[RFC PATCH v5 17/29] sched/rt: Remove old RT_GROUP_SCHED data structures

From: Yuri Andriaccio

Date: Thu Apr 30 2026 - 17:41:01 EST


From: luca abeni <luca.abeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Completely remove the old RT_GROUP_SCHED's functions and data structures:

- Remove the fields back and my_q from sched_rt_entity.
- Remove the rt_bandwidth data structure.
- Remove the field rt_bandwidth from task_group.
- Remove the rt_bandwidth_enabled function.
- Remove the fields rt_queued, rt_throttled, rt_time, rt_runtime,
rt_runtime_lock and rt_nr_boosted from rt_rq.

All of the removed fields and data are similarly represented in previously
added fields in rq, rt_rq, dl_bandwidth and in the dl server themselves.

Co-developed-by: Yuri Andriaccio <yurand2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yuri Andriaccio <yurand2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: luca abeni <luca.abeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 3 ---
kernel/sched/sched.h | 32 --------------------------------
2 files changed, 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index ea2e74598b93..2740f043e534 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -628,12 +628,9 @@ struct sched_rt_entity {
unsigned short on_rq;
unsigned short on_list;

- struct sched_rt_entity *back;
#ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
/* rq on which this entity is (to be) queued: */
struct rt_rq *rt_rq;
- /* rq "owned" by this entity/group: */
- struct rt_rq *my_q;
#endif
} __randomize_layout;

diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 78f080275bf0..a4435f107cfe 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -313,15 +313,6 @@ struct rt_prio_array {
struct list_head queue[MAX_RT_PRIO];
};

-struct rt_bandwidth {
- /* nests inside the rq lock: */
- raw_spinlock_t rt_runtime_lock;
- ktime_t rt_period;
- u64 rt_runtime;
- struct hrtimer rt_period_timer;
- unsigned int rt_period_active;
-};
-
struct dl_bandwidth {
raw_spinlock_t dl_runtime_lock;
u64 dl_runtime;
@@ -341,12 +332,6 @@ static inline int dl_bandwidth_enabled(void)
* - cache the fraction of bandwidth that is currently allocated in
* each root domain;
*
- * This is all done in the data structure below. It is similar to the
- * one used for RT-throttling (rt_bandwidth), with the main difference
- * that, since here we are only interested in admission control, we
- * do not decrease any runtime while the group "executes", neither we
- * need a timer to replenish it.
- *
* With respect to SMP, bandwidth is given on a per root domain basis,
* meaning that:
* - bw (< 100%) is the deadline bandwidth of each CPU;
@@ -513,7 +498,6 @@ struct task_group {
struct sched_dl_entity **dl_se;
struct rt_rq **rt_rq;

- struct rt_bandwidth rt_bandwidth;
struct dl_bandwidth dl_bandwidth;
#endif

@@ -831,11 +815,6 @@ struct scx_rq {
};
#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */

-static inline int rt_bandwidth_enabled(void)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
/* RT IPI pull logic requires IRQ_WORK */
#if defined(CONFIG_IRQ_WORK) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
# define HAVE_RT_PUSH_IPI
@@ -853,17 +832,6 @@ struct rt_rq {
bool overloaded;
struct plist_head pushable_tasks;

- int rt_queued;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
- int rt_throttled;
- u64 rt_time; /* consumed RT time, goes up in update_curr_rt */
- u64 rt_runtime; /* allotted RT time, "slice" from rt_bandwidth, RT sharing/balancing */
- /* Nests inside the rq lock: */
- raw_spinlock_t rt_runtime_lock;
-
- unsigned int rt_nr_boosted;
-#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
struct task_group *tg; /* this tg has "this" rt_rq on given CPU for runnable entities */
#endif
--
2.53.0