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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/block/*/device/sw_activity
+Date: Jun, 2008
+KernelVersion: v2.6.27
+Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RW) Used by drivers which support software controlled activity
+ LEDs.
+
+ It has the following valid values:
+
+ == ========================================================
+ 0 OFF - the LED is not activated on activity
+ 1 BLINK_ON - the LED blinks on every 10ms when activity is
+ detected.
+ 2 BLINK_OFF - the LED is on when idle, and blinks off
+ every 10ms when activity is detected.
+ == ========================================================
+
+ Note that the user must turn sw_activity OFF it they wish to
+ control the activity LED via the em_message file.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/*/device/unload_heads
+Date: Sep, 2008
+KernelVersion: v2.6.28
+Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RW) Hard disk shock protection
+
+ Writing an integer value to this file will take the heads of the
+ respective drive off the platter and block all I/O operations
+ for the specified number of milliseconds.
+
+ - If the device does not support the unload heads feature,
+ access is denied with -EOPNOTSUPP.
+ - The maximal value accepted for a timeout is 30000
+ milliseconds.
+ - A previously set timeout can be cancelled and disk can resume
+ normal operation immediately by specifying a timeout of 0.
+ - Some hard drives only comply with an earlier version of the
+ ATA standard, but support the unload feature nonetheless.
+ There is no safe way Linux can detect these devices, so this
+ is not enabled by default. If it is known that your device
+ does support the unload feature, then you can tell the kernel
+ to enable it by writing -1. It can be disabled again by
+ writing -2.
+ - Values below -2 are rejected with -EINVAL
+
+ For more information, see
+ Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/disk-shock-protection.rst
+
+
+What: /sys/block/*/device/ncq_prio_enable
+Date: Oct, 2016
+KernelVersion: v4.10
+Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RW) Write to the file to turn on or off the SATA NCQ (native
+ command queueing) priority support. By default this feature is
+ turned off. If the device does not support the SATA NCQ
+ priority feature, writing "1" to this file results in an error
+ (see ncq_prio_supported).
+
+
+What: /sys/block/*/device/sas_ncq_prio_enable
+Date: Oct, 2016
+KernelVersion: v4.10
+Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RW) This is the equivalent of the ncq_prio_enable attribute
+ file for SATA devices connected to a SAS host-bus-adapter
+ (HBA) implementing support for the SATA NCQ priority feature.
+ This file does not exist if the HBA driver does not implement
+ support for the SATA NCQ priority feature, regardless of the
+ device support for this feature (see sas_ncq_prio_supported).
+
+
+What: /sys/block/*/device/ncq_prio_supported
+Date: Aug, 2021
+KernelVersion: v5.15
+Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) Indicates if the device supports the SATA NCQ (native
+ command queueing) priority feature.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/*/device/sas_ncq_prio_supported
+Date: Aug, 2021
+KernelVersion: v5.15
+Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) This is the equivalent of the ncq_prio_supported attribute
+ file for SATA devices connected to a SAS host-bus-adapter
+ (HBA) implementing support for the SATA NCQ priority feature.
+ This file does not exist if the HBA driver does not implement
+ support for the SATA NCQ priority feature, regardless of the
+ device support for this feature.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/*/device/cdl_supported
+Date: May, 2023
+KernelVersion: v6.5
+Contact: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) Indicates if the device supports the command duration
+ limits feature found in some ATA and SCSI devices.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/*/device/cdl_enable
+Date: May, 2023
+KernelVersion: v6.5
+Contact: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RW) For a device supporting the command duration limits
+ feature, write to the file to turn on or off the feature.
+ By default this feature is turned off.
+ Writing "1" to this file enables the use of command duration
+ limits for read and write commands in the kernel and turns on
+ the feature on the device. Writing "0" disables the feature.