[PATCH 6/8] sched/fair: stop load tracking when task switched_from_fair()

From: Chengming Zhou
Date: Sat Jul 09 2022 - 11:16:09 EST


The same reason as the previous commit, if we don't reset the
sched_avg last_update_time to 0, after a while in switched_to_fair():

switched_to_fair
attach_task_cfs_rq
attach_entity_cfs_rq
update_load_avg
__update_load_avg_se(now, cfs_rq, se)

The delta (now - sa->last_update_time) will wrongly contribute/decay
sched_avg depends on the task running/runnable status at that time.

This patch reset it's sched_avg last_update_time to 0, stop load
tracking for !fair task, later in switched_to_fair() ->
update_load_avg(), we can use its saved sched_avg.

Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 153a2c6c1069..ca714eedeec5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11563,6 +11563,11 @@ static void attach_task_cfs_rq(struct task_struct *p)
static void switched_from_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
{
detach_task_cfs_rq(p);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ /* Stop load tracking for !fair task */
+ p->se.avg.last_update_time = 0;
+#endif
}

static void switched_to_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
--
2.36.1