Re: [RFC PATCH] sched/deadline: Avoid dl_server boosting with expired deadline

From: Gabriele Monaco

Date: Fri Oct 31 2025 - 11:52:05 EST



On Fri, 2025-10-31 at 16:44 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 04:41:22PM +0100, Gabriele Monaco wrote:
>
> > > Humm, let me noodle a bit more on this. Also, I should see if I can get
> > > graphviz to draw ascii art state diagrams :-)
> >
> > Dot doesn't do it but graph-easy does reasonably well.
>
> yep, just found that. Seems to work well:
>

Nice! This can become also a model by the way. But I'd need a few more
tracepoints ;)

>
>                           +----------------------+
>                           |        A:init        | <+
>                           +----------------------+  |
>                             |                       |
>                             | 1:dl_server_start     | 4:pick_task_dl
>                             v                       |
>     2:update_curr_dl_se   +----------------------+  |
>   +---------------------- |                      |  |
>   |                       |  B:zero_laxity-wait  |  |
>   +---------------------> |                      | <+------------------+
>                           +----------------------+  |                  |
>                             |                       |                  |
>                             | 3:dl_server_timer     |                  |
>                             v                       |                  |
>                           +----------------------+  |                  |
>   +---------------------> |      C:running       | -+                  |
> 2:update_curr_dl_se
>   |                       +----------------------+                     |
>   |                         |                                          |
>   | 6:dl_server_timer       | 5:update_curr_dl_se                      |
>   |                         v                                          |
>   |                       +----------------------+                     |
>   +---------------------- |     D:replenish      | --------------------+
>                           +----------------------+
>
> Anyway, back to noodling on how to make it stop on idle :-)