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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>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
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	Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>,
	Libo Chen <libchen@purestorage.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Patch v4 03/22] sched/cache: Record per LLC utilization to guide cache aware scheduling decisions
Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2026 14:52:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a48151b3d57f2a42a5971aaead1b7f81e69229f4.1775065312.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1775065312.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>

From: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>

When a system becomes busy and a process's preferred LLC is
saturated with too many threads, tasks within that LLC migrate
frequently. These in LLC migrations introduce latency and degrade
performance. To avoid this, task aggregation should be suppressed
when the preferred LLC is overloaded, which requires a metric to
indicate LLC utilization.

Record per LLC utilization/cpu capacity during periodic load
balancing. These statistics will be used in later patches to decide
whether tasks should be aggregated into their preferred LLC.

Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
---

Notes:
    v3->v4:
       No change.

 include/linux/sched/topology.h |  4 ++
 kernel/sched/fair.c            | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/topology.h b/include/linux/sched/topology.h
index 45c0022b91ce..a4e2fb31f2fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/topology.h
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ struct sched_domain_shared {
 	atomic_t	nr_busy_cpus;
 	int		has_idle_cores;
 	int		nr_idle_scan;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
+	unsigned long	util_avg;
+	unsigned long	capacity;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct sched_domain {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 20a33900f4ea..f6692d9de017 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9789,6 +9789,28 @@ static inline int task_is_ineligible_on_dst_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int dest_
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
+static __maybe_unused bool get_llc_stats(int cpu, unsigned long *util,
+					 unsigned long *cap)
+{
+	struct sched_domain_shared *sd_share;
+
+	sd_share = rcu_dereference_all(per_cpu(sd_llc_shared, cpu));
+	if (!sd_share)
+		return false;
+
+	*util = READ_ONCE(sd_share->util_avg);
+	*cap = READ_ONCE(sd_share->capacity);
+
+	return true;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool get_llc_stats(int cpu, unsigned long *util,
+				 unsigned long *cap)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
 /*
  * can_migrate_task - may task p from runqueue rq be migrated to this_cpu?
  */
@@ -10763,6 +10785,53 @@ sched_reduced_capacity(struct rq *rq, struct sched_domain *sd)
 	return check_cpu_capacity(rq, sd);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
+/*
+ * Record the statistics for this scheduler group for later
+ * use. These values guide load balancing on aggregating tasks
+ * to a LLC.
+ */
+static void record_sg_llc_stats(struct lb_env *env,
+				struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
+				struct sched_group *group)
+{
+	struct sched_domain_shared *sd_share;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!sched_cache_enabled() || env->idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE)
+		return;
+
+	/* Only care about sched domain spanning multiple LLCs */
+	if (env->sd->child != rcu_dereference_all(per_cpu(sd_llc, env->dst_cpu)))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point we know this group spans a LLC domain.
+	 * Record the statistic of this group in its corresponding
+	 * shared LLC domain.
+	 * Note: sd_share cannot be obtained via sd->child->shared,
+	 * because the latter refers to the domain that covers the
+	 * local group. Instead, sd_share should be located using
+	 * the first CPU of the LLC group.
+	 */
+	cpu = cpumask_first(sched_group_span(group));
+	sd_share = rcu_dereference_all(per_cpu(sd_llc_shared, cpu));
+	if (!sd_share)
+		return;
+
+	if (READ_ONCE(sd_share->util_avg) != sgs->group_util)
+		WRITE_ONCE(sd_share->util_avg, sgs->group_util);
+
+	if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(sd_share->capacity) != sgs->group_capacity))
+		WRITE_ONCE(sd_share->capacity, sgs->group_capacity);
+}
+#else
+static inline void record_sg_llc_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
+				       struct sched_group *group)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * update_sg_lb_stats - Update sched_group's statistics for load balancing.
  * @env: The load balancing environment.
@@ -10852,6 +10921,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 
 	sgs->group_type = group_classify(env->sd->imbalance_pct, group, sgs);
 
