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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:35:29 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/39] sched: Factor out update_other_load_avgs() from
 __update_blocked_others()

On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 05:09:45AM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> RT, DL, thermal and irq load and utilization metrics need to be decayed and
> updated periodically and before consumption to keep the numbers reasonable.
> This is currently done from __update_blocked_others() as a part of the fair
> class load balance path. Let's factor it out to update_other_load_avgs().
> Pure refactor. No functional changes.
> 
> This will be used by the new BPF extensible scheduling class to ensure that
> the above metrics are properly maintained.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: David Vernet <dvernet@...a.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/sched/fair.c  | 16 +++-------------
>  kernel/sched/sched.h |  3 +++
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 90b505fbb488..7542a39f1fde 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -7486,6 +7486,25 @@ int sched_core_idle_cpu(int cpu)
>  #endif
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +/*
> + * Load avg and utiliztion metrics need to be updated periodically and before
> + * consumption. This function updates the metrics for all subsystems except for
> + * the fair class. @rq must be locked and have its clock updated.
> + */
> +bool update_other_load_avgs(struct rq *rq)
> +{
> +	u64 now = rq_clock_pelt(rq);
> +	const struct sched_class *curr_class = rq->curr->sched_class;
> +	unsigned long thermal_pressure = arch_scale_thermal_pressure(cpu_of(rq));
> +
> +	lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
> +
> +	return update_rt_rq_load_avg(now, rq, curr_class == &rt_sched_class) |
> +		update_dl_rq_load_avg(now, rq, curr_class == &dl_sched_class) |
> +		update_thermal_load_avg(rq_clock_thermal(rq), rq, thermal_pressure) |
> +		update_irq_load_avg(rq, 0);
> +}

Yeah, but you then ignore the return value and don't call into cpufreq.

Vincent, what would be the right thing to do here?