From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v3 13/21] sched/cache: Handle moving single tasks to/from their preferred LLC
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:18:53 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <92fa33fc26f069d8044bac3b0efc3598f53131de.1770760558.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1770760558.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
In the generic load balance(non-cache-aware-load-balance),
if the busiest runqueue has only one task, active balancing may be
invoked to move it. However, this migration might break LLC locality.
Before migration, check whether the task is running on its preferred
LLC: Do not move a lone task to another LLC if it would move the task
away from its preferred LLC or cause excessive imbalance between LLCs.
On the other hand, if the migration type is migrate_llc_task, it means
that there are tasks on the env->src_cpu that want to be migrated to
their preferred LLC, launch the active load balance anyway.
Co-developed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
---
Notes:
v2->v3:
Remove redundant rcu read lock in break_llc_locality().
kernel/sched/fair.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 1697791ef11c..03959a701514 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9999,12 +9999,60 @@ static __maybe_unused enum llc_mig can_migrate_llc_task(int src_cpu, int dst_cpu
task_util(p), to_pref);
}
+/*
+ * Check if active load balance breaks LLC locality in
+ * terms of cache aware load balance.
+ */
+static inline bool
+alb_break_llc(struct lb_env *env)
+{
+ if (!sched_cache_enabled())
+ return false;
+
+ if (cpus_share_cache(env->src_cpu, env->dst_cpu))
+ return false;
+ /*
+ * All tasks prefer to stay on their current CPU.
+ * Do not pull a task from its preferred CPU if:
+ * 1. It is the only task running there; OR
+ * 2. Migrating it away from its preferred LLC would violate
+ * the cache-aware scheduling policy.
+ */
+ if (env->src_rq->nr_pref_llc_running &&
+ env->src_rq->nr_pref_llc_running == env->src_rq->cfs.h_nr_runnable) {
+ unsigned long util = 0;
+ struct task_struct *cur;
+
+ if (env->src_rq->nr_running <= 1)
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * Reach here in load balance with
+ * rcu_read_lock() protected.
+ */
+ cur = rcu_dereference(env->src_rq->curr);
+ if (cur)
+ util = task_util(cur);
+
+ if (can_migrate_llc(env->src_cpu, env->dst_cpu,
+ util, false) == mig_forbid)
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
#else
static inline bool get_llc_stats(int cpu, unsigned long *util,
unsigned long *cap)
{
return false;
}
+
+static inline bool
+alb_break_llc(struct lb_env *env)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif
/*
* can_migrate_task - may task p from runqueue rq be migrated to this_cpu?
@@ -12421,6 +12469,9 @@ static int need_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
{
struct sched_domain *sd = env->sd;
+ if (alb_break_llc(env))
+ return 0;
+
if (asym_active_balance(env))
return 1;
@@ -12440,7 +12491,8 @@ static int need_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
return 1;
}
- if (env->migration_type == migrate_misfit)
+ if (env->migration_type == migrate_misfit ||
+ env->migration_type == migrate_llc_task)
return 1;
return 0;
--
2.32.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-10 22:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-10 22:18 [PATCH v3 00/21] Cache Aware Scheduling Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 01/21] sched/cache: Introduce infrastructure for cache-aware load balancing Tim Chen
2026-02-14 12:26 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-14 15:34 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-17 18:51 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 02/21] sched/cache: Record per LLC utilization to guide cache aware scheduling decisions Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 03/21] sched/cache: Introduce helper functions to enforce LLC migration policy Tim Chen
2026-02-14 16:12 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-15 12:14 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 11:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-19 14:48 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 14:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 04/21] sched/cache: Make LLC id continuous Tim Chen
2026-02-14 17:53 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-15 14:25 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-17 10:05 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-17 21:20 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-16 7:44 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-17 6:07 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-17 8:09 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-17 23:12 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-18 3:28 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-18 15:22 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-18 17:46 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-18 23:21 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-19 6:12 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-19 15:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 0:11 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-19 11:25 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 16:10 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-02-18 18:45 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-18 21:33 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-18 15:11 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 15:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 15:22 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 15:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 15:53 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-20 16:03 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 16:10 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-20 19:24 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-20 19:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 19:35 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-19 11:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-19 18:17 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-19 14:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-19 15:20 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 19:20 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-19 21:04 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-20 17:17 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 05/21] sched/cache: Assign preferred LLC ID to processes Tim Chen
2026-02-14 18:36 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-16 6:58 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 06/21] sched/cache: Track LLC-preferred tasks per runqueue Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 07/21] sched/cache: Introduce per CPU's tasks LLC preference counter Tim Chen
2026-02-20 10:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 16:57 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-20 18:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 08/21] sched/cache: Calculate the percpu sd task LLC preference Tim Chen
2026-02-20 11:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 14:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 17:25 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 09/21] sched/cache: Count tasks prefering destination LLC in a sched group Tim Chen
2026-02-20 12:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 13:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-21 2:53 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 10/21] sched/cache: Check local_group only once in update_sg_lb_stats() Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 11/21] sched/cache: Prioritize tasks preferring destination LLC during balancing Tim Chen
2026-02-17 18:33 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-17 21:45 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 12/21] sched/cache: Add migrate_llc_task migration type for cache-aware balancing Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` Tim Chen [this message]
2026-02-17 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 13/21] sched/cache: Handle moving single tasks to/from their preferred LLC Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-17 22:04 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-20 13:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 18:22 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 14/21] sched/cache: Respect LLC preference in task migration and detach Tim Chen
2026-02-18 9:14 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-18 15:34 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 15/21] sched/cache: Disable cache aware scheduling for processes with high thread counts Tim Chen
2026-02-18 17:54 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-18 21:44 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-19 2:28 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-19 14:38 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 21:12 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-19 16:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 7:02 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-19 16:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 6:40 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-20 9:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-24 9:42 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2026-02-19 16:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-19 21:06 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 16/21] sched/cache: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 17/21] sched/cache: Enable cache aware scheduling for multi LLCs NUMA node Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 18/21] sched/cache: Allow the user space to turn on and off cache aware scheduling Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:18 ` [PATCH v3 19/21] sched/cache: Add user control to adjust the aggressiveness of cache-aware scheduling Tim Chen
2026-02-20 14:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-20 18:18 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:19 ` [PATCH v3 20/21] -- DO NOT APPLY!!! -- sched/cache/debug: Display the per LLC occupancy for each process via proc fs Tim Chen
2026-02-10 22:19 ` [PATCH v3 21/21] -- DO NOT APPLY!!! -- sched/cache/debug: Add ftrace to track the load balance statistics Tim Chen
2026-02-19 14:08 ` [PATCH v3 00/21] Cache Aware Scheduling Qais Yousef
2026-02-19 14:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-19 15:07 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-19 18:11 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-20 3:29 ` Qais Yousef
2026-02-20 9:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-24 2:49 ` Qais Yousef
2026-02-20 18:14 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-24 3:02 ` Qais Yousef
2026-02-20 3:25 ` Qais Yousef
2026-02-21 2:48 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-02-24 3:11 ` Qais Yousef
2026-02-19 19:48 ` Qais Yousef
2026-02-19 21:47 ` Tim Chen
2026-02-20 3:41 ` Qais Yousef
2026-02-20 8:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-24 3:31 ` Qais Yousef
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