Tim Chen 714059f79f sched/cache: Handle moving single tasks to/from their preferred LLC
Cache aware scheduling mainly does two things:
1. Prevent task from migrating out of its preferred LLC if not
   nessasary.
2. Migrating task to their preferred LLC if nessasary.

For 1:
In the generic load balance, if the busiest runqueue has only one task,
active balancing may be invoked to move it away. However, this migration
might break LLC locality.

Prevent regular load balance from migrating a task that
prefers the current LLC. The load level and imbalance do not warrant
breaking LLC preference per the can_migrate_llc() policy. Here, the
benefit of LLC locality outweighs the power efficiency gained from
migrating the only runnable task away.

Before migration, check whether the task is running on its preferred
LLC: Do not move a lone task to another LLC if it would move the task
away from its preferred LLC or cause excessive imbalance between LLCs.

For 2:
On the other hand, if the migration type is migrate_llc_task, it means
that there are tasks on the env->src_cpu that want to be migrated to
their preferred LLC, launch the active load balance anyway.

Co-developed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-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>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/9b816d8c27fabf2a9c0e1f61a6b90afe8ec4ad52.1775065312.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com
2026-04-09 15:49:51 +02:00
2026-03-29 15:40:00 -07:00

Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
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-----------

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--------------------

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-----------------------

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-------------------

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