[tip: sched/core] sched: Limit the number of task migrations per batch on RT

[tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner]

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     691925f3ddccea832cf2d162dc277d2623a816e3
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/691925f3ddccea832cf2d162dc277d2623a816e3
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:24:25 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:52:11 +02:00

sched: Limit the number of task migrations per batch on RT

Batched task migrations are a source for large latencies as they keep the
scheduler from running while processing the migrations.

Limit the batch size to 8 instead of 32 when running on a RT enabled
kernel.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210928122411.425097596@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9eaeba6..749284f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ __read_mostly int sysctl_resched_latency_warn_once = 1;
  * Number of tasks to iterate in a single balance run.
  * Limited because this is done with IRQs disabled.
  */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate = 8;
+#else
 const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate = 32;
+#endif
 
 /*
  * period over which we measure -rt task CPU usage in us.