linux-kernel - [PATCH] psi: fix possible trigger missing in the window

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Message-Id: <1639721264-12294-1-git-send-email-huangzhaoyang@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:07:44 +0800
From:   Huangzhaoyang <huangzhaoyang@...il.com>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] psi: fix possible trigger missing in the window

From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com>

There could be missing wake up if the rest of the window remain the
same stall states as the polling_total updates for every polling_min_period.

Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com>
---
 include/linux/psi_types.h |  2 ++
 kernel/sched/psi.c        | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/psi_types.h b/include/linux/psi_types.h
index 0a23300..9533d2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/psi_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/psi_types.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ struct psi_trigger {
 
 	/* Refcounting to prevent premature destruction */
 	struct kref refcount;
+
+	bool new_stall;
 };
 
 struct psi_group {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index 1652f2b..402718c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -458,9 +458,12 @@ static void psi_avgs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 static void window_reset(struct psi_window *win, u64 now, u64 value,
 			 u64 prev_growth)
 {
+	struct psi_trigger *t = container_of(win, struct psi_trigger, win);
+
 	win->start_time = now;
 	win->start_value = value;
 	win->prev_growth = prev_growth;
+	t->new_stall = false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -515,7 +518,6 @@ static void init_triggers(struct psi_group *group, u64 now)
 static u64 update_triggers(struct psi_group *group, u64 now)
 {
 	struct psi_trigger *t;
-	bool new_stall = false;
 	u64 *total = group->total[PSI_POLL];
 
 	/*
@@ -523,19 +525,26 @@ static u64 update_triggers(struct psi_group *group, u64 now)
 	 * watchers know when their specified thresholds are exceeded.
 	 */
 	list_for_each_entry(t, &group->triggers, node) {
-		u64 growth;
-
 		/* Check for stall activity */
 		if (group->polling_total[t->state] == total[t->state])
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Multiple triggers might be looking at the same state,
-		 * remember to update group->polling_total[] once we've
-		 * been through all of them. Also remember to extend the
-		 * polling time if we see new stall activity.
+		 * update the trigger if there is new stall which will be
+		 * reset when run out of the window
 		 */
-		new_stall = true;
+		t->new_stall = true;
+
+		memcpy(&group->polling_total[t->state], &total[t->state],
+				sizeof(group->polling_total[t->state]));
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(t, &group->triggers, node) {
+		u64 growth;
+
+		/* check if new stall happened during this window*/
+		if (!t->new_stall)
+			continue;
 
 		/* Calculate growth since last update */
 		growth = window_update(&t->win, now, total[t->state]);
@@ -552,10 +561,6 @@ static u64 update_triggers(struct psi_group *group, u64 now)
 		t->last_event_time = now;
 	}
 
-	if (new_stall)
-		memcpy(group->polling_total, total,
-				sizeof(group->polling_total));
-
 	return now + group->poll_min_period;
 }
 
@@ -1152,6 +1157,7 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 	t->last_event_time = 0;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&t->event_wait);
 	kref_init(&t->refcount);
+	t->new_stall = false;
 
 	mutex_lock(&group->trigger_lock);
 
-- 
1.9.1