Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking

From: K Prateek Nayak

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 10:48:56 EST


Hello Peter,

On 3/30/2026 3:40 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> This means, that if the two tasks playing leapfrog can reach the
> critical speed to reach the overflow point inside one tick's worth of
> time, we're up a creek.
>
> If this is indeed the case, then the below should cure things.

I have been running with this for four hours now and haven't seen
any splats or crashes on my setup. I could reliably trigger the
warning from __sum_w_vruntime_add() within an hour previously so
it is safe to say I was hitting exactly this.

Feel free to include:

Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>

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Thanks and Regards,
Prateek