From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Subject: sched: Limit the number of task migrations per batch on RT Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:24:25 +0200 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@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210928122411.425097596@linutronix.de --- kernel/sched/core.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- @ kernel/sched/core.c:77 @ const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_fe * 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.