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diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -13934,29 +13934,62 @@ static inline int on_null_domain(struct rq *rq)
*/
static inline int find_new_ilb(void)
{
- int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
- const struct cpumask *hk_mask;
- int ilb_cpu;
+ struct cpumask *ilb_cpus;
+ int ilb_cpu, fallback = -1;
- hk_mask = housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE);
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
- for_each_cpu_and(ilb_cpu, nohz.idle_cpus_mask, hk_mask) {
- if (ilb_cpu == this_cpu)
+ /*
+ * Reuse the per-CPU select_rq_mask, which is protected from concurrent
+ * use on this CPU by having interrupts disabled.
+ */
+ ilb_cpus = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(select_rq_mask);
+ cpumask_and(ilb_cpus, nohz.idle_cpus_mask,
+ housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE));
+
+ for_each_cpu(ilb_cpu, ilb_cpus) {
+ if (!idle_cpu(ilb_cpu)) {
+ /*
+ * Once an idle fallback exists, a busy CPU proves that
+ * this core cannot be fully idle. Skip its siblings.
+ */
+ if (sched_smt_active() && fallback >= 0)
+ cpumask_andnot(ilb_cpus, ilb_cpus, cpu_smt_mask(ilb_cpu));
continue;
+ }
- if (idle_cpu(ilb_cpu))
- return ilb_cpu;
+ /*
+ * Running the idle load balancer on an idle sibling of a busy
+ * SMT core can reduce the capacity available to its sibling. Prefer
+ * a CPU whose entire core is idle, but retain the first idle CPU as
+ * a fallback so idle balancing can still make progress when no fully
+ * idle core exists.
+ */
+ if (sched_smt_active() && !is_core_idle(ilb_cpu)) {
+ if (fallback < 0)
+ fallback = ilb_cpu;
+
+ /*
+ * The core is not idle, so there is no need to check
+ * any of its other SMT siblings.
+ */
+ cpumask_andnot(ilb_cpus, ilb_cpus,
+ cpu_smt_mask(ilb_cpu));
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ return ilb_cpu;
}
- return -1;
+ return fallback;
}
/*
* Kick a CPU to do the NOHZ balancing, if it is time for it, via a cross-CPU
* SMP function call (IPI).
*
- * We pick the first idle CPU in the HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE housekeeping set
- * (if there is one).
+ * Prefer a CPU on a fully idle core in the HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE housekeeping
+ * set. Fall back to the first idle CPU when no fully idle core exists.
*/
static void kick_ilb(unsigned int flags)
{