
Cc: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add the new scheduler flag SCX_OPS_BUILTIN_IDLE_PER_NODE, which allows
BPF schedulers to select between using a global flat idle cpumask or
multiple per-node cpumasks.
This only introduces the flag and the mechanism to enable/disable this
feature without affecting any scheduling behavior.
Cc: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Make all the static keys used by the idle CPU selection policy private
to ext_idle.c. This avoids unnecessary exposure in headers and improves
code encapsulation.
Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a sysfs entry at /sys/kernel/sched_ext/root/events to expose core
event counters through the files system interface. Each line of the file
shows the event name and its counter value.
In addition, the format of scx_dump_event() is adjusted as the event name
gets longer.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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A task wakeup can be either processed on the waker's CPU or bounced to the
wakee's previous CPU using an IPI (ttwu_queue). Bouncing to the wakee's CPU
avoids the waker's CPU locking and accessing the wakee's rq which can be
expensive across cache and node boundaries.
When ttwu_queue path is taken, select_task_rq() and thus ops.select_cpu()
may be skipped in some cases (racing against the wakee switching out). As
this confused some BPF schedulers, there wasn't a good way for a BPF
scheduler to tell whether idle CPU selection has been skipped, ops.enqueue()
couldn't insert tasks into foreign local DSQs, and the performance
difference on machines with simple toplogies were minimal, sched_ext
disabled ttwu_queue.
However, this optimization makes noticeable difference on more complex
topologies and a BPF scheduler now has an easy way tell whether
ops.select_cpu() was skipped since 9b671793c7d9 ("sched_ext, scx_qmap: Add
and use SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED") and can insert tasks into foreign local DSQs
since 5b26f7b920f7 ("sched_ext: Allow SCX_DSQ_LOCAL_ON for direct
dispatches").
Implement SCX_OPS_ALLOW_QUEUED_WAKEUP which allows BPF schedulers to choose
to enable ttwu_queue optimization.
v2: Update the patch description and comment re. ops.select_cpu() being
skipped in some cases as opposed to always as per Neel.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Neel Natu <neelnatu@google.com>
Reported-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
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Now when we use scx_bpf_task_cgroup() in ops.tick() to get the cgroup of
the current task, the following error will occur:
scx_foo[3795244] triggered exit kind 1024:
runtime error (called on a task not being operated on)
The reason is that we are using SCX_CALL_OP() instead of SCX_CALL_OP_TASK()
when calling ops.tick(), which triggers the error during the subsequent
scx_kf_allowed_on_arg_tasks() check.
SCX_CALL_OP_TASK() was first introduced in commit 36454023f50b ("sched_ext:
Track tasks that are subjects of the in-flight SCX operation") to ensure
task's rq lock is held when accessing task's sched_group. Since ops.tick()
is marked as SCX_KF_TERMINAL and task_tick_scx() is protected by the rq
lock, we can use SCX_CALL_OP_TASK() to avoid the above issue. Similarly,
the same changes should be made for ops.disable() and ops.exit_task(), as
they are also protected by task_rq_lock() and it's safe to access the
task's task_group.
Fixes: 36454023f50b ("sched_ext: Track tasks that are subjects of the in-flight SCX operation")
Signed-off-by: Chuyi Zhou <zhouchuyi@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Pull to receive f3f08c3acfb8 ("sched_ext: Fix incorrect assumption about
migration disabled tasks in task_can_run_on_remote_rq()") which conflicts
with 26176116d931 ("sched_ext: Count SCX_EV_DISPATCH_LOCAL_DSQ_OFFLINE in
the right spot") in for-6.15.
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task_can_run_on_remote_rq()
While fixing migration disabled task handling, 32966821574c ("sched_ext: Fix
migration disabled handling in targeted dispatches") assumed that a
migration disabled task's ->cpus_ptr would only have the pinned CPU. While
this is eventually true for migration disabled tasks that are switched out,
->cpus_ptr update is performed by migrate_disable_switch() which is called
right before context_switch() in __scheduler(). However, the task is
enqueued earlier during pick_next_task() via put_prev_task_scx(), so there
is a race window where another CPU can see the task on a DSQ.
