linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/9] sched: Simplify sched_tick

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Date:   Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:41:28 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     mingo@...hat.com
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        bristot@...hat.com, vschneid@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] sched: Simplify sched_tick_remote()

Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c |   43 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5651,9 +5651,6 @@ static void sched_tick_remote(struct wor
 	struct tick_work *twork = container_of(dwork, struct tick_work, work);
 	int cpu = twork->cpu;
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
-	struct task_struct *curr;
-	struct rq_flags rf;
-	u64 delta;
 	int os;
 
 	/*
@@ -5663,30 +5660,26 @@ static void sched_tick_remote(struct wor
 	 * statistics and checks timeslices in a time-independent way, regardless
 	 * of when exactly it is running.
 	 */
-	if (!tick_nohz_tick_stopped_cpu(cpu))
-		goto out_requeue;
+	if (tick_nohz_tick_stopped_cpu(cpu)) {
+		guard(rq_lock_irq)(rq);
+		struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
+
+		if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
+			update_rq_clock(rq);
+
+			if (!is_idle_task(curr)) {
+				/*
+				 * Make sure the next tick runs within a
+				 * reasonable amount of time.
+				 */
+				u64 delta = rq_clock_task(rq) - curr->se.exec_start;
+				WARN_ON_ONCE(delta > (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * 3);
+			}
+			curr->sched_class->task_tick(rq, curr, 0);
 
-	rq_lock_irq(rq, &rf);
-	curr = rq->curr;
-	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
-		goto out_unlock;
-
-	update_rq_clock(rq);
-
-	if (!is_idle_task(curr)) {
-		/*
-		 * Make sure the next tick runs within a reasonable
-		 * amount of time.
-		 */
-		delta = rq_clock_task(rq) - curr->se.exec_start;
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(delta > (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * 3);
+			calc_load_nohz_remote(rq);
+		}
 	}
-	curr->sched_class->task_tick(rq, curr, 0);
-
-	calc_load_nohz_remote(rq);
-out_unlock:
-	rq_unlock_irq(rq, &rf);
-out_requeue:
 
 	/*
 	 * Run the remote tick once per second (1Hz). This arbitrary