linux-kernel - Re: sched_mc_power_savings broken with CGROUPS+CPUSETS

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Message-ID: <20080830204251.GB6124@dirshya.in.ibm.com>
Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:12:51 +0530
From:	Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Suresh B Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: sched_mc_power_savings broken with CGROUPS+CPUSETS

* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> [2008-08-30 13:26:53]:

[snipped]

> 
> I don't think iterating the domains and setting the flag is sufficient.
> Look at this crap (found in arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c):
> 
> cpumask_t cpu_coregroup_map(int cpu)
> {
>         struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
>         /*
>          * For perf, we return last level cache shared map.
>          * And for power savings, we return cpu_core_map
>          */
>         if (sched_mc_power_savings || sched_smt_power_savings)
>                 return per_cpu(cpu_core_map, cpu);
>         else
>                 return c->llc_shared_map;
> }
> 
> which means we'll actually end up building different domain/group
> configurations depending on power savings settings.

The above code helps a quad-core CPU to be treated as two dual core
for performance when sched_mc_power_savings=0 and they will be treated
as one quad core package if sched_mc_power_savings=1 since the power
control (voltage control) is per quad core socket.

On a dual socket machine with two quad core cpus, 

sched_mc_power_savings=0 will build:

CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
 domain 0: span 0,2 level MC
  groups: 0 2
  domain 1: span 0-7 level CPU
   groups: 0,2 1,5 3-4 6-7

while sched_mc_power_savings=1 will build:

CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
 domain 0: span 0,2-4 level MC
  groups: 0 2 3 4
  domain 1: span 0-7 level CPU
   groups: 0,2-4 1,5-7

Last level cache (llc_shared_map) is used to build this map
differently based on power savings settings.

Do you think such detailed documentation around this code will help?

--Vaidy

[snipped]

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