[PATCH v3 09/21] sched/cache: Count tasks prefering destination LLC in a sched group

From: Tim Chen

Date: Tue Feb 10 2026 - 17:15:55 EST


During LLC load balancing, tabulate the number of tasks on each runqueue
that prefer the LLC contains the env->dst_cpu in a sched group.

For example, consider a system with 4 LLC sched groups (LLC0 to LLC3)
balancing towards LLC3. LLC0 has 3 tasks preferring LLC3, LLC1 has
2, and LLC2 has 1. LLC0, having the most tasks preferring LLC3, is
selected as the busiest source to pick tasks from.

Within a source LLC, the total number of tasks preferring a destination
LLC is computed by summing counts across all CPUs in that LLC. For
instance, if LLC0 has CPU0 with 2 tasks and CPU1 with 1 task preferring
LLC3, the total for LLC0 is 3.

These statistics allow the load balancer to choose tasks from source
sched groups that best match their preferred LLCs.

Co-developed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
v2->v3:
Rename nr_pref_llc to nr_pref_dst_llc for clarification.

kernel/sched/fair.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4a98aa866d65..bb93cc046d73 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10566,6 +10566,9 @@ struct sg_lb_stats {
unsigned int nr_numa_running;
unsigned int nr_preferred_running;
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
+ unsigned int nr_pref_dst_llc;
+#endif
};

/*
@@ -11034,6 +11037,9 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
{
int i, nr_running, local_group, sd_flags = env->sd->flags;
bool balancing_at_rd = !env->sd->parent;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
+ int dst_llc = llc_id(env->dst_cpu);
+#endif

memset(sgs, 0, sizeof(*sgs));

@@ -11054,6 +11060,15 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
if (cpu_overutilized(i))
*sg_overutilized = 1;

+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE
+ if (sched_cache_enabled() && llc_id(i) != dst_llc) {
+ struct sched_domain *sd_tmp = rcu_dereference(rq->sd);
+
+ if (valid_llc_buf(sd_tmp, dst_llc))
+ sgs->nr_pref_dst_llc += sd_tmp->pf[dst_llc];
+ }
+#endif
+
/*
* No need to call idle_cpu() if nr_running is not 0
*/
--
2.32.0