From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
"Gautham R . Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
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Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
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Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
Jianyong Wu <jianyong.wu@outlook.com>,
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Vern Hao <vernhao@tencent.com>, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
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Chen Yu <yu.chen.surf@gmail.com>, Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>,
Libo Chen <libo.chen@oracle.com>,
Adam Li <adamli@os.amperecomputing.com>,
Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 11/19] sched/fair: Identify busiest sched_group for LLC-aware load balancing
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:24:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fcdf37780eeb409cf10925f8b8dcef486c92b218.1760206683.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1760206683.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
The load balancer selects the busiest sched_group and migrates tasks
to less busy groups to distribute load across CPUs.
With cache-aware scheduling enabled, the busiest sched_group is
the one with most tasks preferring the destination LLC. If
the group has the llc_balance flag set, cache aware load balancing is
triggered.
Introduce the helper function update_llc_busiest() to identify the
sched_group with the most tasks preferring the destination LLC.
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>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index af7b578eaa06..8469ec528cb1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10877,6 +10877,23 @@ static inline bool llc_balance(struct lb_env *env, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
return false;
}
+
+static bool update_llc_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
+ struct sg_lb_stats *busiest,
+ struct sg_lb_stats *sgs)
+{
+ int idx;
+
+ /* Only the candidate with llc_balance needs to be taken care of */
+ if (!sgs->group_llc_balance)
+ return false;
+
+ /*
+ * There are more tasks that want to run on dst_cpu's LLC.
+ */
+ idx = llc_idx(env->dst_cpu);
+ return sgs->nr_pref_llc[idx] > busiest->nr_pref_llc[idx];
+}
#else
static inline void record_sg_llc_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
struct sched_group *group)
@@ -10888,6 +10905,13 @@ static inline bool llc_balance(struct lb_env *env, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
{
return false;
}
+
+static bool update_llc_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
+ struct sg_lb_stats *busiest,
+ struct sg_lb_stats *sgs)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif
/**
@@ -11035,6 +11059,17 @@ static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
sds->local_stat.group_type != group_has_spare))
return false;
+ /* deal with prefer LLC load balance, if failed, fall into normal load balance */
+ if (update_llc_busiest(env, busiest, sgs))
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * If the busiest group has tasks with LLC preference,
+ * skip normal load balance.
+ */
+ if (busiest->group_llc_balance)
+ return false;
+
if (sgs->group_type > busiest->group_type)
return true;
@@ -11942,9 +11977,11 @@ static struct sched_group *sched_balance_find_src_group(struct lb_env *env)
/*
* Try to move all excess tasks to a sibling domain of the busiest
* group's child domain.
+ * Also do so if we can move some tasks that prefer the local LLC.
*/
if (sds.prefer_sibling && local->group_type == group_has_spare &&
- sibling_imbalance(env, &sds, busiest, local) > 1)
+ (busiest->group_llc_balance ||
+ sibling_imbalance(env, &sds, busiest, local) > 1))
goto force_balance;
if (busiest->group_type != group_overloaded) {
--
2.32.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-11 18:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-11 18:24 [PATCH 00/19] Cache Aware Scheduling Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 01/19] sched/fair: Add infrastructure for cache-aware load balancing Tim Chen
2025-10-14 19:12 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2025-10-15 4:54 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-15 19:32 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-16 3:11 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-15 11:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 16:07 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-23 7:26 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-27 4:47 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-27 13:35 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 02/19] sched/fair: Record per-LLC utilization to guide cache-aware scheduling decisions Tim Chen
2025-10-15 10:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 16:27 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-27 5:01 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-27 14:07 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-28 2:50 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 03/19] sched/fair: Introduce helper functions to enforce LLC migration policy Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 04/19] sched/fair: Introduce a static key to enable cache aware only for multi LLCs Tim Chen
2025-10-15 11:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 16:25 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-15 16:36 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2025-10-15 17:01 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-16 7:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-17 2:08 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-16 7:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-27 5:42 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-27 12:56 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-27 23:36 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-29 12:36 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-28 2:46 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 05/19] sched/fair: Add LLC index mapping for CPUs Tim Chen
2025-10-15 11:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 11:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 20:12 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 06/19] sched/fair: Assign preferred LLC ID to processes Tim Chen
2025-10-14 5:16 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-15 11:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-16 3:13 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-17 4:50 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-20 9:41 ` Vern Hao
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 07/19] sched/fair: Track LLC-preferred tasks per runqueue Tim Chen
2025-10-15 12:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 20:03 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-16 7:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-16 20:06 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-27 6:04 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-28 15:15 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-28 15:46 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-29 4:32 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-29 12:48 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-29 4:00 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-28 17:06 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 08/19] sched/fair: Introduce per runqueue task LLC preference counter Tim Chen
2025-10-15 12:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 20:41 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-16 7:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-21 8:28 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2025-10-23 6:07 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 09/19] sched/fair: Count tasks prefering each LLC in a sched group Tim Chen
2025-10-15 12:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 20:42 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-15 12:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 20:43 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-27 8:33 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-27 23:19 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 10/19] sched/fair: Prioritize tasks preferring destination LLC during balancing Tim Chen
2025-10-15 7:23 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-15 15:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 21:28 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-15 15:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 16:03 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-24 9:32 ` Aaron Lu
2025-10-27 2:00 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-29 9:51 ` Aaron Lu
2025-10-29 13:19 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-27 6:29 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-28 12:11 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-11 18:24 ` Tim Chen [this message]
2025-10-15 15:24 ` [PATCH 11/19] sched/fair: Identify busiest sched_group for LLC-aware load balancing Peter Zijlstra
2025-10-15 21:18 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 12/19] sched/fair: Add migrate_llc_task migration type for cache-aware balancing Tim Chen
2025-10-27 9:04 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-27 22:59 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 13/19] sched/fair: Handle moving single tasks to/from their preferred LLC Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 14/19] sched/fair: Consider LLC preference when selecting tasks for load balancing Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 15/19] sched/fair: Respect LLC preference in task migration and detach Tim Chen
2025-10-28 6:02 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-28 11:58 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-28 15:30 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-29 4:15 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-29 3:54 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-29 14:23 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-29 21:09 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-30 4:19 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-30 20:07 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-31 3:32 ` K Prateek Nayak
2025-10-31 15:17 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-11-03 21:41 ` Tim Chen
2025-11-03 22:07 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 16/19] sched/fair: Exclude processes with many threads from cache-aware scheduling Tim Chen
2025-10-23 7:22 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 17/19] sched/fair: Disable cache aware scheduling for processes with high thread counts Tim Chen
2025-10-22 17:21 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2025-10-23 6:55 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 18/19] sched/fair: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes Tim Chen
2025-10-15 6:57 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-16 4:44 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-11 18:24 ` [PATCH 19/19] sched/fair: Add user control to adjust the tolerance of cache-aware scheduling Tim Chen
2025-10-29 8:07 ` Aaron Lu
2025-10-29 12:54 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-14 12:13 ` [PATCH 00/19] Cache Aware Scheduling Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2025-10-14 21:48 ` Tim Chen
2025-10-15 5:38 ` Chen, Yu C
2025-10-15 18:26 ` Madadi Vineeth Reddy
2025-10-16 4:57 ` Chen, Yu C
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