linux-kernel - [PATCH V7 11/11] sched: Add kernel parameter to enable delaying RT threads

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Message-ID: <20250724161625.2360309-12-prakash.sangappa@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:16:25 +0000
From: Prakash Sangappa <prakash.sangappa@...cle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, bigeasy@...utronix.de, kprateek.nayak@....com,
        vineethr@...ux.ibm.com, prakash.sangappa@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH V7 11/11] sched: Add kernel parameter to enable delaying RT threads

Add a kernel parameter to enable or disable delaying a RT thread from being
scheduled on the cpu, if a thread running on cpu has requested extending its
time slice.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Prakash Sangappa <prakash.sangappa@...cle.com>
---
 include/linux/sched.h |  1 +
 kernel/entry/common.c |  7 ++++++-
 kernel/sched/core.c   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index af3bf1923509..2e65aafeef23 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static inline void sched_domains_mutex_unlock(void) { }
 #ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ_RESCHED_DELAY
 /* Scheduler time slice extension duration */
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_preempt_delay_us;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_delay_rt;
 #endif
 
 struct sched_param {
diff --git a/kernel/entry/common.c b/kernel/entry/common.c
index 15ddf335ad4a..912565a24cca 100644
--- a/kernel/entry/common.c
+++ b/kernel/entry/common.c
@@ -85,13 +85,18 @@ void __weak arch_do_signal_or_restart(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
 
 static inline bool rseq_delay_resched(unsigned long ti_work)
 {
+	unsigned long tiflag;
+
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RSEQ_RESCHED_DELAY))
 		return false;
 
 	if (unlikely(current->rseq_delay_resched != RSEQ_RESCHED_DELAY_PROBE))
 		return false;
 
-	if (!(ti_work & (_TIF_NEED_RESCHED|_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY)))
+	tiflag = sysctl_sched_delay_rt ? _TIF_NEED_RESCHED|_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY :
+		 _TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY;
+
+	if (!(ti_work & tiflag))
 		return false;
 
 	if (__rseq_delay_resched()) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index e9be8a6b8851..bf16e11a3c27 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ __read_mostly unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate = SCHED_NR_MIGRATE_BREAK;
  */
 #define SCHED_PREEMPT_DELAY_DEFAULT_US	30
 __read_mostly unsigned int sysctl_sched_preempt_delay_us = SCHED_PREEMPT_DELAY_DEFAULT_US;
+
+/*
+ * Scheduler time slice extension - Enable delaying RT threads. Disabled by default.
+ */
+__read_mostly unsigned int sysctl_sched_delay_rt = 0;
 #endif
 
 __read_mostly int scheduler_running;
@@ -4785,6 +4790,15 @@ static const struct ctl_table sched_core_sysctls[] = {
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE_HUNDRED,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "sched_delay_rt",
+		.data		= &sysctl_sched_delay_rt,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1         = SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2         = SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
 #endif /* CONFIG_RSEQ_RESCHED_DELAY */
 };
 static int __init sched_core_sysctl_init(void)
-- 
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