[PATCH v3 4/5] sched: Add task enqueue/dequeue trace points

From: Nam Cao
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 04:41:47 EST


Add trace points into enqueue_task() and dequeue_task(). They are useful to
implement RV monitor which validates RT scheduling.

Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
---
v3: fix up build issue on !SMP
v2: Move the tracepoints to cover all task enqueue/dequeue, not just RT
---
include/trace/events/sched.h | 13 +++++++++++++
kernel/sched/core.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index 7b2645b50e78..696d22af5a98 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -896,6 +896,19 @@ DECLARE_TRACE(sched_set_need_resched,
TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu, int tif),
TP_ARGS(tsk, cpu, tif));

+/*
+ * The two trace points below may not work as expected for fair tasks due
+ * to delayed dequeue. See:
+ * https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/179674c6-f82a-4718-ace2-67b5e672fdee@xxxxxxx/
+ */
+DECLARE_TRACE(enqueue_task,
+ TP_PROTO(int cpu, struct task_struct *task),
+ TP_ARGS(cpu, task));
+
+DECLARE_TRACE(dequeue_task,
+ TP_PROTO(int cpu, struct task_struct *task),
+ TP_ARGS(cpu, task));
+
#endif /* _TRACE_SCHED_H */

/* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index be00629f0ba4..6367799aa023 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2077,6 +2077,8 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)

void enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
{
+ trace_enqueue_task_tp(cpu_of(rq), p);
+
if (!(flags & ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK))
update_rq_clock(rq);

@@ -2119,7 +2121,11 @@ inline bool dequeue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
* and mark the task ->sched_delayed.
*/
uclamp_rq_dec(rq, p);
- return p->sched_class->dequeue_task(rq, p, flags);
+ if (p->sched_class->dequeue_task(rq, p, flags)) {
+ trace_dequeue_task_tp(cpu_of(rq), p);
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
}

void activate_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
--
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