linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] sched/fair: Fix load

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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2017 14:31:17 +0100
From:   Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
To:     Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@...eaurora.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Austin Christ <austinwc@...eaurora.org>,
        Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] sched/fair: Fix load_balance() affinity redo path

On 18/05/17 20:36, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:

[...]

> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index d711093..a5d41b1 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -8220,7 +8220,24 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
>  		/* All tasks on this runqueue were pinned by CPU affinity */
>  		if (unlikely(env.flags & LBF_ALL_PINNED)) {
>  			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu_of(busiest), cpus);
> -			if (!cpumask_empty(cpus)) {
> +			/*
> +			 * dst_cpu is not a valid busiest cpu in the following
> +			 * check since load cannot be pulled from dst_cpu to be
> +			 * put on dst_cpu.
> +			 */
> +			cpumask_clear_cpu(env.dst_cpu, cpus);
> +			/*
> +			 * Go back to "redo" iff the load-balance cpumask
> +			 * contains other potential busiest cpus for the
> +			 * current sched domain.
> +			 */
> +			if (cpumask_intersects(cpus, sched_domain_span(env.sd))) {
> +				/*
> +				 * Now that the check has passed, reenable
> +				 * dst_cpu so that load can be calculated on
> +				 * it in the redo path.
> +				 */
> +				cpumask_set_cpu(env.dst_cpu, cpus);

IMHO, this will work nicely and its way easier.

Another idea might be to check if the LBF_ALL_PINNED is set when we
check if we should clean the imbalance flag.

@@ -8307,14 +8307,13 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
         * We reach balance although we may have faced some affinity
         * constraints. Clear the imbalance flag if it was set.
         */
-       if (sd_parent) {
+       if (sd_parent && !(env.flags & LBF_ALL_PINNED)) {
                int *group_imbalance = &sd_parent->groups->sgc->imbalance;

                if (*group_imbalance)
                        *group_imbalance = 0;
        }

But I think preventing a needless redo loop is even better ...