If the CPU tries to dispatch the migration disabled task while in that
window, task_allowed_on_cpu() will succeed and task_can_run_on_remote_rq()
will subsequently trigger SCHED_WARN(is_migration_disabled()).
WARNING: CPU: 8 PID: 1837 at kernel/sched/ext.c:2466 task_can_run_on_remote_rq+0x12e/0x140
Sched_ext: layered (enabled+all), task: runnable_at=-10ms
RIP: 0010:task_can_run_on_remote_rq+0x12e/0x140
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<TASK>
consume_dispatch_q+0xab/0x220
scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local+0x58/0xd0
bpf_prog_84dd17b0654b6cf0_layered_dispatch+0x290/0x1cfa
bpf__sched_ext_ops_dispatch+0x4b/0xab
balance_one+0x1fe/0x3b0
balance_scx+0x61/0x1d0
prev_balance+0x46/0xc0
__pick_next_task+0x73/0x1c0
__schedule+0x206/0x1730
schedule+0x3a/0x160
__do_sys_sched_yield+0xe/0x20
do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x1e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Fix it by converting the SCHED_WARN() back to a regular failure path. Also,
perform the migration disabled test before task_allowed_on_cpu() test so
that BPF schedulers which fail to handle migration disabled tasks can be
noticed easily.
While at it, adjust scx_ops_error() message for !task_allowed_on_cpu() case
for brevity and consistency.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Fixes: 32966821574c ("sched_ext: Fix migration disabled handling in targeted dispatches")
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Reported-by: Jake Hillion <jakehillion@meta.com>
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per-CPU cpumasks are dominantly accessed from their own local CPUs,
so allocate them node-local to improve performance.
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Count the number of times a migration disabled task is automatically
dispatched to its local DSQ.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
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SCX_EV_DISPATCH_LOCAL_DSQ_OFFLINE wasn't quite right in two aspects:
- It counted both migration disabled and offline events.
- It didn't count events from scx_bpf_dsq_move() path.
Fix it by moving the counting into task_can_run_on_remote_rq() which is
shared by both paths and can distinguish the different rejection conditions.
The argument @trigger_error is renamed to @enforce as it now does more than
just triggering error.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
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Pull to receive:
- 2fa0fbeb69ed ("sched_ext: Implement auto local dispatching of migration disabled tasks")
- 32966821574c ("sched_ext: Fix migration disabled handling in targeted dispatches")
as planned for-6.15 changes depend on them (e.g. adding event counter for
implicit migration disabled task handling).
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A dispatch operation that can target a specific local DSQ -
scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local() or scx_bpf_dsq_move() - checks whether the task
can be migrated to the target CPU using task_can_run_on_remote_rq(). If the
task can't be migrated to the targeted CPU, it is bounced through a global
DSQ.
task_can_run_on_remote_rq() assumes that the task is on a CPU that's
different from the targeted CPU but the callers doesn't uphold the
assumption and may call the function when the task is already on the target
CPU. When such task has migration disabled, task_can_run_on_remote_rq() ends
up returning %false incorrectly unnecessarily bouncing the task to a global
DSQ.
Fix it by updating the callers to only call task_can_run_on_remote_rq() when
the task is on a different CPU than the target CPU. As this is a bit subtle,
for clarity and documentation:
- Make task_can_run_on_remote_rq() trigger SCHED_WARN_ON() if the task is on
the same CPU as the target CPU.
- is_migration_disabled() test in task_can_run_on_remote_rq() cannot trigger
if the task is on a different CPU than the target CPU as the preceding
task_allowed_on_cpu() test should fail beforehand. Convert the test into
SCHED_WARN_ON().
