include/linux/sched.h | 2 ++ kernel/sched/core.c | 10 ++++++++++ kernel/sched/idle.c | 2 +- kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 1 + 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Commit a5183862e76fdc25f36b39c2489b816a5c66e2e5
("tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit") allows
a nohz_full CPU to enter idle and return from it with the
scheduler tick disabled (since the tick might be undesired noise).
The idle=poll case still unconditionally restarts the tick when entering
idle.
To reduce the noise for that case as well, stop the tick when entering
idle, for the idle=poll case.
Change tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu to set NEED_RESCHED bit, to handle the
case where a new timer is added from an interrupt. This breaks out of
cpu_idle_poll and rearms the timer if necessary.
---
v2: Handle the case where a new timer is added from an interrupt (Frederic Weisbecker)
include/linux/sched.h | 2 ++
kernel/sched/core.c | 10 ++++++++++
kernel/sched/idle.c | 2 +-
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index cbb7340c5866..1f6938dc20cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2428,4 +2428,6 @@ extern void migrate_enable(void);
DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(migrate, migrate_disable(), migrate_enable())
+void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu);
+
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f1ebf67b48e2..f0b84600084b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -988,6 +988,11 @@ static bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
return true;
}
+void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
+{
+ set_nr_if_polling(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
+}
+
#else
static inline bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct thread_info *ti, int tif)
{
@@ -999,6 +1004,11 @@ static inline bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
{
return false;
}
+
+void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
+{
+ set_tsk_need_resched(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
+}
#endif
static bool __wake_q_add(struct wake_q_head *head, struct task_struct *task)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index c39b089d4f09..428c2d1cbd1b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void do_idle(void)
* idle as we know that the IPI is going to arrive right away.
*/
if (cpu_idle_force_poll || tick_check_broadcast_expired()) {
- tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick();
+ tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();
cpu_idle_poll();
} else {
cpuidle_idle_call();
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index c527b421c865..efc3653999dc 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu)
if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
return;
+ set_tif_resched_if_polling(cpu);
irq_work_queue_on(&per_cpu(nohz_full_kick_work, cpu), cpu);
}On Wed, Oct 29 2025 at 15:00, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Commit a5183862e76fdc25f36b39c2489b816a5c66e2e5
> ("tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit") allows
> a nohz_full CPU to enter idle and return from it with the
> scheduler tick disabled (since the tick might be undesired noise).
>
> The idle=poll case still unconditionally restarts the tick when entering
> idle.
>
> To reduce the noise for that case as well, stop the tick when entering
> idle, for the idle=poll case.
>
> Change tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu to set NEED_RESCHED bit, to handle the
> case where a new timer is added from an interrupt. This breaks out of
> cpu_idle_poll and rearms the timer if necessary.
>
> ---
ERROR: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author 'Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>'
You've not started doing kernel development three days ago, right?
(Adding more people in Cc)
Le Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 03:00:56PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti a écrit :
>
> Commit a5183862e76fdc25f36b39c2489b816a5c66e2e5
> ("tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit") allows
> a nohz_full CPU to enter idle and return from it with the
> scheduler tick disabled (since the tick might be undesired noise).
>
> The idle=poll case still unconditionally restarts the tick when entering
> idle.
>
> To reduce the noise for that case as well, stop the tick when entering
> idle, for the idle=poll case.
>
> Change tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu to set NEED_RESCHED bit, to handle the
> case where a new timer is added from an interrupt. This breaks out of
> cpu_idle_poll and rearms the timer if necessary.
>
> ---
>
> v2: Handle the case where a new timer is added from an interrupt (Frederic Weisbecker)
>
> include/linux/sched.h | 2 ++
> kernel/sched/core.c | 10 ++++++++++
> kernel/sched/idle.c | 2 +-
> kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index cbb7340c5866..1f6938dc20cd 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -2428,4 +2428,6 @@ extern void migrate_enable(void);
>
> DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(migrate, migrate_disable(), migrate_enable())
>
> +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu);
> +
> #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index f1ebf67b48e2..f0b84600084b 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -988,6 +988,11 @@ static bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
> return true;
> }
>
> +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
> +{
> + set_nr_if_polling(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
> +}
> +
> #else
> static inline bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct thread_info *ti, int tif)
> {
> @@ -999,6 +1004,11 @@ static inline bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
> {
> return false;
> }
> +
> +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
> +{
> + set_tsk_need_resched(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
> +}
> #endif
>
> static bool __wake_q_add(struct wake_q_head *head, struct task_struct *task)
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> index c39b089d4f09..428c2d1cbd1b 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void do_idle(void)
> * idle as we know that the IPI is going to arrive right away.
