From: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: 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>,
Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>,
Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
"Gautham R. Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>,
K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/8] sched/fair: Remove superfluous rcu_read_lock() in the wakeup path
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:32:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260120113246.27987-7-kprateek.nayak@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120113246.27987-1-kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
select_task_rq_fair() is always called with p->pi_lock held and IRQs
disabled which makes it equivalent of an RCU read-side.
Since commit 71fedc41c23b ("sched/fair: Switch to
rcu_dereference_all()") switched to using rcu_dereference_all() in the
wakeup path, drop the explicit rcu_read_{lock,unlock}() in the fair
task's wakeup path.
Future plans to reuse select_task_rq_fair() /
find_energy_efficient_cpu() in the fair class' balance callback will do
so with IRQs disabled and will comply with the requirements of
rcu_dereference_all() which makes this safe keeping in mind future
development plans too.
Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
---
Changelog rfc v2..v3:
o New patch.
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 33 ++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 04993c763a06..e4f208c44916 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8323,10 +8323,9 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
struct perf_domain *pd;
struct energy_env eenv;
- rcu_read_lock();
pd = rcu_dereference_all(rd->pd);
if (!pd)
- goto unlock;
+ return target;
/*
* Energy-aware wake-up happens on the lowest sched_domain starting
@@ -8336,13 +8335,13 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
while (sd && !cpumask_test_cpu(prev_cpu, sched_domain_span(sd)))
sd = sd->parent;
if (!sd)
- goto unlock;
+ return target;
target = prev_cpu;
sync_entity_load_avg(&p->se);
if (!task_util_est(p) && p_util_min == 0)
- goto unlock;
+ return target;
eenv_task_busy_time(&eenv, p, prev_cpu);
@@ -8437,7 +8436,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
prev_cpu);
/* CPU utilization has changed */
if (prev_delta < base_energy)
- goto unlock;
+ return target;
prev_delta -= base_energy;
prev_actual_cap = cpu_actual_cap;
best_delta = min(best_delta, prev_delta);
@@ -8461,7 +8460,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
max_spare_cap_cpu);
/* CPU utilization has changed */
if (cur_delta < base_energy)
- goto unlock;
+ return target;
cur_delta -= base_energy;
/*
@@ -8478,7 +8477,6 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
best_actual_cap = cpu_actual_cap;
}
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
if ((best_fits > prev_fits) ||
((best_fits > 0) && (best_delta < prev_delta)) ||
@@ -8486,11 +8484,6 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
target = best_energy_cpu;
return target;
-
-unlock:
- rcu_read_unlock();
-
- return target;
}
/*
@@ -8535,7 +8528,6 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int wake_flags)
want_affine = !wake_wide(p) && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr);
}
- rcu_read_lock();
for_each_domain(cpu, tmp) {
/*
* If both 'cpu' and 'prev_cpu' are part of this domain,
@@ -8561,14 +8553,13 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int wake_flags)
break;
}
- if (unlikely(sd)) {
- /* Slow path */
- new_cpu = sched_balance_find_dst_cpu(sd, p, cpu, prev_cpu, sd_flag);
- } else if (wake_flags & WF_TTWU) { /* XXX always ? */
- /* Fast path */
- new_cpu = select_idle_sibling(p, prev_cpu, new_cpu);
- }
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ /* Slow path */
+ if (unlikely(sd))
+ return sched_balance_find_dst_cpu(sd, p, cpu, prev_cpu, sd_flag);
+
+ /* Fast path */
+ if (wake_flags & WF_TTWU)
+ return select_idle_sibling(p, prev_cpu, new_cpu);
return new_cpu;
}
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-20 11:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-20 11:32 [PATCH v3 0/8] sched/topology: Optimize sd->shared allocation K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-20 11:32 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] sched/topology: Compute sd_weight considering cpuset partitions K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-21 14:45 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-01-21 15:42 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-01-22 2:51 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-05 16:53 ` Valentin Schneider
2026-01-20 11:32 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] sched/topology: Allocate per-CPU sched_domain_shared in s_data K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-21 15:17 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-05 16:53 ` Valentin Schneider
2026-01-20 11:32 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] sched/topology: Switch to assigning "sd->shared" from s_data K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-21 15:26 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-01-22 2:49 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-22 8:12 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-01-22 8:36 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-23 4:08 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-01-23 4:53 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-05 16:53 ` Valentin Schneider
2026-02-06 5:20 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-06 9:38 ` Valentin Schneider
2026-02-14 3:04 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-16 3:50 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-14 2:59 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-01-20 11:32 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] sched/topology: Remove sched_domain_shared allocation with sd_data K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-05 16:53 ` Valentin Schneider
2026-01-20 11:32 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] sched/core: Check for rcu_read_lock_any_held() in idle_get_state() K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-20 11:32 ` K Prateek Nayak [this message]
2026-01-20 11:32 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] sched/fair: Simplify the entry condition for update_idle_cpu_scan() K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-14 15:41 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-01-20 11:32 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] sched/fair: Simplify SIS_UTIL handling in select_idle_cpu() K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-23 6:06 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-01-23 6:27 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-23 7:14 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-02-14 15:56 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-01-21 16:16 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] sched/topology: Optimize sd->shared allocation Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-22 2:56 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-01-23 9:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
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