Re: [PATCH] sched: Skip useless sched_balance_running acquisition if load balance is not due

[K Prateek Nayak]

Hello Shrikanth,

On 4/16/2025 7:44 PM, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> Slightly different topic: It(kernel parameter) also resets SHCED_BALANCE_WAKE. But is it being used?
> I couldn't find out how it is used.

So the usage is very convoluted. SHCED_BALANCE_WAKE is same as WF_TTWU.
kernel/sched/sched.h makes sure of it, with some static asserts. In
select_task_rq_fair(), the for_each_domain() loop has:

	if (tmp->flags & sd_flag)
		sd = tmp;

where sd_flag is (wake_flags & 0xF)

This boils down to (sd->flags & SD_BALANCE_FORK) for fork (WF_FORK) and
(sd->flags & SHCED_BALANCE_WAKE) for wakeup (WF_TTWU). There is more
convoluted interaction with arch specific "node_reclaim_distance" that
can clear SD_BALANCE_FORK, SD_BALANCE_EXEC, and SD_WAKE_AFFINE if a
node is deemed very far to explore balance on wakeup / fork.

Probably some of these flags can be merged now that things have
evolved but it requires a bit of auditing before jumping in.

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Thanks and Regards,
Prateek