Re: [PATCHSET v12 sched_ext/for-6.15] sched_ext: split global idle cpumask into per-NUMA cpumasks

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Sun Feb 16 2025 - 11:54:34 EST


On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 08:39:59PM +0100, Andrea Righi wrote:
> = Overview =
>
> As discussed during the sched_ext office hours, using a global cpumask to
> keep track of the idle CPUs can be inefficient and it may not scale really
> well on large NUMA systems.
>
> Therefore, split the idle cpumask into multiple per-NUMA node cpumasks to
> improve scalability and performance on such large systems.
>
> Scalability issues seem to be more noticeable on Intel Sapphire Rapids
> dual-socket architectures.

Applied 1-7 to sched_ext/for-6.15.

Thanks.

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tejun