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| author | Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> | 2026-09-21 17:37:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2026-09-22 10:49:53 +0200 |
| commit | 0d6526f82c3cdefcca47f73f5fc08dc6f335eac6 (patch) | |
| tree | 176dc2d685debcfb082c151ee94f2425ac96b364 /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-bcache | |
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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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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-bcache b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-bcache new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9344a657c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-bcache @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/unregister +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + A write to this file causes the backing device or cache to be + unregistered. If a backing device had dirty data in the cache, + writeback mode is automatically disabled and all dirty data is + flushed before the device is unregistered. Caches unregister + all associated backing devices before unregistering themselves. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/clear_stats +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + Writing to this file resets all the statistics for the device. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/cache +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For a backing device that has cache, a symlink to + the bcache/ dir of that cache. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/cache_hits +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: integer number of full cache hits, + counted per bio. A partial cache hit counts as a miss. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/cache_misses +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: integer number of cache misses. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/cache_hit_ratio +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: cache hits as a percentage. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/sequential_cutoff +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: Threshold past which sequential IO will + skip the cache. Read and written as bytes in human readable + units (i.e. echo 10M > sequntial_cutoff). + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/bypassed +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + Sum of all reads and writes that have bypassed the cache (due + to the sequential cutoff). Expressed as bytes in human + readable units. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/writeback +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: When on, writeback caching is enabled and + writes will be buffered in the cache. When off, caching is in + writethrough mode; reads and writes will be added to the + cache but no write buffering will take place. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/writeback_running +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: when off, dirty data will not be written + from the cache to the backing device. The cache will still be + used to buffer writes until it is mostly full, at which point + writes transparently revert to writethrough mode. Intended only + for benchmarking/testing. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/writeback_delay +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: In writeback mode, when dirty data is + written to the cache and the cache held no dirty data for that + backing device, writeback from cache to backing device starts + after this delay, expressed as an integer number of seconds. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/writeback_percent +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For backing devices: If nonzero, writeback from cache to + backing device only takes place when more than this percentage + of the cache is used, allowing more write coalescing to take + place and reducing total number of writes sent to the backing + device. Integer between 0 and 40. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/synchronous +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For a cache, a boolean that allows synchronous mode to be + switched on and off. In synchronous mode all writes are ordered + such that the cache can reliably recover from unclean shutdown; + if disabled bcache will not generally wait for writes to + complete but if the cache is not shut down cleanly all data + will be discarded from the cache. Should not be turned off with + writeback caching enabled. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/bucket_size +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For a cache, bucket size in human readable units, as set at + cache creation time; should match the erase block size of the + SSD for optimal performance. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/nbuckets +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For a cache, the number of usable buckets. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/tree_depth +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For a cache, height of the btree excluding leaf nodes (i.e. a + one node tree will have a depth of 0). + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/btree_cache_size +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + Number of btree buckets/nodes that are currently cached in + memory; cache dynamically grows and shrinks in response to + memory pressure from the rest of the system. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/written +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For a cache, total amount of data in human readable units + written to the cache, excluding all metadata. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/bcache/btree_written +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> +Description: + For a cache, sum of all btree writes in human readable units. |
