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<title>linux-toradex.git/kernel/sched, branch v6.6-rc1</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>sched/fair: Make update_entity_lag() static</title>
<updated>2023-08-29T19:05:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hao Jia</name>
<email>jiahao.os@bytedance.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-29T03:03:25+00:00</published>
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The function update_entity_lag() is only used inside the kernel/sched/fair.c file.
Make it static.

Signed-off-by: Hao Jia &lt;jiahao.os@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230829030325.69128-1-jiahao.os@bytedance.com
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The function update_entity_lag() is only used inside the kernel/sched/fair.c file.
Make it static.

Signed-off-by: Hao Jia &lt;jiahao.os@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230829030325.69128-1-jiahao.os@bytedance.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86-cleanups-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2023-08-29T00:05:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-29T00:05:58+00:00</published>
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Pull misc x86 cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "The following commit deserves special mention:

   22dc02f81cddd Revert "sched/fair: Move unused stub functions to header"

  This is in x86/cleanups, because the revert is a re-application of a
  number of cleanups that got removed inadvertedly"

[ This also effectively undoes the amd_check_microcode() microcode
  declaration change I had done in my microcode loader merge in commit
  42a7f6e3ffe0 ("Merge tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.6_rc1' [...]").

  I picked the declaration change by Arnd from this branch instead,
  which put it in &lt;asm/processor.h&gt; instead of &lt;asm/microcode.h&gt; like I
  had done in my merge resolution   - Linus ]

* tag 'x86-cleanups-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/platform/uv: Refactor code using deprecated strncpy() interface to use strscpy()
  x86/hpet: Refactor code using deprecated strncpy() interface to use strscpy()
  x86/platform/uv: Refactor code using deprecated strcpy()/strncpy() interfaces to use strscpy()
  x86/qspinlock-paravirt: Fix missing-prototype warning
  x86/paravirt: Silence unused native_pv_lock_init() function warning
  x86/alternative: Add a __alt_reloc_selftest() prototype
  x86/purgatory: Include header for warn() declaration
  x86/asm: Avoid unneeded __div64_32 function definition
  Revert "sched/fair: Move unused stub functions to header"
  x86/apic: Hide unused safe_smp_processor_id() on 32-bit UP
  x86/cpu: Fix amd_check_microcode() declaration
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Pull misc x86 cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "The following commit deserves special mention:

   22dc02f81cddd Revert "sched/fair: Move unused stub functions to header"

  This is in x86/cleanups, because the revert is a re-application of a
  number of cleanups that got removed inadvertedly"

[ This also effectively undoes the amd_check_microcode() microcode
  declaration change I had done in my microcode loader merge in commit
  42a7f6e3ffe0 ("Merge tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.6_rc1' [...]").

  I picked the declaration change by Arnd from this branch instead,
  which put it in &lt;asm/processor.h&gt; instead of &lt;asm/microcode.h&gt; like I
  had done in my merge resolution   - Linus ]

* tag 'x86-cleanups-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/platform/uv: Refactor code using deprecated strncpy() interface to use strscpy()
  x86/hpet: Refactor code using deprecated strncpy() interface to use strscpy()
  x86/platform/uv: Refactor code using deprecated strcpy()/strncpy() interfaces to use strscpy()
  x86/qspinlock-paravirt: Fix missing-prototype warning
  x86/paravirt: Silence unused native_pv_lock_init() function warning
  x86/alternative: Add a __alt_reloc_selftest() prototype
  x86/purgatory: Include header for warn() declaration
  x86/asm: Avoid unneeded __div64_32 function definition
  Revert "sched/fair: Move unused stub functions to header"
  x86/apic: Hide unused safe_smp_processor_id() on 32-bit UP
  x86/cpu: Fix amd_check_microcode() declaration
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'sched-core-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2023-08-28T23:43:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-28T23:43:39+00:00</published>
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Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is introduction of a new iteration of the
   SCHED_FAIR interactivity code: the EEVDF ("Earliest Eligible Virtual
   Deadline First") scheduler

   EEVDF too is a virtual-time scheduler, with two parameters (weight
   and relative deadline), compared to CFS that had weight only. It
   completely reworks the base scheduler: placement, preemption, picking
   -- everything

   LWN.net, as usual, has a terrific writeup about EEVDF:

      https://lwn.net/Articles/925371/

   Preemption (both tick and wakeup) is driven by testing against a
   fresh pick. Because the tree is now effectively an interval tree, and
   the selection is no longer the 'leftmost' task, over-scheduling is
   less of a problem. A lot of the CFS heuristics are removed or
   replaced by more natural latency-space parameters &amp; constructs

