linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] sched/fair: prepare throttle path for task based throttle

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Message-ID: <20250522104843.GG39944@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 12:48:43 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Aaron Lu <ziqianlu@...edance.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
	Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
	K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>,
	Josh Don <joshdon@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Xi Wang <xii@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>,
	Chuyi Zhou <zhouchuyi@...edance.com>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
	Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@...mens.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] sched/fair: prepare throttle path for task based
 throttle

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 06:41:05PM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:

>  static void throttle_cfs_rq_work(struct callback_head *work)
>  {
> +	struct task_struct *p = container_of(work, struct task_struct, sched_throttle_work);
> +	struct sched_entity *se;
> +	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
> +	struct rq *rq;
> +
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(p != current);
> +	p->sched_throttle_work.next = &p->sched_throttle_work;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If task is exiting, then there won't be a return to userspace, so we
> +	 * don't have to bother with any of this.
> +	 */
> +	if ((p->flags & PF_EXITING))
> +		return;
> +
> +	scoped_guard(task_rq_lock, p) {
> +		se = &p->se;
> +		cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
> +
> +		/* Raced, forget */
> +		if (p->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
> +			return;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If not in limbo, then either replenish has happened or this
> +		 * task got migrated out of the throttled cfs_rq, move along.
> +		 */
> +		if (!cfs_rq->throttle_count)
> +			return;
> +		rq = scope.rq;
> +		update_rq_clock(rq);
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&p->throttle_node));
> +		dequeue_task_fair(rq, p, DEQUEUE_SLEEP | DEQUEUE_SPECIAL);
> +		list_add(&p->throttle_node, &cfs_rq->throttled_limbo_list);
> +		resched_curr(rq);
> +	}
> +
> +	cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
>  }

What's that cond_resched thing about? The general plan is to make
cond_resched go away.