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Fixes: 4c30f5ce4f7a ("sched_ext: Implement scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq()")
Fixes: 0366017e0973 ("sched_ext: Use task_can_run_on_remote_rq() test in dispatch_to_local_dsq()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
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Migration disabled tasks are special and pinned to their previous CPUs. They
tripped up some unsuspecting BPF schedulers as their ->nr_cpus_allowed may
not agree with the bits set in ->cpus_ptr. Make it easier for BPF schedulers
by automatically dispatching them to the pinned local DSQs by default. If a
BPF scheduler wants to handle migration disabled tasks explicitly, it can
set SCX_OPS_ENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_ENQ_SLICE_DFL, which represents how many
tasks have been enqueued (or pick_task-ed or select_cpu-ed) with
a default time slice (SCX_SLICE_DFL).
Scheduling a task with SCX_SLICE_DFL unintentionally would be a source
of latency spikes because SCX_SLICE_DFL is relatively long (20 msec).
Thus, soaring the SCX_EV_ENQ_SLICE_DFL value would be a sign of BPF
scheduler bugs, causing latency spikes, especially when ops.select_cpu()
is provided.
__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock or p->pi_lock,
so the preemption has already been disabled.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_BYPASS_DURATION, which represents the
total duration of bypass modes in nanoseconds.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_BYPASS_DISPATCH, which represents how many
tasks have been dispatched in the bypass mode.
__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock or
p->pi_lock, so the preemption has already been disabled.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_BYPASS_ACTIVATE, which represents how many
times the bypass mode has been triggered.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_ENQ_SKIP_EXITING, which represents how many
times a task is enqueued to a local DSQ when exiting if
SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING is not set.
__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock,
so the preemption has already been disabled.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_DISPATCH_KEEP_LAST, which represents how many
times a task is continued to run without ops.enqueue() when
SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST is not set.
__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock,
so the preemption has already been disabled.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_DISPATCH_LOCAL_DSQ_OFFLINE, which represents how
many times a BPF scheduler tries to dispatch to an offlined local DSQ.
__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock,
so the preemption has already been disabled.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Add a core event, SCX_EV_SELECT_CPU_FALLBACK, which represents how many times
ops.select_cpu() returns a CPU that the task can't use.
__scx_add_event() is used since the caller holds an rq lock,
so the preemption has already been disabled.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Collect the statistics of specific types of behavior in the sched_ext core,
which are not easily visible but still interesting to an scx scheduler.
An event type is defined in 'struct scx_event_stats.' When an event occurs,
its counter is accumulated using 'scx_add_event()' and '__scx_add_event()'
to per-CPU 'struct scx_event_stats' for efficiency. 'scx_bpf_events()'
aggregates all the per-CPU counters and exposes a system-wide counters.
For convenience and readability of the code, 'scx_agg_event()' and
'scx_dump_event()' are provided.
The collected events can be observed after a BPF scheduler is unloaded
beforea new BPF scheduler is loaded so the per-CPU 'struct scx_event_stats'
are reset.
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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As ext.c is becoming quite large, move the idle CPU selection policy to
separate files (ext_idle.c / ext_idle.h) for better code readability.
Moreover, group together all the idle CPU selection kfunc's to the same
btf_kfunc_id_set block.
No functional changes, this is purely code reorganization.
Suggested-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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While performing the rq locking dance in dispatch_to_local_dsq(), we may
trigger the following lock imbalance condition, in particular when
multiple tasks are rapidly changing CPU affinity (i.e., running a
`stress-ng --race-sched 0`):
[ 13.413579] =====================================
[ 13.413660] WARNING: bad unlock balance detected!
[ 13.413729] 6.13.0-virtme #15 Not tainted
[ 13.413792] -------------------------------------
[ 13.413859] kworker/1:1/80 is trying to release lock (&rq->__lock) at:
[ 13.413954] [<ffffffff873c6c48>] dispatch_to_local_dsq+0x108/0x1a0
[ 13.414111] but there are no more locks to release!