   In terms of expected performance regressions: we will and can fix
   everything where a 'good' workload misbehaves with the new scheduler,
   but EEVDF inevitably changes workload scheduling in a binary fashion,
   hopefully for the better in the overwhelming majority of cases, but
   in some cases it won't, especially in adversarial loads that got
   lucky with the previous code, such as some variants of hackbench. We
   are trying hard to err on the side of fixing all performance
   regressions, but we expect some inevitable post-release iterations of
   that process

 - Improve load-balancing on hybrid x86 systems: enable cluster
   scheduling (again)

 - Improve &amp; fix bandwidth-scheduling on nohz systems

 - Improve bandwidth-throttling

 - Use lock guards to simplify and de-goto-ify control flow

 - Misc improvements, cleanups and fixes

* tag 'sched-core-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (43 commits)
  sched/eevdf/doc: Modify the documented knob to base_slice_ns as well
  sched/eevdf: Curb wakeup-preemption
  sched: Simplify sched_core_cpu_{starting,deactivate}()
  sched: Simplify try_steal_cookie()
  sched: Simplify sched_tick_remote()
  sched: Simplify sched_exec()
  sched: Simplify ttwu()
  sched: Simplify wake_up_if_idle()
  sched: Simplify: migrate_swap_stop()
  sched: Simplify sysctl_sched_uclamp_handler()
  sched: Simplify get_nohz_timer_target()
  sched/rt: sysctl_sched_rr_timeslice show default timeslice after reset
  sched/rt: Fix sysctl_sched_rr_timeslice intial value
  sched/fair: Block nohz tick_stop when cfs bandwidth in use
  sched, cgroup: Restore meaning to hierarchical_quota
  MAINTAINERS: Add Peter explicitly to the psi section
  sched/psi: Select KERNFS as needed
  sched/topology: Align group flags when removing degenerate domain
  sched/fair: remove util_est boosting
  sched/fair: Propagate enqueue flags into place_entity()
  ...
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<pre>
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is introduction of a new iteration of the
   SCHED_FAIR interactivity code: the EEVDF ("Earliest Eligible Virtual
   Deadline First") scheduler

   EEVDF too is a virtual-time scheduler, with two parameters (weight
   and relative deadline), compared to CFS that had weight only. It
   completely reworks the base scheduler: placement, preemption, picking
   -- everything

   LWN.net, as usual, has a terrific writeup about EEVDF:

      https://lwn.net/Articles/925371/

   Preemption (both tick and wakeup) is driven by testing against a
   fresh pick. Because the tree is now effectively an interval tree, and
   the selection is no longer the 'leftmost' task, over-scheduling is
   less of a problem. A lot of the CFS heuristics are removed or
   replaced by more natural latency-space parameters &amp; constructs

   In terms of expected performance regressions: we will and can fix
   everything where a 'good' workload misbehaves with the new scheduler,
   but EEVDF inevitably changes workload scheduling in a binary fashion,
   hopefully for the better in the overwhelming majority of cases, but
   in some cases it won't, especially in adversarial loads that got
   lucky with the previous code, such as some variants of hackbench. We
   are trying hard to err on the side of fixing all performance
   regressions, but we expect some inevitable post-release iterations of
   that process

 - Improve load-balancing on hybrid x86 systems: enable cluster
   scheduling (again)

 - Improve &amp; fix bandwidth-scheduling on nohz systems

 - Improve bandwidth-throttling

 - Use lock guards to simplify and de-goto-ify control flow

 - Misc improvements, cleanups and fixes

* tag 'sched-core-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (43 commits)
  sched/eevdf/doc: Modify the documented knob to base_slice_ns as well
  sched/eevdf: Curb wakeup-preemption
  sched: Simplify sched_core_cpu_{starting,deactivate}()
  sched: Simplify try_steal_cookie()
  sched: Simplify sched_tick_remote()
  sched: Simplify sched_exec()
  sched: Simplify ttwu()
  sched: Simplify wake_up_if_idle()
  sched: Simplify: migrate_swap_stop()
  sched: Simplify sysctl_sched_uclamp_handler()
  sched: Simplify get_nohz_timer_target()
  sched/rt: sysctl_sched_rr_timeslice show default timeslice after reset
  sched/rt: Fix sysctl_sched_rr_timeslice intial value
  sched/fair: Block nohz tick_stop when cfs bandwidth in use
  sched, cgroup: Restore meaning to hierarchical_quota
  MAINTAINERS: Add Peter explicitly to the psi section
  sched/psi: Select KERNFS as needed
  sched/topology: Align group flags when removing degenerate domain
  sched/fair: remove util_est boosting
  sched/fair: Propagate enqueue flags into place_entity()
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/eevdf: Curb wakeup-preemption</title>
<updated>2023-08-17T15:07:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-16T13:40:59+00:00</published>
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Mike and others noticed that EEVDF does like to over-schedule quite a
bit -- which does hurt performance of a number of benchmarks /
workloads.

