Re: [PATCH v7] sched_ext: idle: Refresh idle masks during idle-to-idle transitions

[Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 11:37:07AM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 10:23:21PM +0100, Andrea Righi wrote:
> ...
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Update the idle masks:
> > +	 * - for real idle transitions (do_notify == true)
> > +	 * - for idle-to-idle transitions (indicated by the previous task
> > +	 *   being the idle thread, managed by pick_task_idle())
> > +	 *
> > +	 * Skip updating idle masks if the previous task is not the idle
> > +	 * thread, since set_next_task_idle() has already handled it when
> > +	 * transitioning from a task to the idle thread (calling this
> > +	 * function with do_notify == true).
> > +	 *
> > +	 * In this way we can avoid updating the idle masks twice,
> > +	 * unnecessarily.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (do_notify || is_idle_task(rq->curr))
> > +		update_idle_masks(cpu, idle);
> 
> Sorry about the multiple nitpicks but wouldn't it be better to have the
> static_key test before dynamic tests? I'd move scx_builtin_idle_enabled test
> out of update_idle_masks() and put that in front of other tests here. Also,
> maybe name the function update_builtin_idle() to stay consistent with the
> static_key name? Otherwise looks good to me.

No problem, all makes sense to me. I'll apply these changes and send a v8.

Thanks for the review!

-Andrea