[PATCH v29 4/9] sched: Rework block_task so it can be directly called
From: John Stultz
Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 22:58:03 EST
Pull most of the logic out of try_to_block_task() and put it
into block_task() directly, so that we can call block_task() and
not have to worry about the failing cases in try_to_block_task()
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: hupu <hupu.gm@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 90267454077ea..7440bd7c05ca8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2223,8 +2223,29 @@ void deactivate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
dequeue_task(rq, p, flags);
}
-static void block_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
+static void block_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, unsigned long task_state)
{
+ int flags = DEQUEUE_NOCLOCK;
+
+ p->sched_contributes_to_load =
+ (task_state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) &&
+ !(task_state & TASK_NOLOAD) &&
+ !(task_state & TASK_FROZEN);
+
+ if (unlikely(is_special_task_state(task_state)))
+ flags |= DEQUEUE_SPECIAL;
+
+ /*
+ * __schedule() ttwu()
+ * prev_state = prev->state; if (p->on_rq && ...)
+ * if (prev_state) goto out;
+ * p->on_rq = 0; smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+ * p->state = TASK_WAKING
+ *
+ * Where __schedule() and ttwu() have matching control dependencies.
+ *
+ * After this, schedule() must not care about p->state any more.
+ */
if (dequeue_task(rq, p, DEQUEUE_SLEEP | flags))
__block_task(rq, p);
}
@@ -6582,7 +6603,6 @@ static bool try_to_block_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
unsigned long *task_state_p, bool should_block)
{
unsigned long task_state = *task_state_p;
- int flags = DEQUEUE_NOCLOCK;
if (signal_pending_state(task_state, p)) {
WRITE_ONCE(p->__state, TASK_RUNNING);
@@ -6602,26 +6622,7 @@ static bool try_to_block_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
if (!should_block)
return false;
- p->sched_contributes_to_load =
- (task_state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) &&
- !(task_state & TASK_NOLOAD) &&
- !(task_state & TASK_FROZEN);
-
- if (unlikely(is_special_task_state(task_state)))
- flags |= DEQUEUE_SPECIAL;
-
- /*
- * __schedule() ttwu()
- * prev_state = prev->state; if (p->on_rq && ...)
- * if (prev_state) goto out;
- * p->on_rq = 0; smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
- * p->state = TASK_WAKING
- *
- * Where __schedule() and ttwu() have matching control dependencies.
- *
- * After this, schedule() must not care about p->state any more.
- */
- block_task(rq, p, flags);
+ block_task(rq, p, task_state);
return true;
}
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog