linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3 v2] sched/fair: don't set LBF_ALL

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Date:   Thu,  7 Jan 2021 11:33:24 +0100
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
        mgorman@...e.de, bristot@...hat.com, valentin.schneider@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3 v2] sched/fair: don't set LBF_ALL_PINNED unnecessarily

Setting LBF_ALL_PINNED during active load balance is only valid when there
is only 1 running task on the rq otherwise this ends up increasing the
balance interval whereas other tasks could migrate after the next interval
once they become cache-cold as an example.

LBF_ALL_PINNED flag is now always set it by default. It is then cleared
when we find one task that can be pulled when calling detach_tasks() or
during active migration.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 5428b8723e61..a3515dea1afc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9626,6 +9626,8 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
 	env.src_rq = busiest;
 
 	ld_moved = 0;
+	/* Clear this flag as soon as we find a pullable task */
+	env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED;
 	if (busiest->nr_running > 1) {
 		/*
 		 * Attempt to move tasks. If find_busiest_group has found
@@ -9633,7 +9635,6 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
 		 * still unbalanced. ld_moved simply stays zero, so it is
 		 * correctly treated as an imbalance.
 		 */
-		env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED;
 		env.loop_max  = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->nr_running);
 
 more_balance:
@@ -9759,10 +9760,12 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
 			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, busiest->curr->cpus_ptr)) {
 				raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&busiest->lock,
 							    flags);
-				env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED;
 				goto out_one_pinned;
 			}
 
+			/* Record that we found atleast one task that could run on this_cpu */
+			env.flags &= ~LBF_ALL_PINNED;
+
 			/*
 			 * ->active_balance synchronizes accesses to
 			 * ->active_balance_work.  Once set, it's cleared
-- 
2.17.1