> */
> if (cpu_idle_force_poll || tick_check_broadcast_expired()) {
> - tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick();
> + tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();
Shouldn't we simply remove the tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick() line? The nohz_full
CPU should have entered here with the tick disabled already.
Also non-nohz_full systems shouldn't care.
> cpu_idle_poll();
> } else {
> cpuidle_idle_call();
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index c527b421c865..efc3653999dc 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu)
> if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
> return;
>
> + set_tif_resched_if_polling(cpu);
Perhaps stuff that within wake_up_full_nohz_cpu() and call
set_nr_if_polling() directly. Also this needs a big comment.
Thanks.
> irq_work_queue_on(&per_cpu(nohz_full_kick_work, cpu), cpu);
> }
>
>
--
Frederic Weisbecker
SUSE Labs
On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 05:06:49PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> (Adding more people in Cc)
>
> Le Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 03:00:56PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti a écrit :
> >
> > Commit a5183862e76fdc25f36b39c2489b816a5c66e2e5
> > ("tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit") allows
> > a nohz_full CPU to enter idle and return from it with the
> > scheduler tick disabled (since the tick might be undesired noise).
> >
> > The idle=poll case still unconditionally restarts the tick when entering
> > idle.
> >
> > To reduce the noise for that case as well, stop the tick when entering
> > idle, for the idle=poll case.
> >
> > Change tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu to set NEED_RESCHED bit, to handle the
> > case where a new timer is added from an interrupt. This breaks out of
> > cpu_idle_poll and rearms the timer if necessary.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > v2: Handle the case where a new timer is added from an interrupt (Frederic Weisbecker)
> >
> > include/linux/sched.h | 2 ++
> > kernel/sched/core.c | 10 ++++++++++
> > kernel/sched/idle.c | 2 +-
> > kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 1 +
> > 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> > index cbb7340c5866..1f6938dc20cd 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> > @@ -2428,4 +2428,6 @@ extern void migrate_enable(void);
> >
> > DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(migrate, migrate_disable(), migrate_enable())
> >
> > +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu);
> > +
> > #endif
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > index f1ebf67b48e2..f0b84600084b 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > @@ -988,6 +988,11 @@ static bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
> > return true;
> > }
> >
> > +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
> > +{
> > + set_nr_if_polling(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
> > +}
> > +
> > #else
> > static inline bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct thread_info *ti, int tif)
> > {
> > @@ -999,6 +1004,11 @@ static inline bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
> > {
> > return false;
> > }
> > +
> > +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
> > +{
> > + set_tsk_need_resched(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
> > +}
> > #endif
> >
> > static bool __wake_q_add(struct wake_q_head *head, struct task_struct *task)
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> > index c39b089d4f09..428c2d1cbd1b 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> > @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void do_idle(void)
> > * idle as we know that the IPI is going to arrive right away.
> > */
> > if (cpu_idle_force_poll || tick_check_broadcast_expired()) {
> > - tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick();
> > + tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();
>
> Shouldn't we simply remove the tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick() line? The nohz_full
> CPU should have entered here with the tick disabled already.
>
> Also non-nohz_full systems shouldn't care.
With tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick removed:
<idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.356672: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51360062500 softexpires=51360062500 mode=ABS
<idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.357671: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
<idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.357671: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler now=51360063398
<idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.357671: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
<idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.357671: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51361062500 softexpires=51361062500 mode=ABS
<idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.358671: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
<idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.358671: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler now=51361063420
<idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.358672: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
<idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.358672: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51362062500 softexpires=51362062500 mode=ABS
<idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.359671: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
<idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.359671: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler now=51362063447
<idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.359672: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
<idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.359672: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51363062500 softexpires=51363062500 mode=ABS
CPU 1 is idle and isolated.
> > cpu_idle_poll();
> > } else {
> > cpuidle_idle_call();
> > diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > index c527b421c865..efc3653999dc 100644
> > --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > @@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu)
> > if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
> > return;
> >
> > + set_tif_resched_if_polling(cpu);
>
> Perhaps stuff that within wake_up_full_nohz_cpu() and call
> set_nr_if_polling() directly.
Can't call set_nr_if_polling() directly since if TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG is
undefined:
static inline bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
{
return false;
}
So the wakeup won't occur. Or am i missing something?
> Also this needs a big comment.
Sure!
Thanks.
Le Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 08:30:06AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti a écrit :
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 05:06:49PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > (Adding more people in Cc)
> >
> > Le Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 03:00:56PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti a écrit :
> > >
> > > Commit a5183862e76fdc25f36b39c2489b816a5c66e2e5
> > > ("tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit") allows
> > > a nohz_full CPU to enter idle and return from it with the
> > > scheduler tick disabled (since the tick might be undesired noise).
> > >
> > > The idle=poll case still unconditionally restarts the tick when entering
> > > idle.
