linux-kernel - [patch 2/5] sched: Disable TTWU

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Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:24:27 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: [patch 2/5] sched: Disable TTWU_QUEUE on RT

The queued remote wakeup mechanism has turned out to be suboptimal for RT
enabled kernels. The maximum latencies go up by a factor of > 5x in certain
scenarious.

This is caused by either long wake lists or by a large number of TTWU IPIs
which are processed back to back.

Disable it for RT.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/sched/features.h |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
---
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -46,11 +46,16 @@ SCHED_FEAT(DOUBLE_TICK, false)
  */
 SCHED_FEAT(NONTASK_CAPACITY, true)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+SCHED_FEAT(TTWU_QUEUE, false)
+#else
+
 /*
  * Queue remote wakeups on the target CPU and process them
  * using the scheduler IPI. Reduces rq->lock contention/bounces.
  */
 SCHED_FEAT(TTWU_QUEUE, true)
+#endif
 
 /*
  * When doing wakeups, attempt to limit superfluous scans of the LLC domain.