[PATCH v2] sched/cache: Don't use fits_capacity() to compare thread and CPU counts

From: Zhan Xusheng

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 21:10:11 EST


From: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>

invalid_llc_nr() checks that a process's running threads stay below 80%
of the LLC's cores, scaled by llc_aggr_tolerance, with fits_capacity().
fits_capacity() is meant for capacity values; here it only supplies the
20% margin.

Give the check its own helper. x * 5 < y * 4 is the same comparison as
x * 1280 < y * 1024, so there is no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Qais's series changes fits_capacity() to take a CPU number as its
second argument [1]; this call would then pass the CPU count as a CPU
number without a warning.

v2: reword the comment (Tim); move the reason above out of the
changelog; add the Reviewed-by tags.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261102021536.1026143-1-zhanxusheng1024@xxxxxxxxx/

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260504020003.71306-5-qyousef@xxxxxxxxxxx/

kernel/sched/fair.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index cfc982205b98..a7467fe425e6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1469,6 +1469,12 @@ static bool exceed_llc_capacity(struct sched_cache_group *grp, int cpu)
return false;
}

+/* Number of running threads below 80% of LLC's cores for default setting */
+static inline bool fits_llc_nr(u64 nr_threads, unsigned int nr_cpus)
+{
+ return nr_threads * 5 < (u64)nr_cpus * 4;
+}
+
static bool invalid_llc_nr(struct sched_cache_group *grp, struct task_struct *p,
int cpu)
{
@@ -1485,8 +1491,8 @@ static bool invalid_llc_nr(struct sched_cache_group *grp, struct task_struct *p,
if (scale == INT_MAX)
return false;

- return !fits_capacity((READ_ONCE(grp->nr_running_avg) * cpu_smt_num_threads),
- (scale * per_cpu(sd_llc_size, cpu)));
+ return !fits_llc_nr(READ_ONCE(grp->nr_running_avg) * cpu_smt_num_threads,
+ scale * per_cpu(sd_llc_size, cpu));
}

/*
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2.43.0