linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched/hotplug: Ensure only per-cpu kthreads run during hotplug

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Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:48:50 +0100
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     peterz@...radead.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bristot@...hat.com, swood@...hat.com,
        Vincent Donnefort <Vincent.Donnefort@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched/hotplug: Ensure only per-cpu kthreads run during hotplug


On 11/09/20 13:29, peterz@...radead.org wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 01:17:45PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>
>> > @@ -6968,6 +7064,8 @@ int sched_cpu_deactivate(unsigned int cp
>> >        */
>> >       synchronize_rcu();
>> >
>> > +	balance_push_set(cpu, true);
>> > +
>>
>> IIUC this is going to make every subsequent finish_lock_switch()
>> migrate the switched-to task if it isn't a pcpu kthread. So this is going
>> to lead to a dance of
>>
>> switch_to(<task0>) -> switch_to(<stopper>) -> switch_to(<task1>) -> switch_to(<stopper>) ...
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to batch all those in a migrate_tasks() sibling that
>> skips pcpu kthreads?
>
> That's 'difficult', this is hotplug, performance is not a consideration.
>

Aye aye.

The reason I'm trying to care about this is (don't wince too hard) for that
CPU pause thing [1]. Vincent's been the one doing all the actual work so I
should let him pitch in, but TL;DR if we could "relatively quickly" migrate
all !pcpu tasks after clearing the active bit, we could stop hotplug there
and have our "CPU pause" thing.

[1]: https://lwn.net/Articles/820825/

> Basically we don't have an iterator for the runqueues, so finding these
> tasks is hard.

Mmph right, we'd pretty much have to "enjoy" iterating & skipping pcpu
threads every __pick_migrate_task() call...