linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Have SD_SERIALIZE affect newidle balancing

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Message-ID: <176312274709.498.12705068759622763172.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:19:07 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>,
 "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:
 [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Have SD_SERIALIZE affect newidle balancing

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     22c929d23ebf500d376a4b087d2f276ede943232
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/22c929d23ebf500d376a4b087d2f276ede943232
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:52:28 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:03:06 +01:00

sched/fair: Have SD_SERIALIZE affect newidle balancing

Also serialize the possiblty much more frequent newidle balancing for
the 'expensive' domains that have SD_BALANCE set.

Initial benchmarking by K Prateek and Tim showed no negative effect.

Split out from the larger patch moving sched_balance_running around
for ease of bisect and such.

Suggested-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>
Seconded-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/df068896-82f9-458d-8fff-5a2f654e8ffd@amd.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/6fed119b723c71552943bfe5798c93851b30a361.1762800251.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 5feb5a6..320eedd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11732,7 +11732,7 @@ redo:
 		goto out_balanced;
 	}
 
-	if (!need_unlock && (sd->flags & SD_SERIALIZE) && idle != CPU_NEWLY_IDLE) {
+	if (!need_unlock && (sd->flags & SD_SERIALIZE)) {
 		if (!atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire(&sched_balance_running, 0, 1))
 			goto out_balanced;