linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/1] sched/eevdf: Curb wakeup preemption further

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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:56:27 +0530
From: Madadi Vineeth Reddy <vineethr@...ux.ibm.com>
To: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/1] sched/eevdf: Curb wakeup preemption further

Hi Prateek,

On 25/03/24 11:32, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
> Wakeup preemption problem
> =========================
> 
> With the curr entity's eligibility check, a wakeup preemption is very
> likely when an entity with positive lag joins the runqueue pushing the
> avg_vruntime of the runqueue backwards, making the vruntime of the
> current entity ineligible. This leads to aggressive wakeup preemption
> which was previously guarded by wakeup_granularity_ns in legacy CFS.

Is base_slice_ns not guarding it in EEVDF?

> Below figure depicts one such aggressive preemption scenario with EEVDF:

Thanks and Regards
Madadi Vineeth Reddy