[RFC PATCH 1/2] sched/rt: Disable runtime accounting for idle threads with SCHED_FIFO policy

From: Atul Pant
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 00:55:19 EST


To prevent the throttling of RT idle threads, like the idle-inject
threads, skip accounting of runtime for these threads.

Signed-off-by: Atul Pant <quic_atulpant@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/rt.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 4ac36eb4cdee..d20999270e75 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,9 @@ static void update_curr_rt(struct rq *rq)
struct rt_rq *rt_rq = rt_rq_of_se(rt_se);
int exceeded;

- if (sched_rt_runtime(rt_rq) != RUNTIME_INF) {
+ if (sched_rt_runtime(rt_rq) != RUNTIME_INF &&
+ !(curr->policy == SCHED_FIFO &&
+ curr->flags & PF_IDLE)) {
raw_spin_lock(&rt_rq->rt_runtime_lock);
rt_rq->rt_time += delta_exec;
exceeded = sched_rt_runtime_exceeded(rt_rq);
--
2.25.1