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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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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+========================
+Generic Radix Page Table
+========================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/generic_pt/common.h
+ :doc: Generic Radix Page Table
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/iommu/generic_pt/pt_defs.h
+ :doc: Generic Page Table Language
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+Generic PT is structured as a multi-compilation system. Since each format
+provides an API using a common set of names there can be only one format active
+within a compilation unit. This design avoids function pointers around the low
+level API.
+
+Instead the function pointers can end up at the higher level API (i.e.
+map/unmap, etc.) and the per-format code can be directly inlined into the
+per-format compilation unit. For something like IOMMU each format will be
+compiled into a per-format IOMMU operations kernel module.
+
+For this to work the .c file for each compilation unit will include both the
+format headers and the generic code for the implementation. For instance in an
+implementation compilation unit the headers would normally be included as
+follows:
+
+generic_pt/fmt/iommu_amdv1.c::
+
+ #include <linux/generic_pt/common.h>
+ #include "defs_amdv1.h"
+ #include "../pt_defs.h"
+ #include "amdv1.h"
+ #include "../pt_common.h"
+ #include "../pt_iter.h"
+ #include "../iommu_pt.h" /* The IOMMU implementation */
+
+iommu_pt.h includes definitions that will generate the operations functions for
+map/unmap/etc. using the definitions provided by AMDv1. The resulting module
+will have exported symbols named like pt_iommu_amdv1_init().
+
+Refer to drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/iommu_template.h for an example of how the
+IOMMU implementation uses multi-compilation to generate per-format ops structs
+pointers.
+
+The format code is written so that the common names arise from #defines to
+distinct format specific names. This is intended to aid debuggability by
+avoiding symbol clashes across all the different formats.
+
+Exported symbols and other global names are mangled using a per-format string
+via the NS() helper macro.
+
+The format uses struct pt_common as the top-level struct for the table,
+and each format will have its own struct pt_xxx which embeds it to store
+format-specific information.
+
+The implementation will further wrap struct pt_common in its own top-level
+struct, such as struct pt_iommu_amdv1.
+
+Format functions at the struct pt_common level
+----------------------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/generic_pt/common.h
+ :identifiers:
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/iommu/generic_pt/pt_common.h
+
+Iteration Helpers
+-----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/iommu/generic_pt/pt_iter.h
+
+Writing a Format
+----------------
+
+It is best to start from a simple format that is similar to the target. x86_64
+is usually a good reference for something simple, and AMDv1 is something fairly
+complete.
+
+The required inline functions need to be implemented in the format header.
+These should all follow the standard pattern of::
+
+ static inline pt_oaddr_t amdv1pt_entry_oa(const struct pt_state *pts)
+ {
+ [..]
+ }
+ #define pt_entry_oa amdv1pt_entry_oa
+
+where a uniquely named per-format inline function provides the implementation
+and a define maps it to the generic name. This is intended to make debug symbols
+work better. inline functions should always be used as the prototypes in
+pt_common.h will cause the compiler to validate the function signature to
+prevent errors.
+
+Review pt_fmt_defaults.h to understand some of the optional inlines.
+
+Once the format compiles then it should be run through the generic page table
+kunit test in kunit_generic_pt.h using kunit. For example::
+
+ $ tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --build_dir build_kunit_x86_64 --arch x86_64 --kunitconfig ./drivers/iommu/generic_pt/.kunitconfig amdv1_fmt_test.*
+ [...]
+ [11:15:08] Testing complete. Ran 9 tests: passed: 9
+ [11:15:09] Elapsed time: 3.137s total, 0.001s configuring, 2.368s building, 0.311s running
+
+The generic tests are intended to prove out the format functions and give
+clearer failures to speed up finding the problems. Once those pass then the
+entire kunit suite should be run.
+
+IOMMU Invalidation Features
+---------------------------
+
+Invalidation is how the page table algorithms synchronize with a HW cache of the
+page table memory, typically called the TLB (or IOTLB for IOMMU cases).
+
+The TLB can store present PTEs, non-present PTEs and table pointers, depending
+on its design. Every HW has its own approach on how to describe what has changed
+to have changed items removed from the TLB.
+
+PT_FEAT_FLUSH_RANGE
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+PT_FEAT_FLUSH_RANGE is the easiest scheme to understand. It tries to generate a
+single range invalidation for each operation, over-invalidating if there are
+gaps of VA that don't need invalidation. This trades off impacted VA for number
+of invalidation operations. It does not keep track of what is being invalidated;
+however, if pages have to be freed then page table pointers have to be cleaned
+from the walk cache. The range can start/end at any page boundary.
+
+PT_FEAT_FLUSH_RANGE_NO_GAPS
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+PT_FEAT_FLUSH_RANGE_NO_GAPS is similar to PT_FEAT_FLUSH_RANGE; however, it tries
+to minimize the amount of impacted VA by issuing extra flush operations. This is
+useful if the cost of processing VA is very high, for instance because a
+hypervisor is processing the page table with a shadowing algorithm.