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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 16:46:00 +0800
From: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/2] sched/fair: Scan cluster before scanning LLC in
wake-up path
On 2022/9/6 13:28, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
> Hello Yicong,
>
> We've tested the series on a dual socket Zen3 system (2 x 64C/128T).
>
> tl;dr
>
> - The results look good and the changes do not affect the Zen3 machine
> which doesn't contain any sched domain with SD_CLUSTER flag set.
>
> - With the latest BIOS, I don't see any regression due to the addition
> of the new per CPU variables.
> We had observed a regression in tbench previously when testing the
> v4 of the series on the system with a slightly outdated BIOS
> (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/e000b124-afd4-28e1-fde2-393b0e38ce19@amd.com/)
> but that doesn't seem to be the case with the latest BIOS :)
>
> Detailed results from the standard benchmarks are reported below.
>
> On 8/22/2022 1:06 PM, Yicong Yang wrote:
>> From: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...ilicon.com>
>>
>> This is the follow-up work to support cluster scheduler. Previously
>> we have added cluster level in the scheduler for both ARM64[1] and
>> X86[2] to support load balance between clusters to bring more memory
>> bandwidth and decrease cache contention. This patchset, on the other
>> hand, takes care of wake-up path by giving CPUs within the same cluster
>> a try before scanning the whole LLC to benefit those tasks communicating
>> with each other.
>>
>> [1] 778c558f49a2 ("sched: Add cluster scheduler level in core and related Kconfig for ARM64")
>> [2] 66558b730f25 ("sched: Add cluster scheduler level for x86")
>>
>
> Discussed below are the results from running standard benchmarks on
> a dual socket Zen3 (2 x 64C/128T) machine configured in different
> NPS modes.
>
> NPS Modes are used to logically divide single socket into
> multiple NUMA region.
> Following is the NUMA configuration for each NPS mode on the system:
>
> NPS1: Each socket is a NUMA node.
> Total 2 NUMA nodes in the dual socket machine.
>
> Node 0: 0-63, 128-191
> Node 1: 64-127, 192-255
>
> NPS2: Each socket is further logically divided into 2 NUMA regions.
> Total 4 NUMA nodes exist over 2 socket.
>
> Node 0: 0-31, 128-159
> Node 1: 32-63, 160-191
> Node 2: 64-95, 192-223
> Node 3: 96-127, 223-255
>
> NPS4: Each socket is logically divided into 4 NUMA regions.
> Total 8 NUMA nodes exist over 2 socket.
>
> Node 0: 0-15, 128-143
> Node 1: 16-31, 144-159
> Node 2: 32-47, 160-175
> Node 3: 48-63, 176-191
> Node 4: 64-79, 192-207
> Node 5: 80-95, 208-223
> Node 6: 96-111, 223-231
> Node 7: 112-127, 232-255
>
> Benchmark Results:
>
> Kernel versions:
> - tip: 5.19.0 tip sched/core
> - cluster: 5.19.0 tip sched/core + both the patches of the series
>
> When we started testing, the tip was at:
> commit: 5531ecffa4b9 "sched: Add update_current_exec_runtime helper"
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ hackbench ~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NPS1
>
> Test: tip cluster
> 1-groups: 4.31 (0.00 pct) 4.31 (0.00 pct)
> 2-groups: 4.93 (0.00 pct) 4.86 (1.41 pct)
> 4-groups: 5.38 (0.00 pct) 5.36 (0.37 pct)