[ 13.414176]
[ 13.414176] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 13.414258] 1 lock held by kworker/1:1/80:
[ 13.414318] #0: ffff8b66feb41698 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x20/0x90
[ 13.414612]
[ 13.414612] stack backtrace:
[ 13.415255] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 80 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.13.0-virtme #15
[ 13.415505] Workqueue: 0x0 (events)
[ 13.415567] Sched_ext: dsp_local_on (enabled+all), task: runnable_at=-2ms
[ 13.415570] Call Trace:
[ 13.415700] <TASK>
[ 13.415744] dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0xe0
[ 13.415806] ? dispatch_to_local_dsq+0x108/0x1a0
[ 13.415884] print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0x11b/0x130
[ 13.415965] ? dispatch_to_local_dsq+0x108/0x1a0
[ 13.416226] lock_release+0x231/0x2c0
[ 13.416326] _raw_spin_unlock+0x1b/0x40
[ 13.416422] dispatch_to_local_dsq+0x108/0x1a0
[ 13.416554] flush_dispatch_buf+0x199/0x1d0
[ 13.416652] balance_one+0x194/0x370
[ 13.416751] balance_scx+0x61/0x1e0
[ 13.416848] prev_balance+0x43/0xb0
[ 13.416947] __pick_next_task+0x6b/0x1b0
[ 13.417052] __schedule+0x20d/0x1740
This happens because dispatch_to_local_dsq() is racing with
dispatch_dequeue() and, when the latter wins, we incorrectly assume that
the task has been moved to dst_rq.
Fix by properly tracking the currently locked rq.
Fixes: 4d3ca89bdd31 ("sched_ext: Refactor consume_remote_task()")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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scx_move_task() is called from sched_move_task() and tells the BPF scheduler
that cgroup migration is being committed. sched_move_task() is used by both
cgroup and autogroup migrations and scx_move_task() tried to filter out
autogroup migrations by testing the destination cgroup and PF_EXITING but
this is not enough. In fact, without explicitly tagging the thread which is
doing the cgroup migration, there is no good way to tell apart
scx_move_task() invocations for racing migration to the root cgroup and an
autogroup migration.
This led to scx_move_task() incorrectly ignoring a migration from non-root
cgroup to an autogroup of the root cgroup triggering the following warning:
WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 1 at kernel/sched/ext.c:3725 scx_cgroup_can_attach+0x196/0x340
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
cgroup_migrate_execute+0x5b1/0x700
cgroup_attach_task+0x296/0x400
__cgroup_procs_write+0x128/0x140
cgroup_procs_write+0x17/0x30
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x141/0x1f0
vfs_write+0x31d/0x4a0
__x64_sys_write+0x72/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x82/0x160
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Fix it by adding an argument to sched_move_task() that indicates whether the
moving is for a cgroup or autogroup migration. After the change,
scx_move_task() is called only for cgroup migrations and renamed to
scx_cgroup_move_task().
Link: https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/issues/370
Fixes: 819513666966 ("sched_ext: Add cgroup support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Report the task weight when dumping the task state during an error exit.
Moreover, adjust the output format to display dsq_vtime, slice, and
weight on the same line.
This can help identify whether certain tasks were excessively
prioritized or de-prioritized due to large niceness gaps.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Fixes some spelling errors in the comments.
Signed-off-by: Atul Kumar Pant <atulpant.linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext
Pull sched_ext updates from Tejun Heo:
- scx_bpf_now() added so that BPF scheduler can access the cached
timestamp in struct rq to avoid reading TSC multiple times within a
locked scheduling operation.
- Minor updates to the built-in idle CPU selection logic.
- tool/sched_ext updates and other misc changes.
* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext:
sched_ext: fix kernel-doc warnings
sched_ext: Use time helpers in BPF schedulers
sched_ext: Replace bpf_ktime_get_ns() to scx_bpf_now()
sched_ext: Add time helpers for BPF schedulers
sched_ext: Add scx_bpf_now() for BPF scheduler
sched_ext: Implement scx_bpf_now()
sched_ext: Relocate scx_enabled() related code
sched_ext: Add option -l in selftest runner to list all available tests
sched_ext: Include remaining task time slice in error state dump
sched_ext: update scx_bpf_dsq_insert() doc for SCX_DSQ_LOCAL_ON
sched_ext: idle: small CPU iteration refactoring
sched_ext: idle: introduce check_builtin_idle_enabled() helper
sched_ext: idle: clarify comments
sched_ext: idle: use assign_cpu() to update the idle cpumask
sched_ext: Use str_enabled_disabled() helper in update_selcpu_topology()
sched_ext: Use sizeof_field for key_len in dsq_hash_params
tools/sched_ext: Receive updates from SCX repo
sched_ext: Use the NUMA scheduling domain for NUMA optimizations
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks
Pull kthread updates from Frederic Weisbecker:
"Kthreads affinity follow either of 4 existing different patterns:
1) Per-CPU kthreads must stay affine to a single CPU and never
execute relevant code on any other CPU. This is currently handled
by smpboot code which takes care of CPU-hotplug operations.
Affinity here is a correctness constraint.
2) Some kthreads _have_ to be affine to a specific set of CPUs and
can't run anywhere else. The affinity is set through
kthread_bind_mask() and the subsystem takes care by itself to
handle CPU-hotplug operations. Affinity here is assumed to be a
correctness constraint.
3) Per-node kthreads _prefer_ to be affine to a specific NUMA node.
This is not a correctness constraint but merely a preference in
terms of memory locality. kswapd and kcompactd both fall into this
category. The affinity is set manually like for any other task and
CPU-hotplug is supposed to be handled by the relevant subsystem so
that the task is properly reaffined whenever a given CPU from the
node comes up. Also care should be taken so that the node affinity
doesn't cross isolated (nohz_full) cpumask boundaries.
4) Similar to the previous point except kthreads have a _preferred_
affinity different than a node. Both RCU boost kthreads and RCU
exp kworkers fall into this category as they refer to "RCU nodes"
from a distinctly distributed tree.
Currently the preferred affinity patterns (3 and 4) have at least 4
identified users, with more or less success when it comes to handle
CPU-hotplug operations and CPU isolation. Each of which do it in its
own ad-hoc way.
This is an infrastructure proposal to handle this with the following
API changes:
- kthread_create_on_node() automatically affines the created kthread
to its target node unless it has been set as per-cpu or bound with
kthread_bind[_mask]() before the first wake-up.
- kthread_affine_preferred() is a new function that can be called
right after kthread_create_on_node() to specify a preferred
affinity different than the specified node.
When the preferred affinity can't be applied because the possible
targets are offline or isolated (nohz_full), the kthread is affine to
the housekeeping CPUs (which means to all online CPUs most of the time
or only the non-nohz_full CPUs when nohz_full= is set).
kswapd, kcompactd, RCU boost kthreads and RCU exp kworkers have been
converted, along with a few old drivers.
Summary of the changes:
- Consolidate a bunch of ad-hoc implementations of
kthread_run_on_cpu()
- Introduce task_cpu_fallback_mask() that defines the default last
resort affinity of a task to become nohz_full aware
- Add some correctness check to ensure kthread_bind() is always
called before the first kthread wake up.
- Default affine kthread to its preferred node.
- Convert kswapd / kcompactd and remove their halfway working ad-hoc
affinity implementation
- Implement kthreads preferred affinity
- Unify kthread worker and kthread API's style
- Convert RCU kthreads to the new API and remove the ad-hoc affinity
implementation"
* tag 'kthread-for-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks:
kthread: modify kernel-doc function name to match code
rcu: Use kthread preferred affinity for RCU exp kworkers
treewide: Introduce kthread_run_worker[_on_cpu]()
kthread: Unify kthread_create_on_cpu() and kthread_create_worker_on_cpu() automatic format
rcu: Use kthread preferred affinity for RCU boost
kthread: Implement preferred affinity
mm: Create/affine kswapd to its preferred node
mm: Create/affine kcompactd to its preferred node
kthread: Default affine kthread to its preferred NUMA node
kthread: Make sure kthread hasn't started while binding it
sched,arm64: Handle CPU isolation on last resort fallback rq selection
arm64: Exclude nohz_full CPUs from 32bits el0 support
lib: test_objpool: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()
kallsyms: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()
soc/qman: test: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()
arm/bL_switcher: Use kthread_run_on_cpu()
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Use the correct function parameter names and function names.
