From: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
To: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>,
Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Juri Lelli" <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>,
Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>, <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>,
Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 06/16] sched/core: Queue blocked donor onto sleeping owner for chain-wakeup
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:28:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260826062901.2137-7-kprateek.nayak@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826062901.2137-1-kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Add a blocked_donor to sleeping owner's "blocked_head" when
find_proxy_task() resolves to a blocked task. Once added to the list,
double check if the owner has woken up by checking "owner->on_rq".
If the owner has woken up, remove the task from "blocked_head" and
continue try find_proxy_task() agiain to re-evaluate the state of owner
and take the correct steps.
Since find_proxy_task() is called with wait_lock held, which the owner
needs during unlock, it is guaranteed that owner cannot disappear under
us in the process.
The added data memebers in task_struct serve the following pusrpose:
- blocked_head: Contains the blocked donors queued on us
- blocked_node: The list head used to queue onto blocked_head of a
sleeping owner
- sleeping_owner: Sleeping owner on which the task is queued.
Co-developed-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 5 ++++
init/init_task.c | 5 ++++
kernel/fork.c | 5 ++++
kernel/sched/core.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 373bcc0598d1..bf0f4b6be7c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1251,6 +1251,11 @@ struct task_struct {
struct mutex *blocked_on; /* lock we're blocked on */
raw_spinlock_t blocked_lock;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
+ struct list_head blocked_head; /* tasks blocked on this task */
+ struct list_head blocked_node; /* our entry on someone elses blocked_head */
+ struct task_struct *sleeping_owner; /* task our blocked_node is enqueued on */
+#endif
/*
* The task that is boosting this task; a back link for the current
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index b67ef6040a65..a097c0def4c4 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ struct task_struct init_task __aligned(L1_CACHE_BYTES) = {
&init_task.alloc_lock),
#endif
.blocked_donor = NULL,
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
+ .blocked_head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_task.blocked_head),
+ .blocked_node = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_task.blocked_node),
+ .sleeping_owner = NULL,
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
.pi_waiters = RB_ROOT_CACHED,
.pi_top_task = NULL,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index f0e2e131a9a5..88f2b6e08c46 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2247,6 +2247,11 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
p->blocked_on = NULL; /* not blocked yet */
p->blocked_donor = NULL; /* nobody is boosting p yet */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->blocked_head);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->blocked_node);
+ p->sleeping_owner = NULL;
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BCACHE
p->sequential_io = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b4a2771eb290..e53967a126a9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2229,6 +2229,16 @@ void activate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int en_flags)
__activate_task(rq, p, en_flags | ENQUEUE_MIGRATING);
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
+
+static void __proxy_dequeue_from_owner(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ list_del_init(&p->blocked_node);
+ WRITE_ONCE(p->sleeping_owner, NULL);
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC */
+
static void activate_blocked_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int en_flags)
{
__activate_task(rq, p, en_flags);
@@ -6872,6 +6882,43 @@ static void proxy_migrate_task(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf,
proxy_reacquire_rq_lock(rq, rf);
}
+static void proxy_enqueue_on_owner(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *owner,
+ struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&owner->blocked_lock);
+
+ WARN_ON(!p->on_rq);
+ WARN_ON(p->sleeping_owner);
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(p->sleeping_owner, owner);
+ list_add(&p->blocked_node, &owner->blocked_head);
+ proxy_resched_idle(rq);
+
+ /*
+ * Order against __activate_blocked_task_slowpath() checking
+ * owner->blocked_list after setting owner->on_rq.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+
+ if (READ_ONCE(owner->on_rq)) {
+ /*
+ * owner has woken up and may miss activating us.
+ * Remove ourself from "owner->blocked_head" and try
+ * find_proxy_task() again considering the owner's
+ * new state.
+ */
+ __proxy_dequeue_from_owner(p);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Owner is fully blocked. __activate_blocked_task_slowpath()
+ * will see us on the list during wakeup and DTRT.
+ */
+ block_task(rq, p, READ_ONCE(p->__state));
+}
+
/*
* Find runnable lock owner to proxy for mutex blocked donor
*
@@ -6962,8 +7009,25 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *donor, struct rq_flags *rf)
/* XXX Don't handle blocked owners yet */
if (curr_in_chain)
return proxy_resched_idle(rq);
- __clear_task_blocked_on(p, NULL);
- goto deactivate;
+ /*
+ * If !@owner->on_rq, holding @rq->lock will not pin the task,
+ * so we cannot drop @mutex->wait_lock until we're sure its a blocked
+ * task on this rq.
+ *
+ * We use @owner->blocked_lock to serialize against ttwu_activate().
+ * Either we see its new owner->on_rq or it will see our list_add().
+ */
+ WARN_ON(owner == p);
+
+ raw_spin_unlock(&p->blocked_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock(&owner->blocked_lock);
+
+ proxy_enqueue_on_owner(rq, owner, p);
+
+ raw_spin_unlock(&owner->blocked_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock(&p->blocked_lock);
+
+ return NULL; /* retry task selection */
}
owner_cpu = task_cpu(owner);
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-26 6:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-26 6:28 [RFC PATCH 00/16][PoC] sched/core: Alternate approach to sleeping-owner handling in PROXY_EXEC K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 01/16] sched/core: Break activation of blocked task into a separate helper K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 02/16] sched/core: Use enqueue/dequeue flags instead of task_on_rq_migrating() K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 03/16] sched/fair: Use enqueue flags for DO_ATTACH in update_load_avg() K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 15:36 ` Andrea Righi
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 04/16] sched/core: Activate blocked donor when no owner is found K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 15:56 ` Andrea Righi
2026-08-26 17:20 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-28 6:04 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-31 15:07 ` Andrea Righi
2026-09-16 4:16 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-16 3:29 ` John Stultz
2026-09-16 4:16 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 05/16] sched/core: Do not queue blocked donor on a delayed owner K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` K Prateek Nayak [this message]
2026-08-26 16:20 ` [RFC PATCH 06/16] sched/core: Queue blocked donor onto sleeping owner for chain-wakeup Andrea Righi
2026-08-27 3:51 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 07/16] sched/core: Avoid delaying blocked donors queued on sleeping owner K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 08/16] sched/deadline: Prepare for blocking and proxy activation with MIGRATING flag K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 09/16] sched/core: Track CPU where the task was blocked on K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-16 5:52 ` John Stultz
2026-09-16 6:29 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 10/16] sched/core: Introduce p->is_linked to track if task is queued on sleeping owner K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 11/16] sched/core: Prepare to inspect ->is_linked alongside ->on_rq during wakeup K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 12/16] sched:core: Add MIGRATING flags when blocking and activating linked donors K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 13/16] sched/core: Use p->is_linked state to unlink from sleeping owner early K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 14/16] sched/core: Introduce chain-wakeup to activate blocked donors K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-15 5:48 ` John Stultz
2026-08-26 6:28 ` [RFC PATCH 15/16] locking/mutex: Track locks owned by a task in a per-task counter K Prateek Nayak
2026-08-26 6:29 ` [RFC PATCH 16/16] sched/core: Set activation of non lock-holders to fast-path K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-16 5:22 ` [RFC PATCH 00/16][PoC] sched/core: Alternate approach to sleeping-owner handling in PROXY_EXEC John Stultz
2026-09-16 6:10 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-16 6:23 ` John Stultz
2026-09-16 6:59 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-16 17:57 ` John Stultz
2026-09-17 5:22 ` K Prateek Nayak
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