linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] sched/fair: Tweak misfit-related capacity checks

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <jhjv9b61md0.mognet@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:59:55 +0000
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>,
        Pavan Kondeti <pkondeti@...eaurora.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] sched/fair: Tweak misfit-related capacity checks

On 05/02/21 15:31, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 19:32, Valentin Schneider
> <valentin.schneider@....com> wrote:
>>
>> During load-balance, groups classified as group_misfit_task are filtered
>> out if they do not pass
>>
>>   group_smaller_max_cpu_capacity(<candidate group>, <local group>);
>
> group_smaller_max_cpu_capacity and  group_smaller_max_cpu_capacity are
> removed in the next patch. Merge this and the next and directly remove
> them
>

OK.

>> @@ -8253,7 +8260,7 @@ check_cpu_capacity(struct rq *rq, struct sched_domain *sd)
>>  static inline int check_misfit_status(struct rq *rq, struct sched_domain *sd)
>>  {
>>         return rq->misfit_task_load &&
>> -               (rq->cpu_capacity_orig < rq->rd->max_cpu_capacity ||
>> +               (capacity_greater(rq->rd->max_cpu_capacity, rq->cpu_capacity_orig) ||
>
> Why do you add a margin here whereas there was no margin before ?
>

Comparing capacities without any sort of filter can lead to ping-ponging
tasks around (capacity values very easily fluctuate by +/- 1, if not more).
I'm guilty of doing two things at once here: replace existing users, and
convert callsites that should be existing users. I can split the conversion
in a separate patch.