Use the correct kernel-doc comment format for struct sched_ext_ops
to eliminate a bunch of warnings.
ext.c:1418: warning: Excess function parameter 'include_dead' description in 'scx_task_iter_next_locked'
ext.c:7261: warning: expecting prototype for scx_bpf_dump(). Prototype was for scx_bpf_dump_bstr() instead
ext.c:7352: warning: Excess function parameter 'flags' description in 'scx_bpf_cpuperf_set'
ext.c:3150: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'in_fi' not described in 'scx_prio_less'
ext.c:4711: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dur_s' not described in 'scx_softlockup'
ext.c:4775: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'bypass' not described in 'scx_ops_bypass'
ext.c:7453: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'idle_mask' not described in 'scx_bpf_put_idle_cpumask'
ext.c:209: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * select_cpu - Pick the target CPU for a task which is being woken up
ext.c:236: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * enqueue - Enqueue a task on the BPF scheduler
ext.c:251: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * dequeue - Remove a task from the BPF scheduler
ext.c:267: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * dispatch - Dispatch tasks from the BPF scheduler and/or user DSQs
ext.c:290: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * tick - Periodic tick
ext.c:300: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * runnable - A task is becoming runnable on its associated CPU
ext.c:327: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * running - A task is starting to run on its associated CPU
ext.c:335: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * stopping - A task is stopping execution
ext.c:346: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * quiescent - A task is becoming not runnable on its associated CPU
ext.c:366: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * yield - Yield CPU
ext.c:381: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * core_sched_before - Task ordering for core-sched
ext.c:399: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * set_weight - Set task weight
ext.c:408: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * set_cpumask - Set CPU affinity
ext.c:418: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * update_idle - Update the idle state of a CPU
ext.c:439: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cpu_acquire - A CPU is becoming available to the BPF scheduler
ext.c:449: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cpu_release - A CPU is taken away from the BPF scheduler
ext.c:461: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * init_task - Initialize a task to run in a BPF scheduler
ext.c:476: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * exit_task - Exit a previously-running task from the system
ext.c:485: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * enable - Enable BPF scheduling for a task
ext.c:494: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * disable - Disable BPF scheduling for a task
ext.c:504: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * dump - Dump BPF scheduler state on error
ext.c:512: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * dump_cpu - Dump BPF scheduler state for a CPU on error
ext.c:524: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * dump_task - Dump BPF scheduler state for a runnable task on error
ext.c:535: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cgroup_init - Initialize a cgroup
ext.c:550: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cgroup_exit - Exit a cgroup
ext.c:559: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cgroup_prep_move - Prepare a task to be moved to a different cgroup
ext.c:574: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cgroup_move - Commit cgroup move
ext.c:585: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cgroup_cancel_move - Cancel cgroup move
ext.c:597: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cgroup_set_weight - A cgroup's weight is being changed
ext.c:611: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cpu_online - A CPU became online
ext.c:620: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * cpu_offline - A CPU is going offline
ext.c:633: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * init - Initialize the BPF scheduler
ext.c:638: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * exit - Clean up after the BPF scheduler
ext.c:648: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * dispatch_max_batch - Max nr of tasks that dispatch() can dispatch
ext.c:653: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * flags - %SCX_OPS_* flags
ext.c:658: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * timeout_ms - The maximum amount of time, in milliseconds, that a
ext.c:667: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * exit_dump_len - scx_exit_info.dump buffer length. If 0, the default
ext.c:673: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * hotplug_seq - A sequence number that may be set by the scheduler to
ext.c:682: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * name - BPF scheduler's name
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'select_cpu' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'enqueue' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dequeue' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dispatch' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'tick' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'runnable' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'running' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'stopping' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'quiescent' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'yield' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'core_sched_before' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'set_weight' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'set_cpumask' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'update_idle' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cpu_acquire' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cpu_release' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'init_task' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'exit_task' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'enable' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'disable' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dump' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dump_cpu' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dump_task' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cgroup_init' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cgroup_exit' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cgroup_prep_move' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cgroup_move' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cgroup_cancel_move' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cgroup_set_weight' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cpu_online' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'cpu_offline' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'init' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'exit' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dispatch_max_batch' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'flags' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'timeout_ms' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'exit_dump_len' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'hotplug_seq' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
ext.c:689: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'name' not described in 'sched_ext_ops'
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Cc: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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With the consolidation of put_prev_task/set_next_task(), see
commit 436f3eed5c69 ("sched: Combine the last put_prev_task() and the
first set_next_task()"), we are now skipping the transition between
these two functions when the previous and the next tasks are the same.
