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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/driver-api/interconnect.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/interconnect.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cebb77b49 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/interconnect.rst @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +===================================== +Generic System Interconnect Subsystem +===================================== + +Introduction +------------ + +This framework is designed to provide a standard kernel interface to control +the settings of the interconnects on an SoC. These settings can be throughput, +latency and priority between multiple interconnected devices or functional +blocks. This can be controlled dynamically in order to save power or provide +maximum performance. + +The interconnect bus is hardware with configurable parameters, which can be +set on a data path according to the requests received from various drivers. +An example of interconnect buses are the interconnects between various +components or functional blocks in chipsets. There can be multiple interconnects +on an SoC that can be multi-tiered. + +Below is a simplified diagram of a real-world SoC interconnect bus topology. + +:: + + +----------------+ +----------------+ + | HW Accelerator |--->| M NoC |<---------------+ + +----------------+ +----------------+ | + | | +------------+ + +-----+ +-------------+ V +------+ | | + | DDR | | +--------+ | PCIe | | | + +-----+ | | Slaves | +------+ | | + ^ ^ | +--------+ | | C NoC | + | | V V | | + +------------------+ +------------------------+ | | +-----+ + | |-->| |-->| |-->| CPU | + | |-->| |<--| | +-----+ + | Mem NoC | | S NoC | +------------+ + | |<--| |---------+ | + | |<--| |<------+ | | +--------+ + +------------------+ +------------------------+ | | +-->| Slaves | + ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | | +--------+ + | | | | | | V + +------+ | +-----+ +-----+ +---------+ +----------------+ +--------+ + | CPUs | | | GPU | | DSP | | Masters |-->| P NoC |-->| Slaves | + +------+ | +-----+ +-----+ +---------+ +----------------+ +--------+ + | + +-------+ + | Modem | + +-------+ + +Terminology +----------- + +Interconnect provider is the software definition of the interconnect hardware. +The interconnect providers on the above diagram are M NoC, S NoC, C NoC, P NoC +and Mem NoC. + +Interconnect node is the software definition of the interconnect hardware +port. Each interconnect provider consists of multiple interconnect nodes, +which are connected to other SoC components including other interconnect +providers. The point on the diagram where the CPUs connect to the memory is +called an interconnect node, which belongs to the Mem NoC interconnect provider. + +Interconnect endpoints are the first or the last element of the path. Every +endpoint is a node, but not every node is an endpoint. + +Interconnect path is everything between two endpoints including all the nodes +that have to be traversed to reach from a source to destination node. It may +include multiple master-slave pairs across several interconnect providers. + +Interconnect consumers are the entities which make use of the data paths exposed +by the providers. The consumers send requests to providers requesting various +throughput, latency and priority. Usually the consumers are device drivers, that +send request based on their needs. An example for a consumer is a video decoder +that supports various formats and image sizes. + +Interconnect providers +---------------------- + +Interconnect provider is an entity that implements methods to initialize and +configure interconnect bus hardware. The interconnect provider drivers should +be registered with the interconnect provider core. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/interconnect-provider.h + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/interconnect/core.c + :functions: icc_provider_init icc_provider_register icc_provider_deregister + icc_node_create icc_node_create_dyn icc_node_destroy + icc_node_add icc_node_del icc_nodes_remove icc_node_set_name + icc_link_create icc_link_nodes + +Interconnect consumers +---------------------- + +Interconnect consumers are the clients which use the interconnect APIs to +get paths between endpoints and set their bandwidth/latency/QoS requirements +for these interconnect paths. + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/interconnect/core.c + :functions: devm_of_icc_get of_icc_get_by_index of_icc_get icc_get + icc_put icc_enable icc_disable icc_set_bw icc_set_tag + icc_get_name + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/interconnect/bulk.c + +Interconnect debugfs interfaces +------------------------------- + +Like several other subsystems interconnect will create some files for debugging +and introspection. Files in debugfs are not considered ABI so application +software shouldn't rely on format details change between kernel versions. + +``/sys/kernel/debug/interconnect/interconnect_summary``: + +Show all interconnect nodes in the system with their aggregated bandwidth +request. Indented under each node show bandwidth requests from each device. + +``/sys/kernel/debug/interconnect/interconnect_graph``: + +Show the interconnect graph in the graphviz dot format. It shows all +interconnect nodes and links in the system and groups together nodes from the +same provider as subgraphs. The format is human-readable and can also be piped +through dot to generate diagrams in many graphical formats:: + + $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/interconnect/interconnect_graph | \ + dot -Tsvg > interconnect_graph.svg + +The ``test-client`` directory provides interfaces for issuing BW requests to +any arbitrary path. Note that for safety reasons, this feature is disabled by +default without a Kconfig to enable it. Enabling it requires code changes to +``#define INTERCONNECT_ALLOW_WRITE_DEBUGFS``. Example usage:: + + cd /sys/kernel/debug/interconnect/test-client/ + + # Configure node endpoints for the path from CPU to DDR on + # qcom/sm8550. + echo chm_apps > src_node + echo ebi > dst_node + + # Get path between src_node and dst_node. This is only + # necessary after updating the node endpoints. + echo 1 > get + + # Set desired BW to 1GBps avg and 2GBps peak. + echo 1000000 > avg_bw + echo 2000000 > peak_bw + + # Vote for avg_bw and peak_bw on the latest path from "get". + # Voting for multiple paths is possible by repeating this + # process for different nodes endpoints. + echo 1 > commit |
