[PATCH v8 10/12] sched: Add deadline tracepoints

From: Gabriele Monaco

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 07:12:58 EST


Add the following tracepoints:

* sched_dl_throttle(dl_se, cpu, type):
Called when a deadline entity is throttled
* sched_dl_replenish(dl_se, cpu, type):
Called when a deadline entity's runtime is replenished
* sched_dl_update(dl_se, cpu, type):
Called when a deadline entity updates without throttle or replenish
* sched_dl_server_start(dl_se, cpu, type):
Called when a deadline server is started
* sched_dl_server_stop(dl_se, cpu, type):
Called when a deadline server is stopped

Those tracepoints can be useful to validate the deadline scheduler with
RV and are not exported to tracefs.

Reviewed-by: Phil Auld <pauld@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
V8:
* Use u8 instead of uint8_t
V7:
* Export sched_dl_update to modules and fix style
V6:
* Add dl_se type to differentiate between fair and ext servers
* Add event to track dl_update_curr not firing other events

include/trace/events/sched.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sched/core.c | 5 +++++
kernel/sched/deadline.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index 7b2645b50e78..535860581f15 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -896,6 +896,32 @@ DECLARE_TRACE(sched_set_need_resched,
TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu, int tif),
TP_ARGS(tsk, cpu, tif));

+#define DL_OTHER 0
+#define DL_TASK 1
+#define DL_SERVER_FAIR 2
+#define DL_SERVER_EXT 3
+
+DECLARE_TRACE(sched_dl_throttle,
+ TP_PROTO(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, int cpu, u8 type),
+ TP_ARGS(dl_se, cpu, type));
+
+DECLARE_TRACE(sched_dl_replenish,
+ TP_PROTO(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, int cpu, u8 type),
+ TP_ARGS(dl_se, cpu, type));
+
+/* Call to update_curr_dl_se not involving throttle or replenish */
+DECLARE_TRACE(sched_dl_update,
+ TP_PROTO(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, int cpu, u8 type),
+ TP_ARGS(dl_se, cpu, type));
+
+DECLARE_TRACE(sched_dl_server_start,
+ TP_PROTO(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, int cpu, u8 type),
+ TP_ARGS(dl_se, cpu, type));
+
+DECLARE_TRACE(sched_dl_server_stop,
+ TP_PROTO(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, int cpu, u8 type),
+ TP_ARGS(dl_se, cpu, type));
+
#endif /* _TRACE_SCHED_H */

/* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 496dff740dca..6a043f11b79d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ 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_dl_throttle_tp);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_dl_replenish_tp);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_dl_update_tp);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_dl_server_start_tp);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_dl_server_stop_tp);

DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct rq, runqueues);
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, sched_rnd_state);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index d08b00429323..e511e36916bd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ static inline bool is_dl_boosted(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
}
#endif /* !CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES */

+static inline u8 dl_get_type(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, struct rq *rq)
+{
+ if (!dl_server(dl_se))
+ return DL_TASK;
+ if (dl_se == &rq->fair_server)
+ return DL_SERVER_FAIR;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT
+ if (dl_se == &rq->ext_server)
+ return DL_SERVER_EXT;
+#endif
+ return DL_OTHER;
+}
+
static inline struct dl_bw *dl_bw_of(int i)
{
RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held(),
@@ -733,6 +746,7 @@ static inline void replenish_dl_new_period(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se,
dl_se->dl_throttled = 1;
dl_se->dl_defer_armed = 1;
}
+ trace_sched_dl_replenish_tp(dl_se, cpu_of(rq), dl_get_type(dl_se, rq));
}

/*
@@ -848,6 +862,8 @@ static void replenish_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
if (dl_se->dl_throttled)
dl_se->dl_throttled = 0;

+ trace_sched_dl_replenish_tp(dl_se, cpu_of(rq), dl_get_type(dl_se, rq));
+
/*
* If this is the replenishment of a deferred reservation,
* clear the flag and return.
@@ -1345,6 +1361,7 @@ static inline void dl_check_constrained_dl(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
dl_time_before(rq_clock(rq), dl_next_period(dl_se))) {
if (unlikely(is_dl_boosted(dl_se) || !start_dl_timer(dl_se)))
return;
+ trace_sched_dl_throttle_tp(dl_se, cpu_of(rq), dl_get_type(dl_se, rq));
dl_se->dl_throttled = 1;
if (dl_se->runtime > 0)
dl_se->runtime = 0;
@@ -1508,6 +1525,7 @@ static void update_curr_dl_se(struct rq *rq, struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, s64

throttle:
if (dl_runtime_exceeded(dl_se) || dl_se->dl_yielded) {
+ trace_sched_dl_throttle_tp(dl_se, cpu_of(rq), dl_get_type(dl_se, rq));
dl_se->dl_throttled = 1;

/* If requested, inform the user about runtime overruns. */
@@ -1532,6 +1550,8 @@ static void update_curr_dl_se(struct rq *rq, struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, s64

if (!is_leftmost(dl_se, &rq->dl))
resched_curr(rq);
+ } else {
+ trace_sched_dl_update_tp(dl_se, cpu_of(rq), dl_get_type(dl_se, rq));
}

/*
@@ -1810,6 +1830,7 @@ void dl_server_start(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpu_online(cpu_of(rq))))
return;

+ trace_sched_dl_server_start_tp(dl_se, cpu_of(rq), dl_get_type(dl_se, rq));
dl_se->dl_server_active = 1;
enqueue_dl_entity(dl_se, ENQUEUE_WAKEUP);
if (!dl_task(dl_se->rq->curr) || dl_entity_preempt(dl_se, &rq->curr->dl))
@@ -1821,6 +1842,8 @@ void dl_server_stop(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
if (!dl_server(dl_se) || !dl_server_active(dl_se))
return;

+ trace_sched_dl_server_stop_tp(dl_se, cpu_of(dl_se->rq),
+ dl_get_type(dl_se, dl_se->rq));
dequeue_dl_entity(dl_se, DEQUEUE_SLEEP);
hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&dl_se->dl_timer);
dl_se->dl_defer_armed = 0;
--
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