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Message-ID: <176569840895.498.15732045270405223842.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:46:48 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
 Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
 Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>,
 Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
 Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Fold the sched_avg update

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

Commit-ID:     089d84203ad42bc8fd6dbf41683e162ac6e848cd
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/089d84203ad42bc8fd6dbf41683e162ac6e848cd
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:39:44 +01:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:25:02 +01:00

sched/fair: Fold the sched_avg update

Nine (and a half) instances of the same pattern is just silly, fold the lot.

Notably, the half instance in enqueue_load_avg() is right after setting
cfs_rq->avg.load_sum to cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * get_pelt_divider(&cfs_rq->avg).
Since get_pelt_divisor() >= PELT_MIN_DIVIDER, this ends up being a no-op
change.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251127154725.413564507@infradead.org
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 108 ++++++++++++-------------------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index da46c31..aa033e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3693,7 +3693,7 @@ account_entity_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
  */
 #define add_positive(_ptr, _val) do {                           \
 	typeof(_ptr) ptr = (_ptr);                              \
-	typeof(_val) val = (_val);                              \
+	__signed_scalar_typeof(*ptr) val = (_val);              \
 	typeof(*ptr) res, var = READ_ONCE(*ptr);                \
 								\
 	res = var + val;                                        \
@@ -3705,23 +3705,6 @@ account_entity_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 } while (0)
 
 /*
- * Unsigned subtract and clamp on underflow.
- *
- * Explicitly do a load-store to ensure the intermediate value never hits
- * memory. This allows lockless observations without ever seeing the negative
- * values.
- */
-#define sub_positive(_ptr, _val) do {				\
-	typeof(_ptr) ptr = (_ptr);				\
-	typeof(*ptr) val = (_val);				\
-	typeof(*ptr) res, var = READ_ONCE(*ptr);		\
-	res = var - val;					\
-	if (res > var)						\
-		res = 0;					\
-	WRITE_ONCE(*ptr, res);					\
-} while (0)
-
-/*
  * Remove and clamp on negative, from a local variable.
  *
  * A variant of sub_positive(), which does not use explicit load-store
@@ -3732,21 +3715,37 @@ account_entity_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 	*ptr -= min_t(typeof(*ptr), *ptr, _val);		\
 } while (0)
 
+
+/*
+ * Because of rounding, se->util_sum might ends up being +1 more than
+ * cfs->util_sum. Although this is not a problem by itself, detaching
+ * a lot of tasks with the rounding problem between 2 updates of
+ * util_avg (~1ms) can make cfs->util_sum becoming null whereas
+ * cfs_util_avg is not.
+ *
+ * Check that util_sum is still above its lower bound for the new
+ * util_avg. Given that period_contrib might have moved since the last
+ * sync, we are only sure that util_sum must be above or equal to
+ *    util_avg * minimum possible divider
+ */
+#define __update_sa(sa, name, delta_avg, delta_sum) do {	\
+	add_positive(&(sa)->name##_avg, delta_avg);		\
+	add_positive(&(sa)->name##_sum, delta_sum);		\
+	(sa)->name##_sum = max_t(typeof((sa)->name##_sum),	\
+			       (sa)->name##_sum,		\
+			       (sa)->name##_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER); \
+} while (0)
+
 static inline void
 enqueue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	cfs_rq->avg.load_avg += se->avg.load_avg;
-	cfs_rq->avg.load_sum += se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum;
+	__update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, load, se->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_sum);
 }
 
 static inline void
 dequeue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_avg);
-	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum);
-	/* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
-	cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
-					  cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+	__update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, load, -se->avg.load_avg, -se->avg.load_sum);
 }
 
 static void place_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags);
@@ -4242,7 +4241,6 @@ update_tg_cfs_util(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, struct cfs_rq
 	 */
 	divider = get_pelt_divider(&cfs_rq->avg);
 
-
 	/* Set new sched_entity's utilization */
 	se->avg.util_avg = gcfs_rq->avg.util_avg;
 	new_sum = se->avg.util_avg * divider;
@@ -4250,12 +4248,7 @@ update_tg_cfs_util(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, struct cfs_rq
 	se->avg.util_sum = new_sum;
 
 	/* Update parent cfs_rq utilization */
-	add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_avg, delta_avg);
-	add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_sum, delta_sum);
-
-	/* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
-	cfs_rq->avg.util_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.util_sum,
-					  cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+	__update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, util, delta_avg, delta_sum);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -4281,11 +4274,7 @@ update_tg_cfs_runnable(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, struct cf
 	se->avg.runnable_sum = new_sum;
 
 	/* Update parent cfs_rq runnable */
-	add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg, delta_avg);
-	add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum, delta_sum);
-	/* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
-	cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum,
-					      cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+	__update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, runnable, delta_avg, delta_sum);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -4349,11 +4338,7 @@ update_tg_cfs_load(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, struct cfs_rq
 
 	se->avg.load_sum = runnable_sum;
 	se->avg.load_avg = load_avg;
-	add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, delta_avg);
-	add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, delta_sum);
-	/* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
-	cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
-					  cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+	__update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, load, delta_avg, delta_sum);
 }
 
 static inline void add_tg_cfs_propagate(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, long runnable_sum)
@@ -4552,33 +4537,13 @@ update_cfs_rq_load_avg(u64 now, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 		raw_spin_unlock(&cfs_rq->removed.lock);
 
 		r = removed_load;
-		sub_positive(&sa->load_avg, r);
-		sub_positive(&sa->load_sum, r * divider);
-		/* See sa->util_sum below */
-		sa->load_sum = max_t(u32, sa->load_sum, sa->load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+		__update_sa(sa, load, -r, -r*divider);
 
 		r = removed_util;
-		sub_positive(&sa->util_avg, r);
-		sub_positive(&sa->util_sum, r * divider);
-		/*
-		 * Because of rounding, se->util_sum might ends up being +1 more than
-		 * cfs->util_sum. Although this is not a problem by itself, detaching
-		 * a lot of tasks with the rounding problem between 2 updates of
-		 * util_avg (~1ms) can make cfs->util_sum becoming null whereas
-		 * cfs_util_avg is not.
-		 * Check that util_sum is still above its lower bound for the new
-		 * util_avg. Given that period_contrib might have moved since the last
-		 * sync, we are only sure that util_sum must be above or equal to
-		 *    util_avg * minimum possible divider
-		 */
-		sa->util_sum = max_t(u32, sa->util_sum, sa->util_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+		__update_sa(sa, util, -r, -r*divider);
 
 		r = removed_runnable;
-		sub_positive(&sa->runnable_avg, r);
-		sub_positive(&sa->runnable_sum, r * divider);
-		/* See sa->util_sum above */
-		sa->runnable_sum = max_t(u32, sa->runnable_sum,
-					      sa->runnable_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+		__update_sa(sa, runnable, -r, -r*divider);
 
 		/*
 		 * removed_runnable is the unweighted version of removed_load so we
@@ -4663,17 +4628,8 @@ static void attach_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *s
 static void detach_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
 	dequeue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
-	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_avg, se->avg.util_avg);
-	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_sum, se->avg.util_sum);
-	/* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
-	cfs_rq->avg.util_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.util_sum,
-					  cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
-
-	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg, se->avg.runnable_avg);
-	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum, se->avg.runnable_sum);
-	/* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
-	cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum,
-					      cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+	__update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, util, -se->avg.util_avg, -se->avg.util_sum);
+	__update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, runnable, -se->avg.runnable_avg, -se->avg.runnable_sum);
 
 	add_tg_cfs_propagate(cfs_rq, -se->avg.load_sum);
 

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