[PATCH v5 12/24] sched/debug: Add migration stats due to non preferred CPUs

From: Shrikanth Hegde

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 08:54:23 EST


Add a new stat.
- nr_migrations_cpu_non_preferred: number of migrations happened since
a CPU was marked as non preferred due to high steal time.

Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 1 +
kernel/sched/core.c | 4 +++-
kernel/sched/debug.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 27dbf676113e..32f4743326f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ struct sched_statistics {
u64 nr_failed_migrations_running;
u64 nr_failed_migrations_hot;
u64 nr_forced_migrations;
+ u64 nr_migrations_cpu_non_preferred;

u64 nr_wakeups;
u64 nr_wakeups_sync;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 1e42078251d5..fdfefdca74dc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -11336,8 +11336,10 @@ static int sched_non_preferred_cpu_push_stop(void *arg)

context_unsafe_alias(rq);

- if (task_rq(p) == rq && task_on_rq_queued(p))
+ if (task_rq(p) == rq && task_on_rq_queued(p)) {
rq = __migrate_task(rq, &rf, p, cpu);
+ schedstat_inc(p->stats.nr_migrations_cpu_non_preferred);
+ }

rq_unlock(rq, &rf);
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index f3a033b34ba0..106b448cafb6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ void proc_sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p, struct pid_namespace *ns,
P_SCHEDSTAT(nr_failed_migrations_running);
P_SCHEDSTAT(nr_failed_migrations_hot);
P_SCHEDSTAT(nr_forced_migrations);
+ P_SCHEDSTAT(nr_migrations_cpu_non_preferred);
P_SCHEDSTAT(nr_wakeups);
P_SCHEDSTAT(nr_wakeups_sync);
P_SCHEDSTAT(nr_wakeups_migrate);
--
2.47.3