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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:58:38 +0100
From: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@...bug.net>,
Vincent Donnefort <Vincent.Donnefort@....com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched/fair: Refactor cpu_util_without()
On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 17:37, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com> wrote:
>
> Except the 'task has no contribution or is new' condition at the
> beginning of cpu_util_without(), which it shares with the load and
> runnable counterpart functions, a cpu_util_next(..., dst_cpu = -1)
> call can replace the rest of it.
>
> The UTIL_EST specific check that task util_est has to be subtracted
> from the CPU one in case of an enqueued (or current (to cater for the
> wakeup - lb race)) task has to be moved to cpu_util_next().
> This was initially introduced by commit c469933e7721
> ("sched/fair: Fix cpu_util_wake() for 'execl' type workloads").
> UnixBench's `execl` throughput tests were run on the dual socket 40
> CPUs Intel E5-2690 v2 to make sure it doesn't regress again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
> ---
>
> There is still a lot of CPU utilization related code. cpu_util_without()
> and cpu_util_next() are very similar. In fact the former can be
> refactored to use a call to the latter to be able to remove some
> redundancy.
>
> v1->v2:
>
> (1) Reword comments in cpu_util_next() so they also apply when called
> by cpu_util_without().
>
> (2) Incorporate comment from cpu_util_without() into comments in
> cpu_util_next().
>
> I kept the '|| current == p' part in the UTIL_EST specific check to
> close the wakeup - lb race for WF_EXEC tasks even though I couldn't
> recreate it, neither on mainline nor on commit c469933e7721 (v4.20).
>
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 157 ++++++++++++++++----------------------------
> 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 89d21fda106c..1c3cf84bb81a 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -6543,108 +6543,19 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
> }
>
> /*
> - * cpu_util_without: compute cpu utilization without any contributions from *p
> - * @cpu: the CPU which utilization is requested
> - * @p: the task which utilization should be discounted
> - *
> - * The utilization of a CPU is defined by the utilization of tasks currently
> - * enqueued on that CPU as well as tasks which are currently sleeping after an
> - * execution on that CPU.
> - *
> - * This method returns the utilization of the specified CPU by discounting the
> - * utilization of the specified task, whenever the task is currently
> - * contributing to the CPU utilization.
> - */
> -static unsigned long cpu_util_without(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
> -{
> - struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
> - unsigned int util;
> -
> - /* Task has no contribution or is new */
> - if (cpu != task_cpu(p) || !READ_ONCE(p->se.avg.last_update_time))
> - return cpu_util_cfs(cpu);
> -
> - cfs_rq = &cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs;
> - util = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg);
> -
> - /* Discount task's util from CPU's util */
> - lsub_positive(&util, task_util(p));
> -
> - /*
> - * Covered cases:
> - *
> - * a) if *p is the only task sleeping on this CPU, then:
> - * cpu_util (== task_util) > util_est (== 0)
> - * and thus we return:
> - * cpu_util_without = (cpu_util - task_util) = 0
> - *
> - * b) if other tasks are SLEEPING on this CPU, which is now exiting
> - * IDLE, then:
> - * cpu_util >= task_util
> - * cpu_util > util_est (== 0)
> - * and thus we discount *p's blocked utilization to return:
> - * cpu_util_without = (cpu_util - task_util) >= 0
> - *
> - * c) if other tasks are RUNNABLE on that CPU and
> - * util_est > cpu_util
> - * then we use util_est since it returns a more restrictive
> - * estimation of the spare capacity on that CPU, by just
> - * considering the expected utilization of tasks already
> - * runnable on that CPU.
> - *
> - * Cases a) and b) are covered by the above code, while case c) is
> - * covered by the following code when estimated utilization is
> - * enabled.
> - */
> - if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST)) {
> - unsigned int estimated =
> - READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued);
> -
> - /*
> - * Despite the following checks we still have a small window
> - * for a possible race, when an execl's select_task_rq_fair()
> - * races with LB's detach_task():
> - *
> - * detach_task()
> - * p->on_rq = TASK_ON_RQ_MIGRATING;
> - * ---------------------------------- A
> - * deactivate_task() \
> - * dequeue_task() + RaceTime
> - * util_est_dequeue() /
> - * ---------------------------------- B
> - *
> - * The additional check on "current == p" it's required to
> - * properly fix the execl regression and it helps in further
> - * reducing the chances for the above race.