+	record_sg_llc_stats(env, sgs, group);
 	/* Computing avg_load makes sense only when group is overloaded */
 	if (sgs->group_type == group_overloaded)
 		sgs->avg_load = (sgs->group_load * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) /
-- 
2.32.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-01 21:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-01 21:52 [Patch v4 00/22] Cache aware scheduling Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 01/22] sched/cache: Introduce infrastructure for cache-aware load balancing Tim Chen
2026-04-09 12:41   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-09 19:21     ` Tim Chen
2026-04-09 23:00       ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-10  6:30         ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-15  2:06   ` Vern Hao
2026-04-15  3:34     ` Chen, Yu C
2026-09-14 17:50   ` Zenghui Yu
2026-09-14 23:12     ` Tim Chen
2026-09-18  7:14       ` Zenghui Yu
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 02/22] sched/cache: Limit the scan number of CPUs when calculating task occupancy Tim Chen
2026-04-09 13:17   ` Luo Gengkun
2026-04-09 13:41     ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-10 10:12       ` Luo Gengkun
2026-04-10  7:29     ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-10 10:20       ` Luo Gengkun
2026-04-10 17:12       ` Tim Chen
2026-04-10 17:27         ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-13  7:23           ` [RFC PATCH] sched/fair: dynamically scale the period of cache work Jianyong Wu
2026-04-13  8:38             ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-13 11:27               ` Jianyong Wu
2026-04-15  3:31                 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-16  3:39                   ` Jianyong Wu
2026-04-15 17:22             ` Tim Chen
2026-04-16  6:50               ` Jianyong Wu
2026-04-14 15:07           ` [PATCH v2] sched/cache: Reduce the overhead of task_cache_work by only scan the visisted cpus Luo Gengkun
2026-04-15  3:10             ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-18  9:01               ` Luo Gengkun
2026-04-20  7:53                 ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-23  8:54                   ` [PATCH v3] " Luo Gengkun
2026-04-01 21:52 ` Tim Chen [this message]
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 04/22] sched/cache: Introduce helper functions to enforce LLC migration policy Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 05/22] sched/cache: Make LLC id continuous Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 06/22] sched/cache: Assign preferred LLC ID to processes Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 07/22] sched/cache: Track LLC-preferred tasks per runqueue Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 08/22] sched/cache: Introduce per CPU's tasks LLC preference counter Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 09/22] sched/cache: Calculate the percpu sd task LLC preference Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 10/22] sched/cache: Count tasks prefering destination LLC in a sched group Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 11/22] sched/cache: Check local_group only once in update_sg_lb_stats() Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 12/22] sched/cache: Prioritize tasks preferring destination LLC during balancing Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 13/22] sched/cache: Add migrate_llc_task migration type for cache-aware balancing Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 14/22] sched/cache: Handle moving single tasks to/from their preferred LLC Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 15/22] sched/cache: Respect LLC preference in task migration and detach Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 16/22] sched/cache: Disable cache aware scheduling for processes with high thread counts Tim Chen
2026-04-09 12:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-09 19:27     ` Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 17/22] sched/cache: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes Tim Chen
2026-04-09 12:46   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-09 12:55     ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-10  8:59     ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-10  9:20       ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 18/22] sched/cache: Enable cache aware scheduling for multi LLCs NUMA node Tim Chen
2026-04-09 13:37   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-09 19:39     ` Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 19/22] sched/cache: Allow the user space to turn on and off cache aware scheduling Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 20/22] sched/cache: Add user control to adjust the aggressiveness of cache-aware scheduling Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 21/22] -- DO NOT APPLY!!! -- sched/cache/debug: Display the per LLC occupancy for each process via proc fs Tim Chen
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [Patch v4 22/22] -- DO NOT APPLY!!! -- sched/cache/debug: Add ftrace to track the load balance statistics Tim Chen
2026-04-09 13:54 ` [Patch v4 00/22] Cache aware scheduling Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-09 20:02   ` Tim Chen
2026-04-14  3:20 ` Duan Tingyin
2026-04-15 17:35   ` Tim Chen
2026-04-16  0:27 ` Qais Yousef
2026-04-20  9:01   ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-21  0:34     ` Qais Yousef
2026-04-21 20:57       ` Tim Chen
2026-04-23 15:06         ` Qais Yousef
2026-04-23 16:48           ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-25  0:05             ` Qais Yousef
2026-04-23 17:17       ` Chen, Yu C
2026-04-25  0:14         ` Qais Yousef

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