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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) | |
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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/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f335f883f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================== +KUnit Architecture +================== + +The KUnit architecture is divided into two parts: + +- `In-Kernel Testing Framework`_ +- `kunit_tool (Command-line Test Harness)`_ + +In-Kernel Testing Framework +=========================== + +The kernel testing library supports KUnit tests written in C using +KUnit. These KUnit tests are kernel code. KUnit performs the following +tasks: + +- Organizes tests +- Reports test results +- Provides test utilities + +Test Cases +---------- + +The test case is the fundamental unit in KUnit. KUnit test cases are organised +into suites. A KUnit test case is a function with type signature +``void (*)(struct kunit *test)``. These test case functions are wrapped in a +struct called struct kunit_case. + +.. note: + ``generate_params`` is optional for non-parameterized tests. + +Each KUnit test case receives a ``struct kunit`` context object that tracks a +running test. The KUnit assertion macros and other KUnit utilities use the +``struct kunit`` context object. As an exception, there are two fields: + +- ``->priv``: The setup functions can use it to store arbitrary test + user data. + +- ``->param_value``: It contains the parameter value which can be + retrieved in the parameterized tests. + +Test Suites +----------- + +A KUnit suite includes a collection of test cases. The KUnit suites +are represented by the ``struct kunit_suite``. For example: + +.. code-block:: c + + static struct kunit_case example_test_cases[] = { + KUNIT_CASE(example_test_foo), + KUNIT_CASE(example_test_bar), + KUNIT_CASE(example_test_baz), + {} + }; + + static struct kunit_suite example_test_suite = { + .name = "example", + .init = example_test_init, + .exit = example_test_exit, + .test_cases = example_test_cases, + }; + kunit_test_suite(example_test_suite); + +In the above example, the test suite ``example_test_suite``, runs the +test cases ``example_test_foo``, ``example_test_bar``, and +``example_test_baz``. Before running the test, the ``example_test_init`` +is called and after running the test, ``example_test_exit`` is called. +The ``kunit_test_suite(example_test_suite)`` registers the test suite +with the KUnit test framework. + +Executor +-------- + +The KUnit executor can list and run built-in KUnit tests on boot. +The Test suites are stored in a linker section +called ``.kunit_test_suites``. For the code, see ``KUNIT_TABLE()`` macro +definition in +`include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h?h=v6.0#n950>`_. +The linker section consists of an array of pointers to +``struct kunit_suite``, and is populated by the ``kunit_test_suites()`` +macro. The KUnit executor iterates over the linker section array in order to +run all the tests that are compiled into the kernel. + +.. kernel-figure:: kunit_suitememorydiagram.svg + :alt: KUnit Suite Memory + + KUnit Suite Memory Diagram + +On the kernel boot, the KUnit executor uses the start and end addresses +of this section to iterate over and run all tests. For the implementation of the +executor, see +`lib/kunit/executor.c <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/lib/kunit/executor.c>`_. +When built as a module, the ``kunit_test_suites()`` macro defines a +``module_init()`` function, which runs all the tests in the compilation +unit instead of utilizing the executor. + +In KUnit tests, some error classes do not affect other tests +or parts of the kernel, each KUnit case executes in a separate thread +context. See the ``kunit_try_catch_run()`` function in +`lib/kunit/try-catch.c <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/lib/kunit/try-catch.c?h=v5.15#n58>`_. + +Assertion Macros +---------------- + +KUnit tests verify state using expectations/assertions. +All expectations/assertions are formatted as: +``KUNIT_{EXPECT|ASSERT}_<op>[_MSG](kunit, property[, message])`` + +- ``{EXPECT|ASSERT}`` determines whether the check is an assertion or an + expectation. + In the event of a failure, the testing flow differs as follows: + + - For expectations, the test is marked as failed and the failure is logged. + + - Failing assertions, on the other hand, result in the test case being + terminated immediately. + + - Assertions call the function: + ``void __noreturn __kunit_abort(struct kunit *)``. + + - ``__kunit_abort`` calls the function: + ``void __noreturn kunit_try_catch_throw(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch)``. + + - ``kunit_try_catch_throw`` calls the function: + ``void kthread_complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long) __noreturn;`` + and terminates the special thread context. + +- ``<op>`` denotes a check with options: ``TRUE`` (supplied property + has the boolean value "true"), ``EQ`` (two supplied properties are + equal), ``NOT_ERR_OR_NULL`` (supplied pointer is not null and does not + contain an "err" value). + +- ``[_MSG]`` prints a custom message on failure. + +Test Result Reporting +--------------------- +KUnit prints the test results in KTAP format. KTAP is based on TAP14, see +Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst. +KTAP works with KUnit and Kselftest. The KUnit executor prints KTAP results to +dmesg, and debugfs (if configured). + +Parameterized Tests +------------------- + +Each KUnit parameterized test is associated with a collection of +parameters. The test is invoked multiple times, once for each parameter +value and the parameter is stored in the ``param_value`` field. +The test case includes a KUNIT_CASE_PARAM() macro that accepts a +generator function. The generator function is passed the previous parameter +and returns the next parameter. It also includes a macro for generating +array-based common-case generators. + +kunit_tool (Command-line Test Harness) +====================================== + +``kunit_tool`` is a Python script, found in ``tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py``. It +is used to configure, build, execute, parse test results and run all of the +previous commands in correct order (i.e., configure, build, execute and parse). +You have two options for running KUnit tests: either build the kernel with KUnit +enabled and manually parse the results (see +Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst) or use ``kunit_tool`` +(see Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_wrapper.rst). + +- ``configure`` command generates the kernel ``.config`` from a + ``.kunitconfig`` file (and any architecture-specific options). + The Python scripts available in ``qemu_configs`` folder + (for example, ``tools/testing/kunit/qemu configs/powerpc.py``) contains + additional configuration options for specific architectures. + It parses both the existing ``.config`` and the ``.kunitconfig`` files + to ensure that ``.config`` is a superset of ``.kunitconfig``. + If not, it will combine the two and run ``make olddefconfig`` to regenerate + the ``.config`` file. It then checks to see if ``.config`` has become a superset. + This verifies that all the Kconfig dependencies are correctly specified in the + file ``.kunitconfig``. The ``kunit_config.py`` script contains the code for parsing + Kconfigs. The code which runs ``make olddefconfig`` is part of the + ``kunit_kernel.py`` script. You can invoke this command through: + ``./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py config`` and + generate a ``.config`` file. +- ``build`` runs ``make`` on the kernel tree with required options + (depends on the architecture and some options, for example: build_dir) + and reports any errors. + To build a KUnit kernel from the current ``.config``, you can use the + ``build`` argument: ``./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py build``. +- ``exec`` command executes kernel results either directly (using + User-mode Linux configuration), or through an emulator such + as QEMU. It reads results from the log using standard + output (stdout), and passes them to ``parse`` to be parsed. + If you already have built a kernel with built-in KUnit tests, + you can run the kernel and display the test results with the ``exec`` + argument: ``./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py exec``. +- ``parse`` extracts the KTAP output from a kernel log, parses + the test results, and prints a summary. For failed tests, any + diagnostic output will be included. |