> - */
> - if (unlikely(task_on_rq_queued(p) || current == p))
> - lsub_positive(&estimated, _task_util_est(p));
> -
> - util = max(util, estimated);
> - }
> -
> - /*
> - * Utilization (estimated) can exceed the CPU capacity, thus let's
> - * clamp to the maximum CPU capacity to ensure consistency with
> - * cpu_util.
> - */
> - return min_t(unsigned long, util, capacity_orig_of(cpu));
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * Predicts what cpu_util(@cpu) would return if @p was migrated (and enqueued)
> - * to @dst_cpu.
> + * Predicts what cpu_util(@cpu) would return if @p was removed from @cpu
> + * (@dst_cpu = -1) or migrated to @dst_cpu.
> */
> static unsigned long cpu_util_next(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu)
> {
> struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = &cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs;
> - unsigned long util_est, util = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg);
> + unsigned long util = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg);
>
> /*
> - * If @p migrates from @cpu to another, remove its contribution. Or,
> - * if @p migrates from another CPU to @cpu, add its contribution. In
> - * the other cases, @cpu is not impacted by the migration, so the
> - * util_avg should already be correct.
> + * If @dst_cpu is -1 or @p migrates from @cpu to @dst_cpu remove its
> + * contribution. If @p migrates from another CPU to @cpu add its
> + * contribution. In all the other cases @cpu is not impacted by the
> + * migration so its util_avg is already correct.
> */
> if (task_cpu(p) == cpu && dst_cpu != cpu)
> lsub_positive(&util, task_util(p));
> @@ -6652,16 +6563,40 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_next(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu)
> util += task_util(p);
>
> if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST)) {
> + unsigned long util_est;
> +
> util_est = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued);
>
> /*
> - * During wake-up, the task isn't enqueued yet and doesn't
> - * appear in the cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued of any rq,
> - * so just add it (if needed) to "simulate" what will be
> - * cpu_util after the task has been enqueued.
> + * During wake-up @p isn't enqueued yet and doesn't contribute
> + * to any cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs.avg.util_est.enqueued.
> + * If @dst_cpu == @cpu add it to "simulate" cpu_util after @p
> + * has been enqueued.
> + *
> + * During exec (@dst_cpu = -1) @p is enqueued and does
> + * contribute to cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs.util_est.enqueued.
> + * Remove it to "simulate" cpu_util without @p's contribution.
> + *
> + * Despite the task_on_rq_queued(@p) check there is still a
> + * small window for a possible race when an exec
> + * select_task_rq_fair() races with LB's detach_task().
> + *
> + * detach_task()
> + * deactivate_task()
> + * p->on_rq = TASK_ON_RQ_MIGRATING;
> + * -------------------------------- A
> + * dequeue_task() \
> + * dequeue_task_fair() + Race Time
> + * util_est_dequeue() /
> + * -------------------------------- B
> + *
> + * The additional check "current == p" is required to further
> + * reduce the race window.
> */
> if (dst_cpu == cpu)
> util_est += _task_util_est(p);
> + else if (unlikely(task_on_rq_queued(p) || current == p))
> + lsub_positive(&util_est, _task_util_est(p));
>
> util = max(util, util_est);
> }
> @@ -6669,6 +6604,28 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_next(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu)
> return min(util, capacity_orig_of(cpu));
> }
>
> +/*
> + * cpu_util_without: compute cpu utilization without any contributions from *p
> + * @cpu: the CPU which utilization is requested
> + * @p: the task which utilization should be discounted
> + *
> + * The utilization of a CPU is defined by the utilization of tasks currently
> + * enqueued on that CPU as well as tasks which are currently sleeping after an
> + * execution on that CPU.
> + *
> + * This method returns the utilization of the specified CPU by discounting the
> + * utilization of the specified task, whenever the task is currently
> + * contributing to the CPU utilization.
> + */
> +static unsigned long cpu_util_without(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
> +{
> + /* Task has no contribution or is new */
> + if (cpu != task_cpu(p) || !READ_ONCE(p->se.avg.last_update_time))
> + return cpu_util_cfs(cpu);
> +
> + return cpu_util_next(cpu, p, -1);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * compute_energy(): Estimates the energy that @pd would consume if @p was
> * migrated to @dst_cpu. compute_energy() predicts what will be the utilization
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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