The nominal duration for an EEVDF task to run is until its deadline.
At which point the deadline is moved ahead and a new task selection is
done.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |   40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6775,21 +6775,39 @@ static inline void sched_fair_update_sto
 static void hrtick_start_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
+	unsigned long scale = 1024;
+	unsigned long util = 0;
+	u64 vdelta;
+	u64 delta;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(task_rq(p) != rq);
 
-	if (rq->cfs.h_nr_queued > 1) {
-		u64 ran = se->sum_exec_runtime - se->prev_sum_exec_runtime;
-		u64 slice = se->slice;
-		s64 delta = slice - ran;
-
-		if (delta < 0) {
-			if (task_current_donor(rq, p))
-				resched_curr(rq);
-			return;
-		}
-		hrtick_start(rq, delta);
+	if (rq->cfs.h_nr_queued <= 1)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Compute time until virtual deadline
+	 */
+	vdelta = se->deadline - se->vruntime;
+	if ((s64)vdelta < 0) {
+		if (task_current_donor(rq, p))
+			resched_curr(rq);
+		return;
+	}
+	delta = (se->load.weight * vdelta) / NICE_0_LOAD;
+
+	/*
+	 * Correct for instantaneous load of other classes.
+	 */
+	util += cpu_util_dl(rq);
+	util += cpu_util_rt(rq);
+	util += cpu_util_irq(rq);
+	if (util && util < 1024) {
+		scale *= 1024;
+		scale /= (1024 - util);
 	}
+
+	hrtick_start(rq, (scale * delta) / 1024);
 }
 
 /*

Hello Peter,

On 9/18/2025 1:22 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * Compute time until virtual deadline
> +	 */
> +	vdelta = se->deadline - se->vruntime;
> +	if ((s64)vdelta < 0) {
> +		if (task_current_donor(rq, p))
> +			resched_curr(rq);

Why the task_current_donor() check? If the scheduling context has run
out of gas, shouldn't we reschedule curr even if we were proxied?

> +		return;
> +	}
> +	delta = (se->load.weight * vdelta) / NICE_0_LOAD;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Correct for instantaneous load of other classes.
> +	 */
> +	util += cpu_util_dl(rq);
> +	util += cpu_util_rt(rq);
> +	util += cpu_util_irq(rq);
> +	if (util && util < 1024) {
> +		scale *= 1024;
> +		scale /= (1024 - util);
>  	}

Could it be possible that we arrive here from the dl_server's pick and
end up inflating the HRTICK duration despite having an uninterrupted
period for fair tasks ahead?

> +
> +	hrtick_start(rq, (scale * delta) / 1024);
>  }
>  
>  /*
-- 
Thanks and Regards,
Prateek