[PATCH v4 2/2] -- DO NOT APPLY!!! -- sched/cache/debug: Add trace event and sched feature to track scan cost

From: Luo Gengkun

Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 02:17:31 EST


To evaluate the effectiveness of the previous patch, this debug patch re-adds
get_scan_cpumasks() and introduces two sched features as well as trace
events to facilitate testing.

Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/trace/events/sched.h | 21 +++++++++++++
kernel/sched/fair.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
kernel/sched/features.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index 535860581f15..aced624f198d 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -10,6 +10,27 @@
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
#include <linux/binfmts.h>

+TRACE_EVENT(sched_cache_scan,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *t, int scan),
+
+ TP_ARGS(t, scan),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __string( comm, t->comm )
+ __field( pid_t, pid )
+ __field( int, scan )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __assign_str(comm);
+ __entry->pid = t->pid;
+ __entry->scan = scan;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("comm=%s pid=%d scan=%d", __get_str(comm), __entry->pid,
+ __entry->scan)
+);
/*
* Tracepoint for calling kthread_stop, performed to end a kthread:
*/
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 61f71857e9b1..4016b3291db4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1647,7 +1647,8 @@ static unsigned long fraction_mm_sched(int cpu,
guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&rq->cpu_epoch_lock);

/* Skip the rq that has not been hit for a long time */
- if ((rq->cpu_epoch - pcpu_sched->epoch_timeout) > llc_epoch_affinity_timeout) {
+ if (sched_feat(SC_VISIT) &&
+ (rq->cpu_epoch - pcpu_sched->epoch_timeout) > llc_epoch_affinity_timeout) {
cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &mm->sc_stat.visited_cpus);
return 0;
}
@@ -1724,7 +1725,8 @@ void account_mm_sched(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, s64 delta_exec)
rq->cpu_runtime += delta_exec;
epoch = rq->cpu_epoch;
pcpu_sched->epoch_timeout = epoch;
- if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu_of(rq), &mm->sc_stat.visited_cpus))
+ if (sched_feat(SC_VISIT) &&
+ !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu_of(rq), &mm->sc_stat.visited_cpus))
cpumask_set_cpu(cpu_of(rq), &mm->sc_stat.visited_cpus);
}

@@ -1776,6 +1778,51 @@ static void task_tick_cache(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
}
}

+static void get_scan_cpumasks(cpumask_var_t cpus, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
+ int cpu, curr_cpu, nid, pref_nid;
+
+ if (!static_branch_likely(&sched_numa_balancing))
+ goto out;
+
+ cpu = READ_ONCE(p->mm->sc_stat.cpu);
+ if (cpu != -1)
+ nid = cpu_to_node(cpu);
+ curr_cpu = task_cpu(p);
+
+ /*
+ * Scanning in the preferred NUMA node is ideal. However, the NUMA
+ * preferred node is per-task rather than per-process. It is possible
+ * for different threads of the process to have distinct preferred
+ * nodes; consequently, the process-wide preferred LLC may bounce
+ * between different nodes. As a workaround, maintain the scan
+ * CPU mask to also cover the process's current preferred LLC and the
+ * current running node to mitigate the bouncing risk.
+ * TBD: numa_group should be considered during task aggregation.
+ */
+ pref_nid = p->numa_preferred_nid;
+ /* honor the task's preferred node */
+ if (pref_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
+ goto out;
+
+ cpumask_or(cpus, cpus, cpumask_of_node(pref_nid));
+
+ /* honor the task's preferred LLC CPU */
+ if (cpu != -1 && !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpus) && nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
+ cpumask_or(cpus, cpus, cpumask_of_node(nid));
+
+ /* make sure the task's current running node is included */
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(curr_cpu, cpus))
+ cpumask_or(cpus, cpus, cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(curr_cpu)));
+
+ return;
+
+out:
+#endif
+ cpumask_copy(cpus, cpu_online_mask);
+}
+
static inline void update_avg_scale(u64 *avg, u64 sample)
{
int factor = per_cpu(sd_llc_size, raw_smp_processor_id());
@@ -1803,6 +1850,7 @@ static void task_cache_work(struct callback_head *work)
struct mm_struct *mm = p->mm;
unsigned long m_a_occ = 0;
cpumask_var_t cpus;
+ int scanned = 0;

WARN_ON_ONCE(work != &p->cache_work);

@@ -1836,7 +1884,12 @@ static void task_cache_work(struct callback_head *work)
scoped_guard (cpus_read_lock) {
guard(rcu)();

- cpumask_and(cpus, cpu_online_mask, &mm->sc_stat.visited_cpus);
+ if (sched_feat(SC_NODE))
+ get_scan_cpumasks(cpus, p);
+ if (sched_feat(SC_VISIT))
+ cpumask_and(cpus, cpu_online_mask, &mm->sc_stat.visited_cpus);
+ else
+ cpumask_copy(cpus, cpu_online_mask);

for_each_cpu(cpu, cpus) {
/* XXX sched_cluster_active */
@@ -1853,6 +1906,7 @@ static void task_cache_work(struct callback_head *work)
cur->mm == mm)
nr_running++;

+ scanned++;
occ = fraction_mm_sched(i, mm);
if (occ == 0)
continue;
@@ -1908,6 +1962,7 @@ static void task_cache_work(struct callback_head *work)

update_avg_scale(&mm->sc_stat.nr_running_avg, nr_running);
free_cpumask_var(cpus);
+ trace_sched_cache_scan(p, scanned);
}

void init_sched_mm(struct task_struct *p)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index 8f0dee8fc475..219173454320 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -142,3 +142,5 @@ SCHED_FEAT(LATENCY_WARN, false)
*/
SCHED_FEAT(NI_RANDOM, true)
SCHED_FEAT(NI_RATE, true)
+SCHED_FEAT(SC_NODE, true)
+SCHED_FEAT(SC_VISIT, true)
--
2.34.1