From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: tglx@linutronix.de, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
paulmck@kernel.org, boqun.feng@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net,
prakash.sangappa@oracle.com, vineethr@linux.ibm.com,
kprateek.nayak@amd.com, rostedt@goodmis.org,
bigeasy@linutronix.de, arnd@arndb.de, rdunlap@infradead.org,
rongevarg@gmail.com, longman@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] rseq: Lower default slice extension
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:25:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260121143208.073200729@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260121142457.242071831@infradead.org>
Change the minimum slice extension to 5 usec.
Since slice_test selftest reaches a staggering ~350 nsec extension:
Task: slice_test Mean: 350.266 ns
Latency (us) | Count
------------------------------
EXPIRED | 238
0 us | 143189
1 us | 167
2 us | 26
3 us | 11
4 us | 28
5 us | 31
6 us | 22
7 us | 23
8 us | 32
9 us | 16
10 us | 35
Lower the minimal (and default) value to 5 usecs -- which is still massive.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
Documentation/userspace-api/rseq.rst | 2 +-
kernel/rseq.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/rseq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/rseq.rst
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ slice extension by setting rseq::slice_c
interrupted and the interrupt results in a reschedule request in the
kernel, then the kernel can grant a time slice extension and return to
userspace instead of scheduling out. The length of the extension is
-determined by debugfs:rseq/slice_ext_nsec. The default value is 10 usec; which
+determined by debugfs:rseq/slice_ext_nsec. The default value is 5 usec; which
is the minimum value. It can be incremented to 50 usecs, however doing so
can/will affect the minimum scheduling latency.
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ struct slice_timer {
void *cookie;
};
-static const unsigned int rseq_slice_ext_nsecs_min = 10 * NSEC_PER_USEC;
+static const unsigned int rseq_slice_ext_nsecs_min = 5 * NSEC_PER_USEC;
static const unsigned int rseq_slice_ext_nsecs_max = 50 * NSEC_PER_USEC;
unsigned int rseq_slice_ext_nsecs __read_mostly = rseq_slice_ext_nsecs_min;
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct slice_timer, slice_timer);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-21 14:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-21 14:24 [PATCH 0/5] rseq: Various slice-ext changes Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-21 14:24 ` [PATCH 1/5] rseq: Allow registering RSEQ with slice extension Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-22 10:15 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-21 14:24 ` [PATCH 2/5] rseq: Move slice_ext_nsec to debugfs Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-21 14:50 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-01-21 14:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-21 15:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-22 10:15 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-21 14:25 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2026-01-22 10:15 ` [tip: sched/core] rseq: Lower default slice extension tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-21 14:25 ` [PATCH 4/5] hrtimer: Fix trace oddity Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-22 10:15 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2026-01-21 14:25 ` [PATCH 5/5] selftests/rseq: Add rseq slice histogram script Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-22 10:15 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
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