Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: remove the DOUBLE_TICK feature

From: Vishal Chourasia
Date: Tue Oct 01 2024 - 09:34:01 EST


On Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 02:54:51PM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
> The patch "5e963f2bd46 sched/fair: Commit to EEVDF"
> removed the code following the DOUBLE_TICK:
> -
> - if (!sched_feat(EEVDF) && cfs_rq->nr_running > 1)
> - check_preempt_tick(cfs_rq, curr);
>
> The DOUBLE_TICK feature becomes dead code now, so remove it.
>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter (Ampere) <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vishal Chourasia <vishalc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240308052304.1835792-2-vishalc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 ------
> kernel/sched/features.h | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 19afc2253c4d..1812c9cc079d 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -5680,12 +5680,6 @@ entity_tick(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *curr, int queued)
> resched_curr(rq_of(cfs_rq));
> return;
> }
> - /*
> - * don't let the period tick interfere with the hrtick preemption
> - */
> - if (!sched_feat(DOUBLE_TICK) &&
> - hrtimer_active(&rq_of(cfs_rq)->hrtick_timer))
> - return;
> #endif
> }
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
> index 0ae351974e49..a3d331dd2d8f 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/features.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
> @@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ SCHED_FEAT(WAKEUP_PREEMPTION, true)
>
> SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK, false)
> SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK_DL, false)
> -SCHED_FEAT(DOUBLE_TICK, false)
>
> /*
> * Decrement CPU capacity based on time not spent running tasks
> --
> 2.40.1
>