[tip: sched/urgent] sched/cache: Ignore non-fair current in alb_break_llc()

[tip-bot2 for Kayra Cizmeci]

The following commit has been merged into the sched/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     006991aa89974378ee579416dba87adc22cd60fd
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/006991aa89974378ee579416dba87adc22cd60fd
Author:        Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:54:01 +03:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:10:52 +01:00

sched/cache: Ignore non-fair current in alb_break_llc()

Commit d6b9afab44e23 ("sched/cache: Fix
checking active load balance by only considering the CFS task")
stopped using task_util() for non-fair cur.

__active_load_balance_cpu_stop() calls detach_one_task(), that only looks
to cfs_tasks list. So if the rq->curr is not fair, doing a decision
according to it is wrong, since we only migrate tasks that is fair.

Commit f0d243a96f26 ("sched/fair: Avoid creating misfits during
cache-aware balancing") passes cur to task_misfits_asym_cpu()
without checking if the cur is in fair class or not. Fix this.

Fixes: f0d243a96f26 ("sched/fair: Avoid creating misfits during cache-aware balancing")
Signed-off-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261020185402.57017-1-kayracizmeci@xxxxxxxxx
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |  9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ad41453..79f6b3a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11029,7 +11029,14 @@ alb_break_llc(struct lb_env *env)
 			return true;
 
 		cur = rcu_dereference_all(env->src_rq->curr);
-		if (cur && cur->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
+		/*
+		 * Active balance only detaches CFS tasks, so a non-fair
+		 * curr is never migrated. Ignore it and avoid using its
+		 * state util in the misfit and LLC checks.
+		 */
+		if (cur && cur->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
+			cur = NULL;
+		if (cur)
 			util = task_util(cur);
 
 		if (task_misfits_asym_cpu(env, cur) ||