As a result, the scx idle state of a CPU is updated only when
transitioning to or from the idle thread. While this is generally
correct, it can lead to uneven and inefficient core utilization in
certain scenarios [1].
A typical scenario involves proactive wake-ups: scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu()
selects and marks an idle CPU as busy, followed by a wake-up via
scx_bpf_kick_cpu(), without dispatching any tasks. In this case, the CPU
continues running the idle thread, returns to idle, but remains marked
as busy, preventing it from being selected again as an idle CPU (until a
task eventually runs on it and releases the CPU).
For example, running a workload that uses 20% of each CPU, combined with
an scx scheduler using proactive wake-ups, results in the following core
utilization:
CPU 0: 25.7%
CPU 1: 29.3%
CPU 2: 26.5%
CPU 3: 25.5%
CPU 4: 0.0%
CPU 5: 25.5%
CPU 6: 0.0%
CPU 7: 10.5%
To address this, refresh the idle state also in pick_task_idle(), during
idle-to-idle transitions, but only trigger ops.update_idle() on actual
state changes to prevent unnecessary updates to the scx scheduler and
maintain balanced state transitions.
With this change in place, the core utilization in the previous example
becomes the following:
CPU 0: 18.8%
CPU 1: 19.4%
CPU 2: 18.0%
CPU 3: 18.7%
CPU 4: 19.3%
CPU 5: 18.9%
CPU 6: 18.7%
CPU 7: 19.3%
[1] https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/pull/1139
Fixes: 7c65ae81ea86 ("sched_ext: Don't call put_prev_task_scx() before picking the next task")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Returns a high-performance monotonically non-decreasing clock for the current
CPU. The clock returned is in nanoseconds.
It provides the following properties:
1) High performance: Many BPF schedulers call bpf_ktime_get_ns() frequently
to account for execution time and track tasks' runtime properties.
Unfortunately, in some hardware platforms, bpf_ktime_get_ns() -- which
eventually reads a hardware timestamp counter -- is neither performant nor
scalable. scx_bpf_now() aims to provide a high-performance clock by
using the rq clock in the scheduler core whenever possible.
2) High enough resolution for the BPF scheduler use cases: In most BPF
scheduler use cases, the required clock resolution is lower than the most
accurate hardware clock (e.g., rdtsc in x86). scx_bpf_now() basically
uses the rq clock in the scheduler core whenever it is valid. It considers
that the rq clock is valid from the time the rq clock is updated
(update_rq_clock) until the rq is unlocked (rq_unpin_lock).
3) Monotonically non-decreasing clock for the same CPU: scx_bpf_now()
guarantees the clock never goes backward when comparing them in the same
CPU. On the other hand, when comparing clocks in different CPUs, there
is no such guarantee -- the clock can go backward. It provides a
monotonically *non-decreasing* clock so that it would provide the same
clock values in two different scx_bpf_now() calls in the same CPU
during the same period of when the rq clock is valid.
