Re: [PATCH v5] sched_ext: Refresh scx idle state during idle-to-idle transitions

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 11:19:52AM +0100, Andrea Righi wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> index 621696269584..ffc636ccd54e 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> @@ -452,19 +452,33 @@ static void wakeup_preempt_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
>  static void put_prev_task_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next)
>  {
>  	dl_server_update_idle_time(rq, prev);
> -	scx_update_idle(rq, false);
> +	scx_update_idle(rq, false, true);
>  }
>  
>  static void set_next_task_idle(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next, bool first)
>  {
>  	update_idle_core(rq);
> -	scx_update_idle(rq, true);
> +	scx_update_idle(rq, true, true);
>  	schedstat_inc(rq->sched_goidle);
>  	next->se.exec_start = rq_clock_task(rq);
>  }
>  
>  struct task_struct *pick_task_idle(struct rq *rq)
>  {
> +	/*
> +	 * The scx idle state is updated only when the CPU transitions
> +	 * in/out of SCHED_IDLE, see put_prev_task_idle() and

Idle thread != SCHED_IDLE

> +	 * set_next_task_idle().
> +	 *
> +	 * However, the CPU may also exit/enter the idle state while
> +	 * running the idle task, for example waking up the CPU via
> +	 * scx_bpf_kick_cpu() without dispatching a task on it.
> +	 *
> +	 * In this case we still need to trigger scx_update_idle() to
> +	 * ensure a proper management of the scx idle state.
> +	 */
> +	if (rq->curr == rq->idle)
> +		scx_update_idle(rq, true, false);
>  	return rq->idle;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.47.1
>