diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index ead464a0f2e5..4778c48a7fda 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6998,7 +6998,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused cpu_period_quota_parse(char *buf,
 {
 	char tok[21];	/* U64_MAX */
 
-	if (!sscanf(buf, "%s %llu", tok, periodp))
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%20s %llu", tok, periodp) < 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*periodp *= NSEC_PER_USEC;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 2efe629425be..5c41ea367422 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ struct sugov_cpu {
 
 	bool			iowait_boost_pending;
 	unsigned int		iowait_boost;
-	unsigned int		iowait_boost_max;
 	u64			last_update;
 
 	unsigned long		bw_dl;
+	unsigned long		min;
 	unsigned long		max;
 
 	/* The field below is for single-CPU policies only: */
@@ -303,8 +303,7 @@ static bool sugov_iowait_reset(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
 	if (delta_ns <= TICK_NSEC)
 		return false;
 
-	sg_cpu->iowait_boost = set_iowait_boost
-		? sg_cpu->sg_policy->policy->min : 0;
+	sg_cpu->iowait_boost = set_iowait_boost ? sg_cpu->min : 0;
 	sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = set_iowait_boost;
 
 	return true;
@@ -344,14 +343,13 @@ static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
 
 	/* Double the boost at each request */
 	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost) {
-		sg_cpu->iowait_boost <<= 1;
-		if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost > sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max)
-			sg_cpu->iowait_boost = sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max;
+		sg_cpu->iowait_boost =
+			min_t(unsigned int, sg_cpu->iowait_boost << 1, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	/* First wakeup after IO: start with minimum boost */
-	sg_cpu->iowait_boost = sg_cpu->sg_policy->policy->min;
+	sg_cpu->iowait_boost = sg_cpu->min;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -373,47 +371,38 @@ static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
  * This mechanism is designed to boost high frequently IO waiting tasks, while
  * being more conservative on tasks which does sporadic IO operations.
  */
-static void sugov_iowait_apply(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
-			       unsigned long *util, unsigned long *max)
+static unsigned long sugov_iowait_apply(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
+					unsigned long util, unsigned long max)
 {
-	unsigned int boost_util, boost_max;
+	unsigned long boost;
 
 	/* No boost currently required */
 	if (!sg_cpu->iowait_boost)
-		return;
+		return util;
 
 	/* Reset boost if the CPU appears to have been idle enough */
 	if (sugov_iowait_reset(sg_cpu, time, false))
-		return;
+		return util;
 
-	/*
-	 * An IO waiting task has just woken up:
-	 * allow to further double the boost value
-	 */
-	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending) {
-		sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = false;
-	} else {
+	if (!sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending) {
 		/*
-		 * Otherwise: reduce the boost value and disable it when we
-		 * reach the minimum.
+		 * No boost pending; reduce the boost value.
 		 */
 		sg_cpu->iowait_boost >>= 1;
-		if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost < sg_cpu->sg_policy->policy->min) {
+		if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost < sg_cpu->min) {
 			sg_cpu->iowait_boost = 0;
-			return;
+			return util;
 		}
 	}
 
+	sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = false;
+
 	/*
-	 * Apply the current boost value: a CPU is boosted only if its current
-	 * utilization is smaller then the current IO boost level.
+	 * @util is already in capacity scale; convert iowait_boost
+	 * into the same scale so we can compare.
 	 */
-	boost_util = sg_cpu->iowait_boost;
-	boost_max = sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max;
-	if (*util * boost_max < *max * boost_util) {
-		*util = boost_util;
-		*max = boost_max;
-	}
+	boost = (sg_cpu->iowait_boost * max) >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
+	return max(boost, util);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
@@ -460,7 +449,7 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
 
 	util = sugov_get_util(sg_cpu);
 	max = sg_cpu->max;
-	sugov_iowait_apply(sg_cpu, time, &util, &max);
+	util = sugov_iowait_apply(sg_cpu, time, util, max);
 	next_f = get_next_freq(sg_policy, util, max);
 	/*
 	 * Do not reduce the frequency if the CPU has not been idle
@@ -500,7 +489,7 @@ static unsigned int sugov_next_freq_shared(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time)
 
