Commit 0a65bc2
eventpoll: Set epoll timeout if it's in the future
Avoid an edge case where epoll_wait arms a timer and calls schedule()
even if the timer will expire immediately.
For example: if the user has specified an epoll busy poll usecs which is
equal or larger than the epoll_wait/epoll_pwait2 timeout, it is
unnecessary to call schedule_hrtimeout_range; the busy poll usecs have
consumed the entire timeout duration so it is unnecessary to induce
scheduling latency by calling schedule() (via schedule_hrtimeout_range).
This can be measured using a simple bpftrace script:
tracepoint:sched:sched_switch
/ args->prev_pid == $1 /
{
print(kstack());
print(ustack());
}
Before this patch is applied:
Testing an epoll_wait app with busy poll usecs set to 1000, and
epoll_wait timeout set to 1ms using the script above shows:
__traceiter_sched_switch+69
__schedule+1495
schedule+32
schedule_hrtimeout_range+159
do_epoll_wait+1424
__x64_sys_epoll_wait+97
do_syscall_64+95
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+118
epoll_wait+82
Which is unexpected; the busy poll usecs should have consumed the
entire timeout and there should be no reason to arm a timer.
After this patch is applied: the same test scenario does not generate a
call to schedule() in the above edge case. If the busy poll usecs are
reduced (for example usecs: 100, epoll_wait timeout 1ms) the timer is
armed as expected.
Fixes: bf3b9f6 ("epoll: Add busy poll support to epoll with socket fds.")
Signed-off-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@fastly.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250416185826.26375-1-jdamato@fastly.com
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>1 parent a681b7c commit 0a65bc2
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