In particular, what seems to cause over-scheduling is that when lag is
of the same order (or larger) than the request / slice then placement
will not only cause the task to be placed left of current, but also
with a smaller deadline than current, which causes immediate
preemption.

[ notably, lag bounds are relative to HZ ]

Mike suggested we stick to picking 'current' for as long as it's
eligible to run, giving it uninterrupted runtime until it reaches
parity with the pack.

Augment Mike's suggestion by only allowing it to exhaust it's initial
request.

One random data point:

echo NO_RUN_TO_PARITY &gt; /debug/sched/features
perf stat -a -e context-switches --repeat 10 -- perf bench sched messaging -g 20 -t -l 5000

	3,723,554        context-switches      ( +-  0.56% )
	9.5136 +- 0.0394 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  0.41% )

echo RUN_TO_PARITY &gt; /debug/sched/features
perf stat -a -e context-switches --repeat 10 -- perf bench sched messaging -g 20 -t -l 5000

	2,556,535        context-switches      ( +-  0.51% )
	9.2427 +- 0.0302 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  0.33% )

Suggested-by: Mike Galbraith &lt;umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230816134059.GC982867@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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Mike and others noticed that EEVDF does like to over-schedule quite a
bit -- which does hurt performance of a number of benchmarks /
workloads.

In particular, what seems to cause over-scheduling is that when lag is
of the same order (or larger) than the request / slice then placement
will not only cause the task to be placed left of current, but also
with a smaller deadline than current, which causes immediate
preemption.

[ notably, lag bounds are relative to HZ ]

Mike suggested we stick to picking 'current' for as long as it's
eligible to run, giving it uninterrupted runtime until it reaches
parity with the pack.

Augment Mike's suggestion by only allowing it to exhaust it's initial
request.

One random data point:

echo NO_RUN_TO_PARITY &gt; /debug/sched/features
perf stat -a -e context-switches --repeat 10 -- perf bench sched messaging -g 20 -t -l 5000

	3,723,554        context-switches      ( +-  0.56% )
	9.5136 +- 0.0394 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  0.41% )

echo RUN_TO_PARITY &gt; /debug/sched/features
perf stat -a -e context-switches --repeat 10 -- perf bench sched messaging -g 20 -t -l 5000

	2,556,535        context-switches      ( +-  0.51% )
	9.2427 +- 0.0302 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  0.33% )

Suggested-by: Mike Galbraith &lt;umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230816134059.GC982867@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Simplify sched_core_cpu_{starting,deactivate}()</title>
<updated>2023-08-14T15:01:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-01T20:41:30+00:00</published>
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Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.371787909@infradead.org
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Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.371787909@infradead.org
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Simplify try_steal_cookie()</title>
<updated>2023-08-14T15:01:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-01T20:41:29+00:00</published>
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Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.304154828@infradead.org
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<pre>
Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.304154828@infradead.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Simplify sched_tick_remote()</title>
<updated>2023-08-14T15:01:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-01T20:41:28+00:00</published>
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Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.236247952@infradead.org
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Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.236247952@infradead.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Simplify sched_exec()</title>
<updated>2023-08-14T15:01:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-01T20:41:27+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=4bdada79f3464d85f6e187213c088e7c934e0554'/>
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Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.168490417@infradead.org
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Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.168490417@infradead.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Simplify ttwu()</title>
<updated>2023-08-14T15:01:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-01T20:41:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=857d315f1201cfcf60e5849c96d2b4dd20f90ebf'/>
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<content type='text'>
Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.101069260@infradead.org
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<pre>
Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.101069260@infradead.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Simplify wake_up_if_idle()</title>
<updated>2023-08-14T15:01:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-01T20:41:25+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=4eb054f92b066ec0a0cba6896ee8eff4c91dfc9e'/>
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<content type='text'>
Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.032678917@infradead.org
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<pre>
Use guards to reduce gotos and simplify control flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801211812.032678917@infradead.org
</pre>
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