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authorTim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>2026-09-21 17:37:22 -0700
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sched/cache: Keep nr_pref_llc_running in the runnable domain, to fix LLC mis-scheduling buggrafted
alb_break_llc() decides whether to break LLC preference during active load balance. It does so by testing that every runnable fair task on the source rq prefers its LLC: env->src_rq->nr_pref_llc_running == env->src_rq->cfs.h_nr_runnable But the two counters cover different sets. nr_pref_llc_running is updated in account_llc_enqueue()/account_llc_dequeue(), next to cfs_rq->nr_queued, so it follows queued tasks. h_nr_runnable is updated in set_delayed()/ clear_delayed() and drops delay-dequeued tasks. So under DELAY_DEQUEUE, a preferring task that goes to sleep stays counted in nr_pref_llc_running while h_nr_runnable falls. The equality then breaks, alb_break_llc() returns false, and active balance is free to pull a task off its preferred LLC. Active balance only moves runnable tasks, and this is the only LLC check it consults: once the stopper runs, LBF_ACTIVE_LB skips the per-task test in can_migrate_task(). The runnable set is the one we want. Fix it on the counter side. A task should be counted in nr_pref_llc_running exactly while it is both queued on its preferred LLC (pref_llc_queued) and runnable (!sched_delayed). Define that membership once in task_pref_llc_runnable(), and adjust the counter only through pref_llc_running_inc()/pref_llc_running_dec() from the four sites that change either input: account_llc_enqueue(), account_llc_dequeue(), set_delayed() and clear_delayed(). Gating every update on the same predicate keeps the delay, wake and dequeue paths from double-counting or underflowing; see the comments at those sites for the ordering. nr_llc_running and sd->llc_counts are not touched and stay on queued semantics. Fixes: 714059f79ff0 ("sched/cache: Handle moving single tasks to/from their preferred LLC") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260827135000.735138-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com/ Reported-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com> Suggested-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # v7.2.x Link: https://patch.msgid.link/06af61afedac32e6477f57feb4d658f6c411c3af.1790035273.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com
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+What: /sys/.../message
+Date: October 2021
+KernelVersion: 5.16
+Description:
+ Controls the text message displayed on character line displays.
+
+ Reading returns the current message with a trailing newline.
+ Writing updates the displayed message. Messages longer than the
+ display width will automatically scroll. Trailing newlines in
+ input are automatically trimmed.
+
+ Writing an empty string clears the display.
+
+ Example:
+ echo "Hello World" > message
+ cat message # Returns "Hello World\n"
+
+What: /sys/.../num_chars
+Date: November 2025
+KernelVersion: 6.18
+Contact: Jean-François Lessard <jefflessard3@gmail.com>
+Description:
+ Read-only attribute showing the character width capacity of
+ the line display device. Messages longer than this will scroll.
+
+ Example:
+ cat num_chars # Returns "16\n" for 16-char display
+
+What: /sys/.../scroll_step_ms
+Date: October 2021
+KernelVersion: 5.16
+Description:
+ Controls the scrolling speed for messages longer than the display
+ width, specified in milliseconds per scroll step.
+
+ Setting to 0 disables scrolling. Default is 500ms.
+
+ Example:
+ echo "250" > scroll_step_ms # 4Hz scrolling
+ cat scroll_step_ms # Returns "250\n"
+
+What: /sys/.../map_seg7
+Date: January 2024
+KernelVersion: 6.9
+Description:
+ Read/write binary blob representing the ASCII-to-7-segment
+ display conversion table used by the linedisp driver, as defined
+ by struct seg7_conversion_map in <linux/map_to_7segment.h>.
+
+ Only visible on displays with 7-segment capability.
+
+ This attribute is not human-readable. Writes must match the
+ struct size exactly, else -EINVAL is returned; reads return the
+ entire mapping as a binary blob.
+
+ This interface and its implementation match existing conventions
+ used in segment-mapped display drivers since 2005.
+
+ ABI note: This style of binary sysfs attribute *is an exception*
+ to current "one value per file, text only" sysfs rules, for
+ historical compatibility and driver uniformity. New drivers are
+ discouraged from introducing additional binary sysfs ABIs.
+
+ Reference interface guidance:
+ - include/uapi/linux/map_to_7segment.h
+
+What: /sys/.../map_seg14
+Date: January 2024
+KernelVersion: 6.9
+Description:
+ Read/write binary blob representing the ASCII-to-14-segment
+ display conversion table used by the linedisp driver, as defined
+ by struct seg14_conversion_map in <linux/map_to_14segment.h>.
+
+ Only visible on displays with 14-segment capability.
+
+ This attribute is not human-readable. Writes must match the
+ struct size exactly, else -EINVAL is returned; reads return the
+ entire mapping as a binary blob.
+
+ This interface and its implementation match existing conventions
+ used by segment-mapped display drivers since 2005.
+
+ ABI note: This style of binary sysfs attribute *is an exception*
+ to current "one value per file, text only" sysfs rules, for
+ historical compatibility and driver uniformity. New drivers are
+ discouraged from introducing additional binary sysfs ABIs.
+
+ Reference interface guidance:
+ - include/uapi/linux/map_to_14segment.h