linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Optimize select_idle

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:32:56 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Srikar Dronamraju" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Optimize select_idle_core()

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     bec2860a2bd6cd38ea34434d04f4033eb32f0f31
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/bec2860a2bd6cd38ea34434d04f4033eb32f0f31
Author:        Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:54:22 +05:30
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:37:08 +01:00

sched/fair: Optimize select_idle_core()

Currently we loop through all threads of a core to evaluate if the core is
idle or not. This is unnecessary. If a thread of a core is not idle, skip
evaluating other threads of a core. Also while clearing the cpumask, bits
of all CPUs of a core can be cleared in one-shot.

Collecting ticks on a Power 9 SMT 8 system around select_idle_core
while running schbench shows us

(units are in ticks, hence lesser is better)
Without patch
    N        Min     Max     Median         Avg      Stddev
x 130        151    1083        284   322.72308   144.41494

With patch
    N        Min     Max     Median         Avg      Stddev   Improvement
x 164         88     610        201   225.79268   106.78943        30.03%

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191206172422.6578-1-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 25dffc0..1a0ce83 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5787,10 +5787,12 @@ static int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int 
 		bool idle = true;
 
 		for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_smt_mask(core)) {
-			__cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cpus);
-			if (!available_idle_cpu(cpu))
+			if (!available_idle_cpu(cpu)) {
 				idle = false;
+				break;
+			}
 		}
+		cpumask_andnot(cpus, cpus, cpu_smt_mask(core));
 
 		if (idle)
 			return core;