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Message-ID: <CAPM31R+cS+eRaFHa2ygxF3ADYyo5Tf9R+snky3U8b5_am6Wtjg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:13:08 -0700
From:	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Nikhil Rao <ncrao@...gle.com>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Subject: Re: [RFT][PATCH] sched, cgroup: Optimize load_balance_fair()

Nice! The continued usage of task_groups had been irking me for a
while but I haven't had the time to scratch the itch :).

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> Subject: sched, cgroup: Optimize load_balance_fair()
> From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Date: Wed Jul 13 13:09:25 CEST 2011
>
> Use for_each_leaf_cfs_rq() instead of list_for_each_entry_rcu(), this
> achieves that load_balance_fair() only iterates those task_groups that
> actually have tasks on busiest, and that we iterate bottom-up, trying to
> move light groups before the heavier ones.
>
> No idea if it will actually work out to be beneficial in practice, does
> anybody have a cgroup workload that might show a difference one way or
> the other?
>
> [ Also move update_h_load to sched_fair.c, loosing #ifdef-ery ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> ---
>  kernel/sched.c      |   32 --------------------------------
>  kernel/sched_fair.c |   40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c
> +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
> @@ -1568,38 +1568,6 @@ static unsigned long cpu_avg_load_per_ta
>        return rq->avg_load_per_task;
>  }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
> -
> -/*
> - * Compute the cpu's hierarchical load factor for each task group.
> - * This needs to be done in a top-down fashion because the load of a child
> - * group is a fraction of its parents load.
> - */
> -static int tg_load_down(struct task_group *tg, void *data)
> -{
> -       unsigned long load;
> -       long cpu = (long)data;
> -
> -       if (!tg->parent) {
> -               load = cpu_rq(cpu)->load.weight;
> -       } else {
> -               load = tg->parent->cfs_rq[cpu]->h_load;
> -               load *= tg->se[cpu]->load.weight;
> -               load /= tg->parent->cfs_rq[cpu]->load.weight + 1;
> -       }
> -
> -       tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->h_load = load;
> -
> -       return 0;
> -}
> -
> -static void update_h_load(long cpu)
> -{
> -       walk_tg_tree(tg_load_down, tg_nop, (void *)cpu);
> -}
> -
> -#endif
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
>
>  static void double_rq_lock(struct rq *rq1, struct rq *rq2);
> Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched_fair.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched_fair.c
> +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched_fair.c
> @@ -2232,11 +2232,43 @@ static void update_shares(int cpu)
>        struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
>
>        rcu_read_lock();
> +       /*
> +        * Iterates the task_group tree in a bottom up fashion, see
> +        * list_add_leaf_cfs_rq() for details.
> +        */
>        for_each_leaf_cfs_rq(rq, cfs_rq)
>                update_shares_cpu(cfs_rq->tg, cpu);
>        rcu_read_unlock();
>  }
>
> +/*
> + * Compute the cpu's hierarchical load factor for each task group.
> + * This needs to be done in a top-down fashion because the load of a child
> + * group is a fraction of its parents load.
> + */
> +static int tg_load_down(struct task_group *tg, void *data)
> +{
> +       unsigned long load;
> +       long cpu = (long)data;
> +
> +       if (!tg->parent) {
> +               load = cpu_rq(cpu)->load.weight;
> +       } else {
> +               load = tg->parent->cfs_rq[cpu]->h_load;
> +               load *= tg->se[cpu]->load.weight;
> +               load /= tg->parent->cfs_rq[cpu]->load.weight + 1;
> +       }
> +
> +       tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->h_load = load;
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void update_h_load(long cpu)
> +{
> +       walk_tg_tree(tg_load_down, tg_nop, (void *)cpu);
> +}

With a list_for_each_entry_reverse_rcu() this could also only operate
on the local hierarchy and avoid the tg tree walk.

> +
>  static unsigned long
>  load_balance_fair(struct rq *this_rq, int this_cpu, struct rq *busiest,
>                  unsigned long max_load_move,
> @@ -2244,14 +2276,12 @@ load_balance_fair(struct rq *this_rq, in
>                  int *all_pinned)
>  {
>        long rem_load_move = max_load_move;
> -       int busiest_cpu = cpu_of(busiest);
> -       struct task_group *tg;
> +       struct cfs_rq *busiest_cfs_rq;
>
>        rcu_read_lock();
> -       update_h_load(busiest_cpu);
> +       update_h_load(cpu_of(busiest));
>
> -       list_for_each_entry_rcu(tg, &task_groups, list) {
> -               struct cfs_rq *busiest_cfs_rq = tg->cfs_rq[busiest_cpu];
> +       for_each_leaf_cfs_rq(busiest, busiest_cfs_rq) {
>                unsigned long busiest_h_load = busiest_cfs_rq->h_load;
>                unsigned long busiest_weight = busiest_cfs_rq->load.weight;
>                u64 rem_load, moved_load;
>
>

Reviewed-by: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
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