linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] sched/uclamp: release per-task uclamp control if user set to default value

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Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:12:51 +0200
From:   Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
To:     Yun Hsiang <hsiang023167@...il.com>, peterz@...radead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] sched/uclamp: release per-task uclamp control if user
 set to default value

Hi Yun,

On 28/09/2020 10:26, Yun Hsiang wrote:
> If the user wants to release the util clamp and let cgroup to control it,
> we need a method to reset.
> 
> So if the user set the task uclamp to the default value (0 for UCLAMP_MIN
> and 1024 for UCLAMP_MAX), reset the user_defined flag to release control.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yun Hsiang <hsiang023167@...il.com>

could you explain with a little bit more detail why you would need this
feature?

Currently we assume that once the per-task uclamp (user-defined) values
are set, you could only change the effective uclamp values of this task
by (1) moving it into another taskgroup or (2) changing the system
default uclamp values.

> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 9a2fbf98fd6f..fa63d70d783a 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -1187,6 +1187,7 @@ static void __setscheduler_uclamp(struct task_struct *p,
>  				  const struct sched_attr *attr)
>  {
>  	enum uclamp_id clamp_id;
> +	bool user_defined;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * On scheduling class change, reset to default clamps for tasks
> @@ -1210,14 +1211,16 @@ static void __setscheduler_uclamp(struct task_struct *p,
>  	if (likely(!(attr->sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_UTIL_CLAMP)))
>  		return;
>  
> +	user_defined = attr->sched_util_min == 0 ? false : true;
>  	if (attr->sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_UTIL_CLAMP_MIN) {
>  		uclamp_se_set(&p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN],
> -			      attr->sched_util_min, true);
> +			      attr->sched_util_min, user_defined);
>  	}
>  
> +	user_defined = attr->sched_util_max == 1024 ? false : true;
>  	if (attr->sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_UTIL_CLAMP_MAX) {
>  		uclamp_se_set(&p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MAX],
> -			      attr->sched_util_max, true);
> +			      attr->sched_util_max, user_defined);
>  	}
>  }