Re: [PATCH v6 08/16] sched: Add task enqueue/dequeue trace points

From: Gabriele Monaco

Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 03:58:51 EST


Hi Peter,

On Wed, 2026-02-25 at 10:51 +0100, Gabriele Monaco wrote:
> From: Nam Cao <namcao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add trace points into enqueue_task() and dequeue_task().
>
> Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@xxxxxxxxxx>


Could I get your Ack to this?

Thanks,
Gabriele

> ---
>
> Notes:
>     V5:
>     * Do not fire enqueue tracepoint for delayed enqueues
>
>  include/trace/events/sched.h |  8 ++++++++
>  kernel/sched/core.c          | 12 +++++++++++-
>  kernel/sched/sched.h         |  2 ++
>  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
> index 7b2645b50e78..5844147ec5fd 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
> @@ -896,6 +896,14 @@ DECLARE_TRACE(sched_set_need_resched,
>   TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu, int tif),
>   TP_ARGS(tsk, cpu, tif));
>  
> +DECLARE_TRACE(sched_enqueue,
> + TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu),
> + TP_ARGS(tsk, cpu));
> +
> +DECLARE_TRACE(sched_dequeue,
> + TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu),
> + TP_ARGS(tsk, cpu));
> +
>  #endif /* _TRACE_SCHED_H */
>  
>  /* This part must be outside protection */
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 759777694c78..4ca79ff58fca 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_compute_energy_tp);
>  EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_entry_tp);
>  EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_exit_tp);
>  EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_set_need_resched_tp);
> +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_enqueue_tp);
> +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_dequeue_tp);
>  
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct rq, runqueues);
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, sched_rnd_state);
> @@ -2094,6 +2096,9 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
>  
>  void enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
>  {
> + if (trace_sched_enqueue_tp_enabled() && !(flags & ENQUEUE_DELAYED))
> + trace_sched_enqueue_tp(p, rq->cpu);
> +
>   if (!(flags & ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK))
>   update_rq_clock(rq);
>  
> @@ -2120,6 +2125,8 @@ void enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
> int flags)
>   */
>  inline bool dequeue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
>  {
> + int ret;
> +
>   if (sched_core_enabled(rq))
>   sched_core_dequeue(rq, p, flags);
>  
> @@ -2136,7 +2143,10 @@ inline bool dequeue_task(struct rq *rq, struct
> task_struct *p, int flags)
>   * and mark the task ->sched_delayed.
>   */
>   uclamp_rq_dec(rq, p);
> - return p->sched_class->dequeue_task(rq, p, flags);
> + ret = p->sched_class->dequeue_task(rq, p, flags);
> + if (trace_sched_dequeue_tp_enabled() && !(flags & DEQUEUE_SLEEP))
> + trace_sched_dequeue_tp(p, rq->cpu);
> + return ret;
>  }
>  
>  void activate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> index b82fb70a9d54..a83177742603 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> @@ -2944,6 +2944,8 @@ static inline void sub_nr_running(struct rq *rq,
> unsigned count)
>  
>  static inline void __block_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>  {
> + trace_sched_dequeue_tp(p, rq->cpu);
> +
>   if (p->sched_contributes_to_load)
>   rq->nr_uninterruptible++;
>