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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/filesystems/dnotify.rst | |
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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/filesystems/dnotify.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a28a1f9ef --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.rst @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============================ +Linux Directory Notification +============================ + + Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> + +The intention of directory notification is to allow user applications +to be notified when a directory, or any of the files in it, are changed. +The basic mechanism involves the application registering for notification +on a directory using a fcntl(2) call and the notifications themselves +being delivered using signals. + +The application decides which "events" it wants to be notified about. +The currently defined events are: + + ========= ===================================================== + DN_ACCESS A file in the directory was accessed (read) + DN_MODIFY A file in the directory was modified (write,truncate) + DN_CREATE A file was created in the directory + DN_DELETE A file was unlinked from directory + DN_RENAME A file in the directory was renamed + DN_ATTRIB A file in the directory had its attributes + changed (chmod,chown) + ========= ===================================================== + +Usually, the application must reregister after each notification, but +if DN_MULTISHOT is or'ed with the event mask, then the registration will +remain until explicitly removed (by registering for no events). + +By default, SIGIO will be delivered to the process and no other useful +information. However, if the F_SETSIG fcntl(2) call is used to let the +kernel know which signal to deliver, a siginfo structure will be passed to +the signal handler and the si_fd member of that structure will contain the +file descriptor associated with the directory in which the event occurred. + +Preferably the application will choose one of the real time signals +(SIGRTMIN + <n>) so that the notifications may be queued. This is +especially important if DN_MULTISHOT is specified. Note that SIGRTMIN +is often blocked, so it is better to use (at least) SIGRTMIN + 1. + +Implementation expectations (features and bugs :-)) +--------------------------------------------------- + +The notification should work for any local access to files even if the +actual file system is on a remote server. This implies that remote +access to files served by local user mode servers should be notified. +Also, remote accesses to files served by a local kernel NFS server should +be notified. + +In order to make the impact on the file system code as small as possible, +the problem of hard links to files has been ignored. So if a file (x) +exists in two directories (a and b) then a change to the file using the +name "a/x" should be notified to a program expecting notifications on +directory "a", but will not be notified to one expecting notifications on +directory "b". + +Also, files that are unlinked, will still cause notifications in the +last directory that they were linked to. + +Configuration +------------- + +Dnotify is controlled via the CONFIG_DNOTIFY configuration option. When +disabled, fcntl(fd, F_NOTIFY, ...) will return -EINVAL. + +Example +------- +See tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/dnotify_test.c for an example. + +NOTE +---- +Beginning with Linux 2.6.13, dnotify has been replaced by inotify. +See Documentation/filesystems/inotify.rst for more information on it. |
