linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: sync expires_seq in distribute_cfs

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:32:58 -0700
From:   bsegall@...gle.com
To:     Xunlei Pang <xlpang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: sync expires_seq in distribute_cfs_runtime()

Xunlei Pang <xlpang@...ux.alibaba.com> writes:

> Hi Cong,
>
> On 7/28/18 8:24 AM, Cong Wang wrote:
>> Each time we sync cfs_rq->runtime_expires with cfs_b->runtime_expires,
>> we should sync its ->expires_seq too. However it is missing
>> for distribute_cfs_runtime(), especially the slack timer call path.
>
> I don't think it's a problem, as expires_seq will get synced in
> assign_cfs_rq_runtime().
>
> Thanks,
> Xunlei

It does seem unlikely to actually come up since the cfs_rq would have to
not run until the period was expired-locally-but-not-globally, but
there's no reason to not fix it.


>
>> 
>> Fixes: 512ac999d275 ("sched/fair: Fix bandwidth timer clock drift condition")
>> Cc: Xunlei Pang <xlpang@...ux.alibaba.com>
>> Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 12 ++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> index 2f0a0be4d344..910c50db3d74 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> @@ -4857,7 +4857,7 @@ void unthrottle_cfs_rq(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
>>  }
>>  
>>  static u64 distribute_cfs_runtime(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b,
>> -		u64 remaining, u64 expires)
>> +		u64 remaining, u64 expires, int expires_seq)
>>  {
>>  	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
>>  	u64 runtime;
>> @@ -4880,6 +4880,7 @@ static u64 distribute_cfs_runtime(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b,
>>  
>>  		cfs_rq->runtime_remaining += runtime;
>>  		cfs_rq->runtime_expires = expires;
>> +		cfs_rq->expires_seq = expires_seq;
>>  
>>  		/* we check whether we're throttled above */
>>  		if (cfs_rq->runtime_remaining > 0)
>> @@ -4905,7 +4906,7 @@ static u64 distribute_cfs_runtime(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b,
>>  static int do_sched_cfs_period_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, int overrun)
>>  {
>>  	u64 runtime, runtime_expires;
>> -	int throttled;
>> +	int throttled, expires_seq;
>>  
>>  	/* no need to continue the timer with no bandwidth constraint */
>>  	if (cfs_b->quota == RUNTIME_INF)
>> @@ -4933,6 +4934,7 @@ static int do_sched_cfs_period_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, int overrun)
>>  	cfs_b->nr_throttled += overrun;
>>  
>>  	runtime_expires = cfs_b->runtime_expires;
>> +	expires_seq = cfs_b->expires_seq;
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * This check is repeated as we are holding onto the new bandwidth while
>> @@ -4946,7 +4948,7 @@ static int do_sched_cfs_period_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, int overrun)
>>  		raw_spin_unlock(&cfs_b->lock);
>>  		/* we can't nest cfs_b->lock while distributing bandwidth */
>>  		runtime = distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b, runtime,
>> -						 runtime_expires);
>> +						 runtime_expires, expires_seq);
>>  		raw_spin_lock(&cfs_b->lock);
>>  
>>  		throttled = !list_empty(&cfs_b->throttled_cfs_rq);
>> @@ -5055,6 +5057,7 @@ static __always_inline void return_cfs_rq_runtime(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
>>  static void do_sched_cfs_slack_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
>>  {
>>  	u64 runtime = 0, slice = sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice();
>> +	int expires_seq;
>>  	u64 expires;
>>  
>>  	/* confirm we're still not at a refresh boundary */
>> @@ -5068,12 +5071,13 @@ static void do_sched_cfs_slack_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
>>  		runtime = cfs_b->runtime;
>>  
>>  	expires = cfs_b->runtime_expires;
>> +	expires_seq = cfs_b->expires_seq;
>>  	raw_spin_unlock(&cfs_b->lock);
>>  
>>  	if (!runtime)
>>  		return;
>>  
>> -	runtime = distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b, runtime, expires);
>> +	runtime = distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b, runtime, expires, expires_seq);
>>  
>>  	raw_spin_lock(&cfs_b->lock);
>>  	if (expires == cfs_b->runtime_expires)
>>