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authorTim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>2026-09-21 17:37:22 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2026-09-22 10:49:53 +0200
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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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+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# (c) 2015, Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@oracle.com>
+
+obj=$1
+
+file ${obj} | grep -q ELF || (echo "${obj} is not an ELF file." 1>&2 ; exit 0)
+
+# Bail out early if there isn't an __ex_table section in this object file.
+objdump -hj __ex_table ${obj} 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
+[ $? -ne 0 ] && exit 0
+
+white_list=.text,.fixup
+
+suspicious_relocs=$(objdump -rj __ex_table ${obj} | tail -n +6 |
+ grep -v $(eval echo -e{${white_list}}) | awk '{print $3}')
+
+# No suspicious relocs in __ex_table, jobs a good'un
+[ -z "${suspicious_relocs}" ] && exit 0
+
+
+# After this point, something is seriously wrong since we just found out we
+# have some relocations in __ex_table which point to sections which aren't
+# white listed. If you're adding a new section in the Linux kernel, and
+# you're expecting this section to contain code which can fault (i.e. the
+# __ex_table relocation to your new section is expected), simply add your
+# new section to the white_list variable above. If not, you're probably
+# doing something wrong and the rest of this code is just trying to print
+# you more information about it.
+
+function find_section_offset_from_symbol()
+{
+ eval $(objdump -t ${obj} | grep ${1} | sed 's/\([0-9a-f]\+\) .\{7\} \([^ \t]\+\).*/section="\2"; section_offset="0x\1" /')
+
+ # addr2line takes addresses in hexadecimal...
+ section_offset=$(printf "0x%016x" $(( ${section_offset} + $2 )) )
+}
+
+function find_symbol_and_offset_from_reloc()
+{
+ # Extract symbol and offset from the objdump output
+ eval $(echo $reloc | sed 's/\([^+]\+\)+\?\(0x[0-9a-f]\+\)\?/symbol="\1"; symbol_offset="\2"/')
+
+ # When the relocation points to the begining of a symbol or section, it
+ # won't print the offset since it is zero.
+ if [ -z "${symbol_offset}" ]; then
+ symbol_offset=0x0
+ fi
+}
+
+function find_alt_replacement_target()
+{
+ # The target of the .altinstr_replacement is the relocation just before
+ # the .altinstr_replacement one.
+ eval $(objdump -rj .altinstructions ${obj} | grep -B1 "${section}+${section_offset}" | head -n1 | awk '{print $3}' |
+ sed 's/\([^+]\+\)+\(0x[0-9a-f]\+\)/alt_target_section="\1"; alt_target_offset="\2"/')
+}
+
+function handle_alt_replacement_reloc()
+{
+ # This will define alt_target_section and alt_target_section_offset
+ find_alt_replacement_target ${section} ${section_offset}
+
+ echo "Error: found a reference to .altinstr_replacement in __ex_table:"
+ addr2line -fip -j ${alt_target_section} -e ${obj} ${alt_target_offset} | awk '{print "\t" $0}'
+
+ error=true
+}
+
+function is_executable_section()
+{
+ objdump -hwj ${section} ${obj} | grep -q CODE
+ return $?
+}
+
+function handle_suspicious_generic_reloc()
+{
+ if is_executable_section ${section}; then
+ # We've got a relocation to a non white listed _executable_
+ # section, print a warning so the developper adds the section to
+ # the white list or fix his code. We try to pretty-print the file
+ # and line number where that relocation was added.
+ echo "Warning: found a reference to section \"${section}\" in __ex_table:"
+ addr2line -fip -j ${section} -e ${obj} ${section_offset} | awk '{print "\t" $0}'
+ else
+ # Something is definitively wrong here since we've got a relocation
+ # to a non-executable section, there's no way this would ever be
+ # running in the kernel.
+ echo "Error: found a reference to non-executable section \"${section}\" in __ex_table at offset ${section_offset}"
+ error=true
+ fi
+}
+
+function handle_suspicious_reloc()
+{
+ case "${section}" in
+ ".altinstr_replacement")
+ handle_alt_replacement_reloc ${section} ${section_offset}
+ ;;
+ *)
+ handle_suspicious_generic_reloc ${section} ${section_offset}
+ ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+function diagnose()
+{
+
+ for reloc in ${suspicious_relocs}; do
+ # Let's find out where the target of the relocation in __ex_table
+ # is, this will define ${symbol} and ${symbol_offset}
+ find_symbol_and_offset_from_reloc ${reloc}
+
+ # When there's a global symbol at the place of the relocation,
+ # objdump will use it instead of giving us a section+offset, so
+ # let's find out which section is this symbol in and the total
+ # offset withing that section.
+ find_section_offset_from_symbol ${symbol} ${symbol_offset}
+
+ # In this case objdump was presenting us with a reloc to a symbol
+ # rather than a section. Now that we've got the actual section,
+ # we can skip it if it's in the white_list.
+ if [ -z "$( echo $section | grep -v $(eval echo -e{${white_list}}))" ]; then
+ continue;
+ fi
+
+ # Will either print a warning if the relocation happens to be in a
+ # section we do not know but has executable bit set, or error out.
+ handle_suspicious_reloc
+ done
+}
+
+function check_debug_info() {
+ objdump -hj .debug_info ${obj} 2> /dev/null > /dev/null ||
+ echo -e "${obj} does not contain debug information, the addr2line output will be limited.\n" \
+ "Recompile ${obj} with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO to get a more useful output."
+}
+
+check_debug_info
+
+diagnose
+
+if [ "${error}" ]; then
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0