linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] sched/numa: Update the scan period without holding the numa

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Message-ID: <tip-30619c89b17d46808b4cdf5b3f81b6a01ade1473@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 25 Jul 2018 07:29:13 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Srikar Dronamraju <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mgorman@...hsingularity.net, srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, riel@...riel.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:sched/core] sched/numa: Update the scan period without holding
 the numa_group lock

Commit-ID:  30619c89b17d46808b4cdf5b3f81b6a01ade1473
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/30619c89b17d46808b4cdf5b3f81b6a01ade1473
Author:     Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 22:32:55 +0530
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:41:08 +0200

sched/numa: Update the scan period without holding the numa_group lock

The metrics for updating scan periods are local or task specific.
Currently this update happens under the numa_group lock, which seems
unnecessary. Hence move this update outside the lock.

Running SPECjbb2005 on a 4 node machine and comparing bops/JVM
JVMS  LAST_PATCH  WITH_PATCH  %CHANGE
16    25355.9     25645.4     1.141
1     72812       72142       -0.92

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1529514181-9842-15-git-send-email-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 3bcf0e864613..fc33a4b40a09 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2170,8 +2170,6 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 		}
 	}
 
-	update_task_scan_period(p, fault_types[0], fault_types[1]);
-
 	if (p->numa_group) {
 		numa_group_count_active_nodes(p->numa_group);
 		spin_unlock_irq(group_lock);
@@ -2186,6 +2184,8 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 		if (task_node(p) != p->numa_preferred_nid)
 			numa_migrate_preferred(p);
 	}
+
+	update_task_scan_period(p, fault_types[0], fault_types[1]);
 }
 
 static inline int get_numa_group(struct numa_group *grp)