linux-kernel - [RFCv4 PATCH 10/34] sched: Include blocked utilization in usage tracking

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 20:38:45 +0100
From:	Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>
To:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com
Cc:	vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
	Dietmar Eggemann <Dietmar.Eggemann@....com>,
	yuyang.du@...el.com, preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	mturquette@...aro.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	Juri Lelli <Juri.Lelli@....com>, sgurrappadi@...dia.com,
	pang.xunlei@....com.cn, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, morten.rasmussen@....com
Subject: [RFCv4 PATCH 10/34] sched: Include blocked utilization in usage tracking

Add the blocked utilization contribution to group sched_entity
utilization (se->avg.utilization_avg_contrib) and to get_cpu_usage().
With this change cpu usage now includes recent usage by currently
non-runnable tasks, hence it provides a more stable view of the cpu
usage. It does, however, also mean that the meaning of usage is changed:
A cpu may be momentarily idle while usage is >0. It can no longer be
assumed that cpu usage >0 implies runnable tasks on the rq.
cfs_rq->utilization_load_avg or nr_running should be used instead to get
the current rq status.

cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

Signed-off-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ad07398..e40cd88 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2789,7 +2789,8 @@ static long __update_entity_utilization_avg_contrib(struct sched_entity *se)
 		__update_task_entity_utilization(se);
 	else
 		se->avg.utilization_avg_contrib =
-					group_cfs_rq(se)->utilization_load_avg;
+				group_cfs_rq(se)->utilization_load_avg +
+				group_cfs_rq(se)->utilization_blocked_avg;
 
 	return se->avg.utilization_avg_contrib - old_contrib;
 }
@@ -5046,13 +5047,17 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int target)
 
 static int get_cpu_usage(int cpu)
 {
+	int sum;
 	unsigned long usage = cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs.utilization_load_avg;
+	unsigned long blocked = cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs.utilization_blocked_avg;
 	unsigned long capacity_orig = capacity_orig_of(cpu);
 
-	if (usage >= capacity_orig)
+	sum = usage + blocked;
+
+	if (sum >= capacity_orig)
 		return capacity_orig;
 
-	return usage;
+	return sum;
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.9.1

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