[PATCH 1/3] sched/core: Dequeue PSI signals for blocked tasks that are delayed

From: K Prateek Nayak
Date: Thu Oct 10 2024 - 04:46:58 EST


From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

psi_dequeue() in for blocked task expects psi_sched_switch() to clear
the TSK_.*RUNNING PSI flags and set the TSK_IOWAIT flags however
psi_sched_switch() uses "!task_on_rq_queued(prev)" to detect if the task
is blocked or still runnable which is no longer true with DELAY_DEQUEUE
since a blocking task can be left queued on the runqueue.

This can lead to PSI splats similar to:

psi: inconsistent task state! task=... cpu=... psi_flags=4 clear=0 set=4

when the task is requeued since the TSK_RUNNING flag was not cleared
when the task was blocked.

Explicitly communicate that the task was blocked to psi_sched_switch()
even if it was delayed and is still on the runqueue.

[ prateek: Broke off the relevant part from [1], commit message ]

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241004123506.GR18071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
Fixes: 152e11f6df29 ("sched/fair: Implement delayed dequeue")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240830123458.3557-1-spasswolf@xxxxxx/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cd67fbcd-d659-4822-bb90-7e8fbb40a856@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Tested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Not-yet-signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 43e453ab7e20..88cbfc671fb6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6537,6 +6537,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(int sched_mode)
* as a preemption by schedule_debug() and RCU.
*/
bool preempt = sched_mode > SM_NONE;
+ bool block = false;
unsigned long *switch_count;
unsigned long prev_state;
struct rq_flags rf;
@@ -6622,6 +6623,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(int sched_mode)
* After this, schedule() must not care about p->state any more.
*/
block_task(rq, prev, flags);
+ block = true;
}
switch_count = &prev->nvcsw;
}
@@ -6667,7 +6669,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(int sched_mode)

migrate_disable_switch(rq, prev);
psi_account_irqtime(rq, prev, next);
- psi_sched_switch(prev, next, !task_on_rq_queued(prev));
+ psi_sched_switch(prev, next, block);

trace_sched_switch(preempt, prev, next, prev_state);

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