[PATCH v2] sched/cache: Ignore non-fair current in alb_break_llc()

From: Kayra Cizmeci

Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 14:54:51 EST


Commit d6b9afab44e23 ("sched/cache: Fix
checking active load balance by only considering the CFS task")
stopped using task_util() for non-fair cur.

__active_load_balance_cpu_stop() calls detach_one_task(), that only looks
to cfs_tasks list. So if the rq->curr is not fair, doing a decision
according to it is wrong, since we only migrate tasks that is fair.

Commit f0d243a96f26 ("sched/fair: Avoid creating misfits during
cache-aware balancing") passes cur to task_misfits_asym_cpu()
without checking if the cur is in fair class or not. Fix this.

Fixes: f0d243a96f26 ("sched/fair: Avoid creating misfits during cache-aware balancing")
Signed-off-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes v1->v2:
* Add suggested comment (Tim Chen :>)
* Change the changelog so that it says the issue is passing a
non-fair cur to task_misfits_asym_cpu()

This versions not compile-tested. Tho only change is this comment,
so it should be fine. Right? ;-).

kernel/sched/fair.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0feec172fd37..9d7fd6cec376 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11016,7 +11016,14 @@ alb_break_llc(struct lb_env *env)
return true;

cur = rcu_dereference_all(env->src_rq->curr);
- if (cur && cur->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
+ /*
+ * Active balance only detaches CFS tasks, so a non-fair
+ * curr is never migrated. Ignore it and avoid using its
+ * stale util in the misfit and LLC checks.
+ */
+ if (cur && cur->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
+ cur = NULL;
+ if (cur)
util = task_util(cur);

if (task_misfits_asym_cpu(env, cur) ||
--
2.53.0