[PATCH] sched/core: Call wq_worker_tick() for the execution context

From: Hui Su

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 11:16:20 EST


wq_worker_tick() accounts CPU time and detects CPU-intensive work for
the kworker that is actually running. With proxy execution, rq->donor
is the scheduling context while rq->curr is the execution context.

Calling the hook with rq->donor can skip workqueue accounting when a
kworker is executing on behalf of a donor task. It can also account a
blocked kworker when the donor is a worker but rq->curr is the task
actually executing. The former can delay WORKER_CPU_INTENSIVE handling
and pool concurrency management, which can delay pending kernel work
and userspace operations depending on it.

Use rq->curr for the workqueue tick hook while retaining rq->donor for
scheduler accounting.

Fixes: af0c8b2bf67b ("sched: Split scheduler and execution contexts")
Signed-off-by: Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f78275192036..a86fd3d88714 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5770,8 +5770,8 @@ void sched_tick(void)
{
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
- /* accounting goes to the donor task */
- struct task_struct *donor;
+ /* scheduler accounting goes to the donor task */
+ struct task_struct *curr, *donor;
struct rq_flags rf;
unsigned long hw_pressure;
u64 resched_latency;
@@ -5782,6 +5782,7 @@ void sched_tick(void)
sched_clock_tick();

rq_lock(rq, &rf);
+ curr = rq->curr;
donor = rq->donor;

psi_account_irqtime(rq, donor, NULL);
@@ -5807,8 +5808,8 @@ void sched_tick(void)

perf_event_task_tick();

- if (donor->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER)
- wq_worker_tick(donor);
+ if (curr->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER)
+ wq_worker_tick(curr);

if (!scx_switched_all()) {
rq->idle_balance = idle_cpu(cpu);

base-commit: 89a312991dc6e638a36adc43ccb91dbc25504c04
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2.54.0