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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 7/7] sched: Split scheduler and execution contexts
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On 15/03/2024 4:39 am, John Stultz wrote:
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
>
> Let's define the scheduling context as all the scheduler state
> in task_struct for the task selected to run, and the execution
> context as all state required to actually run the task.
>
> Currently both are intertwined in task_struct. We want to
> logically split these such that we can use the scheduling
> context of the task selected to be scheduled, but use the
> execution context of a different task to actually be run.
>
> To this purpose, introduce rq_selected() macro to point to the
> task_struct selected from the runqueue by the scheduler, and
> will be used for scheduler state, and preserve rq->curr to
> indicate the execution context of the task that will actually be
> run.
>
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
> Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@google.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
> Cc: Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@google.com>
> Cc: Youssef Esmat <youssefesmat@google.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
> Cc: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@gmail.com>
> Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
> Cc: Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@arm.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: kernel-team@android.com
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>

Duplicate S-o-b for Peter.

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