[patch 02/48] sched/fair: Simplify hrtick_update()
From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 11:36:03 EST
From: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
hrtick_update() was needed when the slice depended on nr_running, all that
code is gone. All that remains is starting the hrtick when nr_running
becomes more than 1.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 12 ++++--------
kernel/sched/sched.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6769,9 +6769,7 @@ static void hrtick_start_fair(struct rq
}
/*
- * called from enqueue/dequeue and updates the hrtick when the
- * current task is from our class and nr_running is low enough
- * to matter.
+ * Called on enqueue to start the hrtick when h_nr_queued becomes more than 1.
*/
static void hrtick_update(struct rq *rq)
{
@@ -6780,6 +6778,9 @@ static void hrtick_update(struct rq *rq)
if (!hrtick_enabled_fair(rq) || donor->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
return;
+ if (hrtick_active(rq))
+ return;
+
hrtick_start_fair(rq, donor);
}
#else /* !CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK: */
@@ -7102,9 +7103,6 @@ static int dequeue_entities(struct rq *r
WARN_ON_ONCE(!task_sleep);
WARN_ON_ONCE(p->on_rq != 1);
- /* Fix-up what dequeue_task_fair() skipped */
- hrtick_update(rq);
-
/*
* Fix-up what block_task() skipped.
*
@@ -7138,8 +7136,6 @@ static bool dequeue_task_fair(struct rq
/*
* Must not reference @p after dequeue_entities(DEQUEUE_DELAYED).
*/
-
- hrtick_update(rq);
return true;
}
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3041,6 +3041,10 @@ static inline int hrtick_enabled_dl(stru
}
extern void hrtick_start(struct rq *rq, u64 delay);
+static inline bool hrtick_active(struct rq *rq)
+{
+ return hrtimer_active(&rq->hrtick_timer);
+}
#else /* !CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK: */