[RFC PATCH 3/7] psi: charge pressure to the task's active cgroup
From: Shakeel Butt
Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 14:53:24 EST
When a kernel thread works for a cgroup under set_active_cgroup(), its
stalls, like memory reclaim, should count as that cgroup's pressure.
Make task_psi_group() use the active cgroup. When it changes, move the
task's pressure state from the old groups to the new ones, the same way
cgroup_move_task() does for a real cgroup move.
Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
kernel/sched/psi.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
kernel/sched/stats.h | 10 ++++++++++
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index ccb7ee9f2f26..b9e288b76da9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5768,7 +5768,7 @@ struct cgroup *set_active_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp)
rq->donor->sched_class->update_curr(rq);
old = p->active_cgroup;
- p->active_cgroup = cgrp;
+ psi_set_active_cgroup(p, cgrp);
task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
return old;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index 4e152410653d..7e03be26b8d3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static inline struct psi_group *task_psi_group(struct task_struct *task)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
if (static_branch_likely(&psi_cgroups_enabled))
- return cgroup_psi(task_dfl_cgroup(task));
+ return cgroup_psi(task->active_cgroup ?: task_dfl_cgroup(task));
#endif
return &psi_system;
}
@@ -1213,6 +1213,26 @@ void cgroup_move_task(struct task_struct *task, struct css_set *to)
task_rq_unlock(rq, task, &rf);
}
+/*
+ * Set @task's active cgroup and move its pressure state along with it.
+ * The caller holds the task's rq lock.
+ */
+void psi_set_active_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+ unsigned int task_flags = task->psi_flags;
+
+ lockdep_assert_rq_held(task_rq(task));
+
+ if (!static_branch_likely(&psi_cgroups_enabled) || !task_flags) {
+ task->active_cgroup = cgrp;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ psi_task_change(task, task_flags, 0);
+ task->active_cgroup = cgrp;
+ psi_task_change(task, 0, task_flags);
+}
+
void psi_cgroup_restart(struct psi_group *group)
{
int cpu;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/stats.h b/kernel/sched/stats.h
index ebe0a7765f98..60f46b7b598c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/stats.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/stats.h
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ __schedstats_from_se(struct sched_entity *se)
void psi_task_change(struct task_struct *task, int clear, int set);
void psi_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next,
bool sleep);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+void psi_set_active_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, struct cgroup *cgrp);
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
void psi_account_irqtime(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr, struct task_struct *prev);
#else /* !CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING: */
@@ -227,6 +230,13 @@ static inline void psi_sched_switch(struct task_struct *prev,
bool sleep) {}
static inline void psi_account_irqtime(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr,
struct task_struct *prev) {}
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+static inline void psi_set_active_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
+ struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+ task->active_cgroup = cgrp;
+}
+#endif
#endif /* !CONFIG_PSI */
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_INFO
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