[RFC PATCH 02/16] sched/core: Use enqueue/dequeue flags instead of task_on_rq_migrating()
From: K Prateek Nayak
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 02:30:20 EST
With the blocked task activation path converted to use a separate
helper, add the DEQUEUE_MIGRATING and ENQUEUE_MIGRATING flag in
deactivate_task() and activate_task().
Avoid checking task_on_rq_migrating() in the sched class callbacks and
instead depend on flags to know if the enqueue/dequeue is a part of a
task migration.
No functional changes intended.
Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 7 ++-----
kernel/sched/deadline.c | 6 ------
kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 +++---
kernel/sched/stats.h | 2 +-
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 7d1ffcc33fed..4cd69b08b415 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2218,9 +2218,6 @@ inline bool dequeue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
static void __activate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
{
- if (task_on_rq_migrating(p))
- flags |= ENQUEUE_MIGRATED;
-
enqueue_task(rq, p, flags);
WRITE_ONCE(p->on_rq, TASK_ON_RQ_QUEUED);
@@ -2229,7 +2226,7 @@ static void __activate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
void activate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int en_flags)
{
- __activate_task(rq, p, en_flags);
+ __activate_task(rq, p, en_flags | ENQUEUE_MIGRATING);
}
static void activate_blocked_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int en_flags)
@@ -2249,7 +2246,7 @@ void deactivate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
* dequeue_task() and cleared *after* enqueue_task().
*/
- dequeue_task(rq, p, flags);
+ dequeue_task(rq, p, flags | DEQUEUE_MIGRATING);
}
static void block_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, unsigned long task_state)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 3e89b3abeb27..9abda560c633 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -2530,9 +2530,6 @@ static void enqueue_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
check_schedstat_required();
update_stats_wait_start_dl(dl_rq, dl_se);
- if (task_on_rq_migrating(p))
- flags |= ENQUEUE_MIGRATING;
-
enqueue_dl_entity(dl_se, flags);
if (dl_server(dl_se))
@@ -2552,9 +2549,6 @@ static bool dequeue_task_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
{
update_curr_dl(rq);
- if (task_on_rq_migrating(p))
- flags |= DEQUEUE_MIGRATING;
-
dequeue_dl_entity(&p->dl, flags);
if (!p->dl.dl_throttled && !dl_server(&p->dl))
dequeue_pushable_dl_task(rq, p);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 6d2fa0cd7777..244f1c68c041 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6265,7 +6265,7 @@ dequeue_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
action = UPDATE_TG;
if (entity_is_task(se)) {
- if (task_on_rq_migrating(task_of(se)))
+ if (flags & DEQUEUE_MIGRATING)
action |= DO_DETACH;
if (sleep && !(flags & DEQUEUE_DELAYED))
@@ -6663,7 +6663,7 @@ static void dequeue_throttled_task(struct task_struct *p, int flags)
* task is migrating off its old cfs_rq, detach
* the task's load from its old cfs_rq.
*/
- if (task_on_rq_migrating(p))
+ if (flags & DEQUEUE_MIGRATING)
detach_task_cfs_rq(p);
}
@@ -7981,7 +7981,7 @@ static int dequeue_entities(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
break;
}
flags |= DEQUEUE_SLEEP;
- flags &= ~(DEQUEUE_DELAYED | DEQUEUE_SPECIAL);
+ flags &= ~(DEQUEUE_DELAYED | DEQUEUE_SPECIAL | DEQUEUE_MIGRATING);
}
for_each_sched_entity(se) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/stats.h b/kernel/sched/stats.h
index ebe0a7765f98..d0d9cff168a2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/stats.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/stats.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static inline void psi_enqueue(struct task_struct *p, int flags)
if (p->se.sched_delayed) {
/* CPU migration of "sleeping" task */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flags & ENQUEUE_MIGRATED));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flags & ENQUEUE_MIGRATING));
if (p->in_memstall)
set |= TSK_MEMSTALL;
if (p->in_iowait)
--
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