[PATCH v4 01/11] sched/isolation: Add runtime housekeeping mask updates with boot snapshots

From: Jing Wu

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 23:28:47 EST


The housekeeping cpumasks for kernel noise (HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE) and
managed interrupts (HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ) are computed once at boot from
the nohz_full= and isolcpus=managed_irq arguments. Dynamic CPU
isolation driven by cpuset isolated partitions needs to update these
masks after boot.

Add housekeeping_update_types() to recompute one or more housekeeping
masks as (boot snapshot & ~isolated), publish them via RCU and free the
old masks after a grace period.

Introduce HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT and HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ_BOOT to
record the immutable boot configuration. Anchoring every update on the
boot snapshot keeps the runtime mask a subset of the boot set and lets
de-isolation restore the boot configuration exactly.

When neither nohz_full= nor isolcpus=nohz was given at boot no boot
snapshot exists, so cpu_possible_mask is the implicit boot set and
HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE is enabled on the first runtime call. In that
case housekeeping_update_types() also calls sched_tick_offload_init()
to allocate the tick offload percpu data that would otherwise only be
allocated by housekeeping_init() when nohz_full= is present at boot.
Remove __init from sched_tick_offload_init() and guard it with a
tick_work_cpu check so it is safe to call at runtime.

Co-developed-by: Qiliang Yuan <yuanql9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <yuanql9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jing Wu <realwujing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched/isolation.h | 32 ++++++-
kernel/sched/core.c | 4 +-
kernel/sched/isolation.c | 197 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 +-
4 files changed, 209 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
index cf0fd03dd7a24..70602a74c1410 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
@@ -14,10 +14,26 @@ enum hk_type {
* is always a subset of HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT.
*/
HK_TYPE_DOMAIN,
- /* Inverse of boot-time isolcpus=managed_irq argument */
- HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ,
- /* Inverse of boot-time nohz_full= or isolcpus=nohz arguments */
+
+ /*
+ * Inverse of the boot-time nohz_full= or isolcpus=nohz arguments.
+ * When neither is given, DHM still records cpu_possible_mask here so
+ * that kernel-noise isolation can be enabled purely at runtime.
+ */
+ HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT,
+ /*
+ * A subset of HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT: it may exclude additional
+ * CPUs isolated at runtime via cpuset isolated partitions.
+ */
HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE,
+
+ /* Inverse of the boot-time isolcpus=managed_irq argument */
+ HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ_BOOT,
+ /*
+ * A subset of HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ_BOOT: it may exclude additional
+ * CPUs isolated at runtime via cpuset isolated partitions.
+ */
+ HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ,
HK_TYPE_MAX,

/*
@@ -40,10 +56,13 @@ enum hk_type {
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(housekeeping_overridden);
extern int housekeeping_any_cpu(enum hk_type type);
extern const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(enum hk_type type);
+extern const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_rcu(enum hk_type type);
extern bool housekeeping_enabled(enum hk_type type);
extern void housekeeping_affine(struct task_struct *t, enum hk_type type);
extern bool housekeeping_test_cpu(int cpu, enum hk_type type);
extern int housekeeping_update(struct cpumask *isol_mask);
+extern int housekeeping_update_types(unsigned long type_mask,
+ struct cpumask *isol_mask);
extern void __init housekeeping_init(void);

#else
@@ -58,6 +77,11 @@ static inline const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(enum hk_type type)
return cpu_possible_mask;
}

+static inline const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_rcu(enum hk_type type)
+{
+ return cpu_possible_mask;
+}
+
static inline bool housekeeping_enabled(enum hk_type type)
{
return false;
@@ -72,6 +96,8 @@ static inline bool housekeeping_test_cpu(int cpu, enum hk_type type)
}

static inline int housekeeping_update(struct cpumask *isol_mask) { return 0; }
+static inline int housekeeping_update_types(unsigned long type_mask,
+ struct cpumask *isol_mask) { return 0; }
static inline void housekeeping_init(void) { }
#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION */

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b8871449d3c69..79c3349f65bb4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5813,8 +5813,10 @@ static void sched_tick_stop(int cpu)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */

-int __init sched_tick_offload_init(void)
+int sched_tick_offload_init(void)
{
+ if (tick_work_cpu)
+ return 0;
tick_work_cpu = alloc_percpu(struct tick_work);
BUG_ON(!tick_work_cpu);
return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/isolation.c b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
index ef152d401fe20..4602c8d0108e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/isolation.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
#include "sched.h"

enum hk_flags {
- HK_FLAG_DOMAIN_BOOT = BIT(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT),
- HK_FLAG_DOMAIN = BIT(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN),
- HK_FLAG_MANAGED_IRQ = BIT(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ),
- HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE = BIT(HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE),
+ HK_FLAG_DOMAIN_BOOT = BIT(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT),
+ HK_FLAG_DOMAIN = BIT(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN),
+ HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT = BIT(HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT),
+ HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE = BIT(HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE),
+ HK_FLAG_MANAGED_IRQ_BOOT = BIT(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ_BOOT),
+ HK_FLAG_MANAGED_IRQ = BIT(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ),
};

DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(housekeeping_overridden);
@@ -34,25 +36,40 @@ bool housekeeping_enabled(enum hk_type type)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(housekeeping_enabled);

+/*
+ * Types that can change at runtime via cpuset isolated partitions.
+ * Boot-only types (DOMAIN_BOOT) are always safe to read without lockdep.
+ */
+static bool housekeeping_type_can_change(enum hk_type type)
+{
+ switch (type) {
+ case HK_TYPE_DOMAIN:
+ case HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE:
+ case HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ:
+ return true;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
static bool housekeeping_dereference_check(enum hk_type type)
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP) && type == HK_TYPE_DOMAIN) {
- /* Cpuset isn't even writable yet? */
- if (system_state <= SYSTEM_SCHEDULING)
- return true;
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP) || !housekeeping_type_can_change(type))
+ return true;

- /* CPU hotplug write locked, so cpuset partition can't be overwritten */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) && lockdep_is_cpus_write_held())
- return true;
+ /* Cpuset isn't even writable yet? */
+ if (system_state <= SYSTEM_SCHEDULING)
+ return true;

- /* Cpuset lock held, partitions not writable */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPUSETS) && lockdep_is_cpuset_held())
- return true;
+ /* CPU hotplug write locked, so cpuset partition can't be overwritten */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) && lockdep_is_cpus_write_held())
+ return true;

- return false;
- }
+ /* Cpuset lock held, partitions not writable */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPUSETS) && lockdep_is_cpuset_held())
+ return true;

- return true;
+ return false;
}

static inline struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_dereference(enum hk_type type)
@@ -75,12 +92,26 @@ const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask(enum hk_type type)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(housekeeping_cpumask);

+const struct cpumask *housekeeping_cpumask_rcu(enum hk_type type)
+{
+ const struct cpumask *mask = NULL;
+
+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&housekeeping_overridden)) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(housekeeping.flags) & BIT(type))
+ mask = rcu_dereference(housekeeping.cpumasks[type]);
+ }
+ if (!mask)
+ mask = cpu_possible_mask;
+ return mask;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(housekeeping_cpumask_rcu);
+
int housekeeping_any_cpu(enum hk_type type)
{
int cpu;

if (static_branch_unlikely(&housekeeping_overridden)) {
- if (housekeeping.flags & BIT(type)) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(housekeeping.flags) & BIT(type)) {
cpu = sched_numa_find_closest(housekeeping_cpumask(type), smp_processor_id());
if (cpu < nr_cpu_ids)
return cpu;
@@ -162,6 +193,130 @@ int housekeeping_update(struct cpumask *isol_mask)
return 0;
}