> > >
> > > To reduce the noise for that case as well, stop the tick when entering
> > > idle, for the idle=poll case.
> > >
> > > Change tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu to set NEED_RESCHED bit, to handle the
> > > case where a new timer is added from an interrupt. This breaks out of
> > > cpu_idle_poll and rearms the timer if necessary.
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > v2: Handle the case where a new timer is added from an interrupt (Frederic Weisbecker)
> > >
> > > include/linux/sched.h | 2 ++
> > > kernel/sched/core.c | 10 ++++++++++
> > > kernel/sched/idle.c | 2 +-
> > > kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 1 +
> > > 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> > > index cbb7340c5866..1f6938dc20cd 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> > > @@ -2428,4 +2428,6 @@ extern void migrate_enable(void);
> > >
> > > DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(migrate, migrate_disable(), migrate_enable())
> > >
> > > +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu);
> > > +
> > > #endif
> > > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > > index f1ebf67b48e2..f0b84600084b 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > > @@ -988,6 +988,11 @@ static bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
> > > return true;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
> > > +{
> > > + set_nr_if_polling(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > #else
> > > static inline bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct thread_info *ti, int tif)
> > > {
> > > @@ -999,6 +1004,11 @@ static inline bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
> > > {
> > > return false;
> > > }
> > > +
> > > +void set_tif_resched_if_polling(int cpu)
> > > +{
> > > + set_tsk_need_resched(cpu_rq(cpu)->idle);
> > > +}
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > static bool __wake_q_add(struct wake_q_head *head, struct task_struct *task)
> > > diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> > > index c39b089d4f09..428c2d1cbd1b 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> > > @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void do_idle(void)
> > > * idle as we know that the IPI is going to arrive right away.
> > > */
> > > if (cpu_idle_force_poll || tick_check_broadcast_expired()) {
> > > - tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick();
> > > + tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();
> >
> > Shouldn't we simply remove the tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick() line? The nohz_full
> > CPU should have entered here with the tick disabled already.
> >
> > Also non-nohz_full systems shouldn't care.
>
> With tick_nohz_idle_restart_tick removed:
>
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.356672: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51360062500 softexpires=51360062500 mode=ABS
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.357671: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.357671: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler now=51360063398
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.357671: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.357671: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51361062500 softexpires=51361062500 mode=ABS
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.358671: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.358671: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler now=51361063420
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.358672: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.358672: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51362062500 softexpires=51362062500 mode=ABS
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.359671: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.359671: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler now=51362063447
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h1. 51.359672: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418
> <idle>-0 [001] d.h2. 51.359672: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff927ae205c418 function=tick_nohz_handler expires=51363062500 softexpires=51363062500 mode=ABS
>
> CPU 1 is idle and isolated.
Suprising, somehow the CPU's tick never interrupted a non-idle section. I guess
it's possible after boot. Or the CPU had tick dependencies before. I was about
to propose stopping the tick right before exiting to userspace but since you're
using idle=poll, I guess userspace must be reached as fast as possible and
therefore you prefer to stop the tick before the next wake-up rather that after?
Also instead of polling in kernel, why not polling in userspace for events? This
sounds like a saner isolation design. Entering/exiting the kernel is always a
risk for something going wrong.
>
> > > cpu_idle_poll();
> > > } else {
> > > cpuidle_idle_call();
> > > diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > > index c527b421c865..efc3653999dc 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > > @@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu)
> > > if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
> > > return;
> > >
> > > + set_tif_resched_if_polling(cpu);
> >
> > Perhaps stuff that within wake_up_full_nohz_cpu() and call
> > set_nr_if_polling() directly.
>
> Can't call set_nr_if_polling() directly since if TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG is
> undefined:
>
> static inline bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
> {
> return false;
> }
>
> So the wakeup won't occur. Or am i missing something?
Ok but can you at least move that to wake_up_full_nohz_cpu()?
tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu() is more general and doesn't only concern
new timers.
--
Frederic Weisbecker
SUSE Labs
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 03:00:56PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> Commit a5183862e76fdc25f36b39c2489b816a5c66e2e5
> ("tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit") allows
> a nohz_full CPU to enter idle and return from it with the
> scheduler tick disabled (since the tick might be undesired noise).
>
> The idle=poll case still unconditionally restarts the tick when entering
> idle.
>
> To reduce the noise for that case as well, stop the tick when entering
> idle, for the idle=poll case.
>
> Change tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu to set NEED_RESCHED bit, to handle the
> case where a new timer is added from an interrupt. This breaks out of
> cpu_idle_poll and rearms the timer if necessary.
Frederic,
As a reminder, this is the original patch and discussion:
https://patchew.org/linux/ZIEqlkIASx2F2DRF@tpad/
© 2016 - 2025 Red Hat, Inc.