From: Hui Su <sh_def@163.com>
To: peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com,
tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com, yu.c.chen@intel.com,
kprateek.nayak@amd.com
Cc: juri.lelli@redhat.com, vincent.guittot@linaro.org,
dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, rostedt@goodmis.org,
bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de, vschneid@redhat.com,
connoro@google.com, jstultz@google.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/2] sched: Fix execution-context tick handling under proxy execution
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 16:52:42 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904085244.799276-1-sh_def@163.com> (raw)
Proxy execution separates the scheduling context in rq->donor from the
execution context in rq->curr. Scheduler tick hooks which operate on
execution-context state must use rq->curr, while scheduling-context
state must continue to use the donor.
Move NUMA and cache task tick handling into a common execution-context
helper. This ensures that both hooks run when a fair task executes on
behalf of an RT or deadline donor, while the remaining fair-class tick
bookkeeping stays associated with the scheduling context.
Changes in v2 (since v1):
- Move NUMA and cache execution-context tick handling from
task_tick_fair() to sched_tick().
- Invoke the hooks when rq->curr is a fair task, allowing them to run
when the donor belongs to another scheduling class.
- Add the corresponding calls to sched_tick_remote() to preserve
full-dynticks behavior.
Changes in v3 (since v2):
- Factor NUMA and cache execution-context tick handling into
sched_tick_exec_ctx(), keeping sched_tick() and sched_tick_remote()
in sync.
- Keep sched_tick_remote()'s existing curr-based scheduling-class
dispatch unchanged and invoke the common helper afterward.
- Reword the NUMA rationale around execution-context state and the
task/mm associated with the execution context, with sum_exec_runtime as
supporting state rather than the sole reason for the change.
- Document why misfit, overutilized and core-scheduling tick handling
remains associated with the scheduling context.
- Keep the task_tick_core() consumed-slice accounting issue discussed
during review separate from this series.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260903041154.2479761-1-sh_def@163.com
Tested with CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC=y and all four NUMA/cache
configuration combinations, including W=1 scheduler object builds and
a full bzImage/modules build. The first commit was also built
independently, and a CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y kernel was built and booted.
A temporary QEMU proxy-mutex reproducer exercised both a normal FAIR
path and a FAIR execution task running on behalf of an SCHED_FIFO donor.
Using the same workload with QEMU 11.1.0 exposing two L3 domains, the
unpatched kernel did not invoke task_tick_numa() or task_tick_cache() for
the FAIR execution task during proxy execution. With this series, both
hooks were repeatedly observed with rq->curr while rq->donor remained the
RT scheduling context. NUMA task work was queued for the execution task;
cache work was also queued and its mm scan epoch advanced. Three proxy
episodes completed, and the normal FAIR path was observed with
rq->curr == rq->donor. The full-dynticks remote tick path was observed
invoking sched_tick_exec_ctx() on CPU 1. No warnings, BUGs, oopses or
panics were observed.
The instrumentation and reproducer were kept outside this series.
Hui Su (2):
sched/numa: Drive NUMA task tick from execution context
sched/cache: Drive cache task tick from execution context
kernel/sched/core.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
kernel/sched/fair.c | 18 +++++++++---------
kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 8:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 8:52 Hui Su [this message]
2026-09-04 8:52 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] sched/numa: Drive NUMA task tick from execution context Hui Su
2026-09-04 15:52 ` Chen Yu
2026-09-04 17:17 ` Tim Chen
2026-09-04 8:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] sched/cache: Drive cache " Hui Su
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