An rq clock becomes valid when it is updated using update_rq_clock()
and invalidated when the rq is unlocked using rq_unpin_lock().
Let's suppose the following timeline in the scheduler core:
T1. rq_lock(rq)
T2. update_rq_clock(rq)
T3. a sched_ext BPF operation
T4. rq_unlock(rq)
T5. a sched_ext BPF operation
T6. rq_lock(rq)
T7. update_rq_clock(rq)
For [T2, T4), we consider that rq clock is valid (SCX_RQ_CLK_VALID is
set), so scx_bpf_now() calls during [T2, T4) (including T3) will
return the rq clock updated at T2. For duration [T4, T7), when a BPF
scheduler can still call scx_bpf_now() (T5), we consider the rq clock
is invalid (SCX_RQ_CLK_VALID is unset at T4). So when calling
scx_bpf_now() at T5, we will return a fresh clock value by calling
sched_clock_cpu() internally. Also, to prevent getting outdated rq clocks
from a previous scx scheduler, invalidate all the rq clocks when unloading
a BPF scheduler.
One example of calling scx_bpf_now(), when the rq clock is invalid
(like T5), is in scx_central [1]. The scx_central scheduler uses a BPF
timer for preemptive scheduling. In every msec, the timer callback checks
if the currently running tasks exceed their timeslice. At the beginning of
the BPF timer callback (central_timerfn in scx_central.bpf.c), scx_central
gets the current time. When the BPF timer callback runs, the rq clock could
be invalid, the same as T5. In this case, scx_bpf_now() returns a fresh
clock value rather than returning the old one (T2).
[1] https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/blob/main/scheds/c/scx_central.bpf.c
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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kthread_create() creates a kthread without running it yet. kthread_run()
creates a kthread and runs it.
On the other hand, kthread_create_worker() creates a kthread worker and
runs it.
This difference in behaviours is confusing. Also there is no way to
create a kthread worker and affine it using kthread_bind_mask() or
kthread_affine_preferred() before starting it.
Consolidate the behaviours and introduce kthread_run_worker[_on_cpu]()
that behaves just like kthread_run(). kthread_create_worker[_on_cpu]()
will now only create a kthread worker without starting it.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
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ops.cpu_release() function, if defined, must be invoked when preempted by
a higher priority scheduler class task. This scenario was skipped in
commit f422316d7466 ("sched_ext: Remove switch_class_scx()"). Let's fix
it.
Fixes: f422316d7466 ("sched_ext: Remove switch_class_scx()")
Signed-off-by: Honglei Wang <jameshongleiwang@126.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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scx_ops_bypass() iterates all CPUs to re-enqueue all the scx tasks.
For each CPU, it acquires a lock using rq_lock() regardless of whether
a CPU is offline or the CPU is currently running a task in a higher
scheduler class (e.g., deadline). The rq_lock() is supposed to be used
for online CPUs, and the use of rq_lock() may trigger an unnecessary
warning in rq_pin_lock(). Therefore, replace rq_lock() to
raw_spin_rq_lock() in scx_ops_bypass().
Without this change, we observe the following warning:
===== START =====
[ 6.615205] rq->balance_callback && rq->balance_callback != &balance_push_callback
[ 6.615208] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/sched.h:1730 __schedule+0x1130/0x1c90
===== END =====
Fixes: 0e7ffff1b811 ("scx: Fix raciness in scx_ops_bypass()")
Signed-off-by: Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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When %SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST is set and prev->scx.slice != 0,
@prev will be dispacthed into the local DSQ in put_prev_task_scx().
However, pick_task_scx() is executed before put_prev_task_scx(),
so it will not pick @prev.
Set %SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP in balance_one() to ensure that pick_task_scx()
can pick @prev.
Signed-off-by: Henry Huang <henry.hj@antgroup.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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