linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] sched/fair: make sure to update tg contrib for blocked load

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Date:   Thu, 27 May 2021 14:29:16 +0200
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, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        odin@...d.al, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sched/fair: make sure to update tg contrib for blocked load

During the update of fair blocked load (__update_blocked_fair()), we update
the contribution of the cfs in tg->load_avg if cfs_rq's pelt has decayed.
Nevertheless, the pelt values of a cfs_rq could have been recently updated
while propagating the change of a child. In uchthis case, cfs_rq's pelt will
not decayed because it has already been updated and we don't update
tg->load_avg.

__update_blocked_fair
  ...
  for_each_leaf_cfs_rq_safe: child cfs_rq
    update cfs_rq_load_avg() for child cfs_rq
    ...
    update_load_avg(cfs_rq_of(se), se, 0)
      ...
      update cfs_rq_load_avg() for parent cfs_rq
		-propagation of child's load makes parent cfs_rq->load_sum
		 becoming null
        -UPDATE_TG is not set so it doesn't update parent
		 cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib
  ..
  for_each_leaf_cfs_rq_safe: parent cfs_rq
    update cfs_rq_load_avg() for parent cfs_rq
      - nothing to do because parent cfs_rq has already been updated
		recently so cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib is not updated
    ...
    parent cfs_rq is decayed
      list_del_leaf_cfs_rq parent cfs_rq
	  - but it still contibutes to tg->load_avg

we must set UPDATE_TG flags when propagting pending load to the parent

Fixes: 039ae8bcf7a5 ("sched/fair: Fix O(nr_cgroups) in the load balancing path")
Reported-by: Odin Ugedal <odin@...d.al>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 2859545d95fb..dcb3b1a6813c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8048,7 +8048,7 @@ static bool __update_blocked_fair(struct rq *rq, bool *done)
 		/* Propagate pending load changes to the parent, if any: */
 		se = cfs_rq->tg->se[cpu];
 		if (se && !skip_blocked_update(se))
-			update_load_avg(cfs_rq_of(se), se, 0);
+			update_load_avg(cfs_rq_of(se), se, UPDATE_TG);
 
 		/*
 		 * There can be a lot of idle CPU cgroups.  Don't let fully
-- 
2.17.1