linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/16] sched: refactor update_shares_cpu() -> update_blocked

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Message-ID: <20120628022415.30496.57167.stgit@kitami.mtv.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:24:15 -0700
From:	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Venki Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Morten Rasmussen <Morten.Rasmussen@....com>,
	Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/16] sched: refactor update_shares_cpu() ->
	update_blocked_avgs()

Now that running entities maintain their own load-averages the work we must do
in update_shares() is largely restricted to the periodic decay of blocked
entities.  This allows us to be a little less pessimistic regarding our
occupancy on rq->lock and the associated rq->clock updates required.

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |   59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4a9a828..dd1ef8a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3678,23 +3678,20 @@ out:
 /*
  * update tg->load_weight by folding this cpu's load_avg
  */
-static int update_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu)
+static void __update_blocked_averages_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu)
 {
-	struct sched_entity *se;
-	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct rq *rq;
-
-
-	rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
-	se = tg->se[cpu];
-	cfs_rq = tg->cfs_rq[cpu];
+	struct sched_entity *se = tg->se[cpu];
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = tg->cfs_rq[cpu];
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+	/* throttled entities do not contribute to load */
+	if (throttled_hierarchy(cfs_rq))
+		return;
 
-	update_rq_clock(rq);
 	update_cfs_rq_blocked_load(cfs_rq, 1);
-	update_entity_load_avg(tg->se[cpu], 1);
+	if (se)
+		update_entity_load_avg(se, 1);
+	else
+		update_rq_runnable_avg(rq_of(cfs_rq), 1);
 
 	if (se) {
 		/*
@@ -3707,29 +3704,39 @@ static int update_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu)
 		else
 			list_del_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
 	}
-
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
-static void update_shares(int cpu)
+static void update_blocked_averages(int cpu)
 {
-	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
+
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int num_updates = 0;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+	update_rq_clock(rq);
 	/*
 	 * 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) {
-		/* throttled entities do not contribute to load */
-		if (throttled_hierarchy(cfs_rq))
-			continue;
+		__update_blocked_averages_cpu(cfs_rq->tg, rq->cpu);
 
-		update_shares_cpu(cfs_rq->tg, cpu);
+		/*
+		 * Periodically release the lock so that a cfs_rq with many
+		 * children cannot hold it for an arbitrary period of time.
+		 */
+		if (num_updates++ % 20 == 0) {
+			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
+			cpu_relax();
+			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+			update_rq_clock(rq);
+		}
 	}
+
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
@@ -3774,7 +3781,7 @@ unsigned long task_h_load(struct task_struct *p)
 	return load;
 }
 #else
-static inline void update_shares(int cpu)
+static inline void update_blocked_averages(int cpu)
 {
 }
 
@@ -4936,7 +4943,7 @@ void idle_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq)
 	 */
 	raw_spin_unlock(&this_rq->lock);
 
-	update_shares(this_cpu);
+	update_blocked_averages(this_cpu);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_domain(this_cpu, sd) {
 		unsigned long interval;
@@ -5196,7 +5203,7 @@ static void rebalance_domains(int cpu, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
 	int update_next_balance = 0;
 	int need_serialize;
 
-	update_shares(cpu);
+	update_blocked_averages(cpu);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {


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