 		j_util = sugov_get_util(j_sg_cpu);
 		j_max = j_sg_cpu->max;
-		sugov_iowait_apply(j_sg_cpu, time, &j_util, &j_max);
+		j_util = sugov_iowait_apply(j_sg_cpu, time, j_util, j_max);
 
 		if (j_util * max > j_max * util) {
 			util = j_util;
@@ -837,7 +826,9 @@ static int sugov_start(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		memset(sg_cpu, 0, sizeof(*sg_cpu));
 		sg_cpu->cpu			= cpu;
 		sg_cpu->sg_policy		= sg_policy;
-		sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max	= policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
+		sg_cpu->min			=
+			(SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE * policy->cpuinfo.min_freq) /
+			policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
 	}
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ea74d43924b2..fdab7eb6f351 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8059,6 +8059,18 @@ check_cpu_capacity(struct rq *rq, struct sched_domain *sd)
 				(rq->cpu_capacity_orig * 100));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check whether a rq has a misfit task and if it looks like we can actually
+ * help that task: we can migrate the task to a CPU of higher capacity, or
+ * the task's current CPU is heavily pressured.
+ */
+static inline int check_misfit_status(struct rq *rq, struct sched_domain *sd)
+{
+	return rq->misfit_task_load &&
+		(rq->cpu_capacity_orig < rq->rd->max_cpu_capacity ||
+		 check_cpu_capacity(rq, sd));
+}
+
 /*
  * Group imbalance indicates (and tries to solve) the problem where balancing
  * groups is inadequate due to ->cpus_allowed constraints.
@@ -9586,12 +9598,62 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
 	if (time_before(now, nohz.next_balance))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (rq->nr_running >= 2 || rq->misfit_task_load) {
+	if (rq->nr_running >= 2) {
 		flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	sd = rcu_dereference(rq->sd);
+	if (sd) {
+		/*
+		 * If there's a CFS task and the current CPU has reduced
+		 * capacity; kick the ILB to see if there's a better CPU to run
+		 * on.
+		 */
+		if (rq->cfs.h_nr_running >= 1 && check_cpu_capacity(rq, sd)) {
+			flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
+	sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_asym_packing, cpu));
+	if (sd) {
+		/*
+		 * When ASYM_PACKING; see if there's a more preferred CPU
+		 * currently idle; in which case, kick the ILB to move tasks
+		 * around.
+		 */
+		for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_domain_span(sd), nohz.idle_cpus_mask) {
+			if (sched_asym_prefer(i, cpu)) {
+				flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_asym_cpucapacity, cpu));
+	if (sd) {
+		/*
+		 * When ASYM_CPUCAPACITY; see if there's a higher capacity CPU
+		 * to run the misfit task on.
+		 */
+		if (check_misfit_status(rq, sd)) {
+			flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * For asymmetric systems, we do not want to nicely balance
+		 * cache use, instead we want to embrace asymmetry and only
+		 * ensure tasks have enough CPU capacity.
+		 *
+		 * Skip the LLC logic because it's not relevant in that case.
+		 */
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	sds = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc_shared, cpu));
 	if (sds) {
 		/*
@@ -9608,26 +9670,6 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
 			flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
 			goto unlock;
 		}
-
-	}
-
-	sd = rcu_dereference(rq->sd);
-	if (sd) {
-		if ((rq->cfs.h_nr_running >= 1) &&
-		    check_cpu_capacity(rq, sd)) {
-			flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
-			goto unlock;
-		}
-	}
-
-	sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_asym_packing, cpu));
-	if (sd) {
-		for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_domain_span(sd), nohz.idle_cpus_mask) {
-			if (sched_asym_prefer(i, cpu)) {
-				flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
-				goto unlock;
-			}
-		}
 	}
 unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();