+/**
+ * housekeeping_update_types - Update housekeeping masks for specified types
+ * @type_mask: Bitmask of housekeeping types to update
+ * @isol_mask: CPUs being added to the isolation set
+ *
+ * For each type in @type_mask, compute the trial mask as
+ * (boot snapshot & ~@isol_mask), validate it against @cpu_online_mask,
+ * then swap the RCU mask pointer and free the old mask after
+ * synchronize_rcu(). Anchoring on the immutable boot snapshot
+ * (HK_TYPE_*_BOOT) keeps the runtime mask a subset of the boot set and
+ * lets de-isolation restore the boot configuration exactly.
+ *
+ * The updated mask only takes effect for subsystems as CPUs cycle
+ * through hotplug; callers isolate CPUs via the CPU hotplug machinery so
+ * that tick, RCU and interrupt state is reconfigured by the existing
+ * online/offline callbacks rather than reconfigured in place.
+ *
+ * HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE also supports runtime first-enable: when neither
+ * nohz_full= nor isolcpus=nohz was given at boot, no boot snapshot
+ * exists, so cpu_possible_mask is the implicit boot set and the type
+ * flag is set in housekeeping.flags on the first call.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -ENOMEM on allocation failure, -EINVAL if
+ * a trial mask has no online CPUs.
+ */
+int housekeeping_update_types(unsigned long type_mask,
+ struct cpumask *isol_mask)
+{
+ struct cpumask *trials[HK_TYPE_MAX] = {};
+ struct cpumask *old_masks[HK_TYPE_MAX] = {};
+ enum hk_type type;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ for_each_set_bit(type, &type_mask, HK_TYPE_MAX) {
+ const struct cpumask *base;
+
+ if (type == HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT)
+ continue;
+ if (!housekeeping_enabled(type)) {
+ /*
+ * HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE supports runtime first-enable
+ * for DHM isolated partitions created without nohz_full=
+ * at boot. All other types must be boot-enabled.
+ */
+ if (type != HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE)
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Compute the trial mask relative to the immutable boot
+ * snapshot, never relative to the current (already shrunk)
+ * mask. Using the current mask would let it shrink
+ * monotonically across isolation/de-isolation cycles and would
+ * never recover CPUs once de-isolated. Anchoring on the boot
+ * snapshot keeps the runtime mask a subset of the boot set and
+ * lets de-isolation restore exactly the boot configuration.
+ *
+ * HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE additionally supports runtime
+ * first-enable: when no nohz_full=/isolcpus=nohz was given at
+ * boot, no boot snapshot exists, so cpu_possible_mask is the
+ * implicit boot set.
+ */
+ if (type == HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE &&
+ !(housekeeping.flags & HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT))
+ base = cpu_possible_mask;
+ else if (type == HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE)
+ base = housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT);
+ else if (type == HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ)
+ base = housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ_BOOT);
+ else
+ base = housekeeping_cpumask(type);
+ trials[type] = kmalloc(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!trials[type]) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_free;
+ }
+ cpumask_andnot(trials[type], base, isol_mask);
+ if (!cpumask_intersects(trials[type], cpu_online_mask)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_free;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (!housekeeping.flags) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_free;
+ }
+
+ for_each_set_bit(type, &type_mask, HK_TYPE_MAX) {
+ if (!trials[type])
+ continue;
+ old_masks[type] = housekeeping_cpumask_dereference(type);
+ /* First-time runtime enable: register the type now. */
+ if (!housekeeping_enabled(type)) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(housekeeping.flags,
+ housekeeping.flags | BIT(type));
+ /*
+ * HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE first-enable at runtime
+ * (zero-boot-param path): tick offload percpu data
+ * was never allocated at boot since nohz_full= was
+ * absent. Allocate it now before CPUs cycle through
+ * hotplug and sched_tick_stop() dereferences
+ * tick_work_cpu.
+ */
+ if (type == HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE)
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(sched_tick_offload_init());
+ }
+ rcu_assign_pointer(housekeeping.cpumasks[type], trials[type]);
+ trials[type] = NULL;
+ }
+
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
+ for_each_set_bit(type, &type_mask, HK_TYPE_MAX)
+ kfree(old_masks[type]);
+
+ return 0;
+
+err_free:
+ for_each_set_bit(type, &type_mask, HK_TYPE_MAX)
+ kfree(trials[type]);
+ return ret;
+}
+
void __init housekeeping_init(void)
{
enum hk_type type;
@@ -305,7 +460,7 @@ static int __init housekeeping_nohz_full_setup(char *str)
{
unsigned long flags;

- flags = HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE;
+ flags = HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE | HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT;

return housekeeping_setup(str, flags);
}
@@ -324,7 +479,7 @@ static int __init housekeeping_isolcpus_setup(char *str)
*/
if (!strncmp(str, "nohz,", 5)) {
str += 5;
- flags |= HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE;
+ flags |= HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE | HK_FLAG_KERNEL_NOISE_BOOT;
continue;
}

@@ -336,7 +491,7 @@ static int __init housekeeping_isolcpus_setup(char *str)

if (!strncmp(str, "managed_irq,", 12)) {
str += 12;
- flags |= HK_FLAG_MANAGED_IRQ;
+ flags |= HK_FLAG_MANAGED_IRQ | HK_FLAG_MANAGED_IRQ_BOOT;
continue;
}

diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 9f63b15d309d1..9d54ac3f2251d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ extern void post_init_entity_util_avg(struct task_struct *p);

#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
extern bool sched_can_stop_tick(struct rq *rq);
-extern int __init sched_tick_offload_init(void);
+extern int sched_tick_offload_init(void);

/*
* Tick may be needed by tasks in the runqueue depending on their policy and

--
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