Provide a new kfunc, scx_bpf_select_cpu_and(), that can be used to apply
the built-in idle CPU selection policy to a subset of allowed CPU.
This new helper is basically an extension of scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl().
However, when an idle CPU can't be found, it returns a negative value
instead of @prev_cpu, aligning its behavior more closely with
scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu().
It also accepts %SCX_PICK_IDLE_* flags, which can be used to enforce
strict selection to @prev_cpu's node (%SCX_PICK_IDLE_IN_NODE), or to
request only a full-idle SMT core (%SCX_PICK_IDLE_CORE), while applying
the built-in selection logic.
With this helper, BPF schedulers can apply the built-in idle CPU
selection policy restricted to any arbitrary subset of CPUs.
cpu = scx_bpf_select_cpu_and(p, prev_cpu, wake_flags, cpus, 0);
if (cpu >= 0) {
scx_bpf_dsq_insert(p, SCX_DSQ_LOCAL, SCX_SLICE_DFL, 0);
return cpu;
}
return prev_cpu;
}
Results
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Load distribution on a 4 sockets, 4 cores per socket system, simulated
using virtme-ng, running a modified version of scx_bpfland that uses
scx_bpf_select_cpu_and() with 0xff00 as the allowed subset of CPUs: