[PATCH v5 2/2] sched: update the rq->avg_idle when a task is moved to an idle CPU

From: Huang Shijie

Date: Wed Dec 03 2025 - 00:32:24 EST


In the newidle balance, the rq->idle_stamp may set to a non-zero value
if it cannot pull any task.

In the wakeup, it will detect the rq->idle_stamp, and updates
the rq->avg_idle, then ends the CPU idle status by setting rq->idle_stamp
to zero.

Besides the wakeup, current code does not end the CPU idle status
when a task is moved to the idle CPU, such as fork/clone, execve,
or other cases. In order to get more accurate rq->avg_idle,
we need to update it at more places(not only the wakeup).

This patch introduces a helper: update_rq_avg_idle().
And uses it in enqueue_task(), so it will update the rq->avg_idle
when a task is moved to an idle CPU at:
-- wakeup
-- fork/clone
-- execve
-- idle balance
-- other cases

Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9f10cfbdc228..2e3c4043de51 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2078,6 +2078,21 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
return ip;
}

+static void update_rq_avg_idle(struct rq *rq)
+{
+ if (rq->idle_stamp) {
+ u64 delta = rq_clock(rq) - rq->idle_stamp;
+ u64 max = 2*rq->max_idle_balance_cost;
+
+ update_avg(&rq->avg_idle, delta);
+
+ if (rq->avg_idle > max)
+ rq->avg_idle = max;
+
+ rq->idle_stamp = 0;
+ }
+}
+
void enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
{
if (!(flags & ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK))
@@ -2100,6 +2115,8 @@ void enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)

if (sched_core_enabled(rq))
sched_core_enqueue(rq, p);
+
+ update_rq_avg_idle(rq);
}

/*
@@ -3645,18 +3662,6 @@ ttwu_do_activate(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_flags,
p->sched_class->task_woken(rq, p);
rq_repin_lock(rq, rf);
}
-
- if (rq->idle_stamp) {
- u64 delta = rq_clock(rq) - rq->idle_stamp;
- u64 max = 2*rq->max_idle_balance_cost;
-
- update_avg(&rq->avg_idle, delta);
-
- if (rq->avg_idle > max)
- rq->avg_idle = max;
-
- rq->idle_stamp = 0;
- }
}

/*
--
2.40.1