linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 2/4] sched: Don't account irq time if sched_clock

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Message-Id: <20241101031750.1471-3-laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Date: Fri,  1 Nov 2024 11:17:48 +0800
From: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
To: mingo@...hat.com,
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	Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/4] sched: Don't account irq time if sched_clock_irqtime is disabled

sched_clock_irqtime may be disabled due to the clock source, in which case
IRQ time should not be accounted. Let's add a conditional check to avoid
unnecessary logic.

Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index dbfb5717d6af..06a06f0897c3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -740,29 +740,31 @@ static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
 	s64 __maybe_unused steal = 0, irq_delta = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
-	irq_delta = irq_time_read(cpu_of(rq)) - rq->prev_irq_time;
+	if (static_branch_likely(&sched_clock_irqtime)) {
+		irq_delta = irq_time_read(cpu_of(rq)) - rq->prev_irq_time;
 
-	/*
-	 * Since irq_time is only updated on {soft,}irq_exit, we might run into
-	 * this case when a previous update_rq_clock() happened inside a
-	 * {soft,}IRQ region.
-	 *
-	 * When this happens, we stop ->clock_task and only update the
-	 * prev_irq_time stamp to account for the part that fit, so that a next
-	 * update will consume the rest. This ensures ->clock_task is
-	 * monotonic.
-	 *
-	 * It does however cause some slight miss-attribution of {soft,}IRQ
-	 * time, a more accurate solution would be to update the irq_time using
-	 * the current rq->clock timestamp, except that would require using
-	 * atomic ops.
-	 */
-	if (irq_delta > delta)
-		irq_delta = delta;
+		/*
+		 * Since irq_time is only updated on {soft,}irq_exit, we might run into
+		 * this case when a previous update_rq_clock() happened inside a
+		 * {soft,}IRQ region.
+		 *
+		 * When this happens, we stop ->clock_task and only update the
+		 * prev_irq_time stamp to account for the part that fit, so that a next
+		 * update will consume the rest. This ensures ->clock_task is
+		 * monotonic.
+		 *
+		 * It does however cause some slight miss-attribution of {soft,}IRQ
+		 * time, a more accurate solution would be to update the irq_time using
+		 * the current rq->clock timestamp, except that would require using
+		 * atomic ops.
+		 */
+		if (irq_delta > delta)
+			irq_delta = delta;
 
-	rq->prev_irq_time += irq_delta;
-	delta -= irq_delta;
-	delayacct_irq(rq->curr, irq_delta);
+		rq->prev_irq_time += irq_delta;
+		delta -= irq_delta;
+		delayacct_irq(rq->curr, irq_delta);
+	}
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 	if (static_key_false((&paravirt_steal_rq_enabled))) {
-- 
2.43.5