From: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Shubhang Kaushik (Ampere)" <sh@gentwo.org>,
John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>,
Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>,
Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@arm.com>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@google.com>,
Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>,
Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@gmail.com>,
kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@mediatek.com>, hupu <hupu.gm@gmail.com>,
Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com>,
"zhidao su (Xiaomi)" <soolaugust@gmail.com>,
Hui Su <sh_def@163.com>,
kernel-team@android.com
Subject: [PATCH v33 2/7] sched/core: Use the scheduling context for remote ticks
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:04:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023220431.1106611-3-jstultz@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023220431.1106611-1-jstultz@google.com>
From: "Shubhang Kaushik (Ampere)" <sh@gentwo.org>
sched_tick_remote() assumes that a CPU in full dynticks mode has only
one running task. It therefore assumes that proxy execution cannot be
active and that rq->curr == rq->donor.
However, sched_can_stop_tick() can stop the tick with multiple tasks on
the runqueue. With exactly one SCHED_RR task, the tick is not needed for
round-robin timeslice rotation. When there are no SCHED_RR tasks,
SCHED_FIFO tasks do not require the tick because they have no forced
tick preemption. Lower scheduling-class tasks can still be queued in
both cases.
Consequently, a SCHED_FIFO task blocked on a SCHED_NORMAL mutex owner
can remain rq->donor while find_proxy_task() selects the owner to
execute as rq->curr. sched_tick_remote() can therefore run with
rq->curr != rq->donor.
The full-nohz state check in sched_tick_remote() is intentionally racy
and can allow an extra or missed remote tick. This issue does not rely
on that race: the tick can be legitimately stopped in the cases above.
Use rq->donor for the remote class tick and its full-nohz tick-interval
sanity check, matching sched_tick() and hrtick().
Fixes: 7de9d4f94638 ("sched: Start blocked_on chain processing in find_proxy_task()")
Signed-off-by: Shubhang Kaushik (Ampere) <sh@gentwo.org>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
---
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
Cc: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Cc: Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@arm.com>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@google.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
Cc: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@gmail.com>
Cc: kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@mediatek.com>
Cc: hupu <hupu.gm@gmail.com>
Cc: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com>
Cc: zhidao su (Xiaomi) <soolaugust@gmail.com>
Cc: Hui Su <sh_def@163.com>
Cc: Shubhang Kaushik (Ampere) <sh@gentwo.org>
Cc: kernel-team@android.com
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 14 ++++----------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 0ab15f03cb947..729ebaca35e1a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5934,26 +5934,20 @@ static void sched_tick_remote(struct work_struct *work)
*/
if (tick_nohz_tick_stopped_cpu(cpu)) {
guard(rq_lock_irq)(rq);
- struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
+ struct task_struct *donor = rq->donor;
if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
- /*
- * Since this is a remote tick for full dynticks mode,
- * we are always sure that there is no proxy (only a
- * single task is running).
- */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(rq->curr != rq->donor);
update_rq_clock(rq);
- if (!is_idle_task(curr)) {
+ if (!is_idle_task(donor)) {
/*
* Make sure the next tick runs within a
* reasonable amount of time.
*/
- u64 delta = rq_clock_task(rq) - curr->se.exec_start;
+ u64 delta = rq_clock_task(rq) - donor->se.exec_start;
WARN_ON_ONCE(delta > (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * 30);
}
- curr->sched_class->task_tick(rq, curr, 0);
+ donor->sched_class->task_tick(rq, donor, 0);
calc_load_nohz_remote(rq);
}
--
2.56.0.257.gf7497c7d27-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 22:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 22:04 [PATCH v33 0/7] Sleeping Owner Handling for Proxy Execution (v33) John Stultz
2026-10-23 22:04 ` [PATCH v33 1/7] sched/psi: Preserve sleep-persistent PSI flags on off-CPU sleeping dequeues John Stultz
2026-10-24 11:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-10-23 22:04 ` John Stultz [this message]
2026-10-24 13:44 ` [PATCH v33 2/7] sched/core: Use the scheduling context for remote ticks Kayra Cizmeci
2026-10-23 22:04 ` [PATCH v33 3/7] sched/core: Activate blocked donor when no owner is found John Stultz
2026-10-24 8:33 ` Andrea Righi
2026-10-23 22:04 ` [PATCH v33 4/7] sched/proxy: Set TASK_RUNNING when shortcuting return migration John Stultz
2026-10-24 8:36 ` Andrea Righi
2026-10-23 22:04 ` [PATCH v33 5/7] sched/proxy: Break cyclic proxy chains by deactivating blocked tasks John Stultz
2026-10-23 22:04 ` [PATCH v33 6/7] sched/proxy: Detect cycles in proxy walks earlier John Stultz
2026-10-24 15:34 ` Kayra Cizmeci
2026-10-23 22:04 ` [PATCH v33 7/7] sched/proxy: Add deactivated (sleeping) owner handling to find_proxy_task() John Stultz
2026-10-24 9:07 ` Andrea Righi
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20261023220431.1106611-3-jstultz@google.com \
--to=jstultz@google.com \
--cc=Metin.Kaya@arm.com \
--cc=arighi@nvidia.com \
--cc=boqun.feng@gmail.com \
--cc=dietmar.eggemann@arm.com \
--cc=hupu.gm@gmail.com \
--cc=joelagnelf@nvidia.com \
--cc=juri.lelli@redhat.com \
--cc=kernel-team@android.com \
--cc=kprateek.nayak@amd.com \
--cc=kuyo.chang@mediatek.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=longman@redhat.com \
--cc=mingo@redhat.com \
--cc=paulmck@kernel.org \
--cc=peterz@infradead.org \
--cc=qyousef@layalina.io \
--cc=rostedt@goodmis.org \
--cc=sh@gentwo.org \
--cc=sh_def@163.com \
--cc=soolaugust@gmail.com \
--cc=suleiman@google.com \
--cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
--cc=vincent.guittot@linaro.org \
--cc=vschneid@redhat.com \
--cc=xuewen.yan94@gmail.com \
--cc=zezeozue@google.com \
--cc=zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®