> 8-groups: 5.59 (0.00 pct) 5.54 (0.89 pct)
> 16-groups: 7.18 (0.00 pct) 7.47 (-4.03 pct)
>
> NPS2
>
> Test: tip cluster
> 1-groups: 4.25 (0.00 pct) 4.40 (-3.52 pct)
> 2-groups: 4.83 (0.00 pct) 4.73 (2.07 pct)
> 4-groups: 5.25 (0.00 pct) 5.18 (1.33 pct)
> 8-groups: 5.56 (0.00 pct) 5.45 (1.97 pct)
> 16-groups: 6.72 (0.00 pct) 6.63 (1.33 pct)
>
> NPS4
>
> Test: tip cluster
> 1-groups: 4.24 (0.00 pct) 4.23 (0.23 pct)
> 2-groups: 4.88 (0.00 pct) 4.78 (2.04 pct)
> 4-groups: 5.30 (0.00 pct) 5.25 (0.94 pct)
> 8-groups: 5.66 (0.00 pct) 5.61 (0.88 pct)
> 16-groups: 6.79 (0.00 pct) 7.05 (-3.82 pct)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ schbench ~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NPS1
>
> #workers: tip cluster
> 1: 37.00 (0.00 pct) 22.00 (40.54 pct)
> 2: 39.00 (0.00 pct) 23.00 (41.02 pct)
> 4: 41.00 (0.00 pct) 30.00 (26.82 pct)
> 8: 53.00 (0.00 pct) 47.00 (11.32 pct)
> 16: 73.00 (0.00 pct) 73.00 (0.00 pct)
> 32: 116.00 (0.00 pct) 117.00 (-0.86 pct)
> 64: 217.00 (0.00 pct) 221.00 (-1.84 pct)
> 128: 477.00 (0.00 pct) 444.00 (6.91 pct)
> 256: 1062.00 (0.00 pct) 1050.00 (1.12 pct)
> 512: 47552.00 (0.00 pct) 48576.00 (-2.15 pct)
>
> NPS2
>
> #workers: tip cluster
> 1: 20.00 (0.00 pct) 20.00 (0.00 pct)
> 2: 22.00 (0.00 pct) 23.00 (-4.54 pct)
> 4: 30.00 (0.00 pct) 31.00 (-3.33 pct)
> 8: 46.00 (0.00 pct) 49.00 (-6.52 pct)
> 16: 70.00 (0.00 pct) 72.00 (-2.85 pct)
> 32: 120.00 (0.00 pct) 118.00 (1.66 pct)
> 64: 215.00 (0.00 pct) 216.00 (-0.46 pct)
> 128: 482.00 (0.00 pct) 449.00 (6.84 pct)
> 256: 1042.00 (0.00 pct) 995.00 (4.51 pct)
> 512: 47552.00 (0.00 pct) 47296.00 (0.53 pct)
>
> NPS4
>
> #workers: tip cluster
> 1: 18.00 (0.00 pct) 20.00 (-11.11 pct)
> 2: 23.00 (0.00 pct) 22.00 (4.34 pct)
> 4: 27.00 (0.00 pct) 30.00 (-11.11 pct)
> 8: 57.00 (0.00 pct) 60.00 (-5.26 pct)
> 16: 76.00 (0.00 pct) 84.00 (-10.52 pct)
> 32: 120.00 (0.00 pct) 115.00 (4.16 pct)
> 64: 219.00 (0.00 pct) 212.00 (3.19 pct)
> 128: 459.00 (0.00 pct) 442.00 (3.70 pct)
> 256: 1078.00 (0.00 pct) 983.00 (8.81 pct)
> 512: 47040.00 (0.00 pct) 48192.00 (-2.44 pct)
>
> Note: schbench displays lot of run to run variance for
> low worker count. This behavior is due to the timing of
> new-idle balance which is not consistent across runs.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ tbench ~
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NPS1
>
> Clients: tip cluster
> 1 573.26 (0.00 pct) 572.61 (-0.11 pct)
> 2 1131.19 (0.00 pct) 1122.41 (-0.77 pct)
> 4 2100.07 (0.00 pct) 2081.74 (-0.87 pct)
> 8 3809.88 (0.00 pct) 3732.14 (-2.04 pct)
> 16 6560.72 (0.00 pct) 6289.22 (-4.13 pct)
> 32 12203.23 (0.00 pct) 11811.74 (-3.20 pct)
> 64 22389.81 (0.00 pct) 21587.79 (-3.58 pct)
> 128 32449.37 (0.00 pct) 32967.15 (1.59 pct)
> 256 58962.40 (0.00 pct) 56604.63 (-3.99 pct)
> 512 59608.71 (0.00 pct) 56529.95 (-5.16 pct) * (Machine Overloaded)
> 512 57925.05 (0.00 pct) 56697.38 (-2.11 pct) [Verification Run]
> 1024 58037.02 (0.00 pct) 55751.53 (-3.93 pct)
>
> NPS2
>
> Clients: tip cluster
> 1 574.20 (0.00 pct) 572.49 (-0.29 pct)
> 2 1131.56 (0.00 pct) 1149.53 (1.58 pct)
> 4 2132.26 (0.00 pct) 2084.18 (-2.25 pct)
> 8 3812.20 (0.00 pct) 3683.04 (-3.38 pct)
> 16 6457.61 (0.00 pct) 6340.70 (-1.81 pct)
> 32 12263.82 (0.00 pct) 11714.15 (-4.48 pct)
> 64 22224.11 (0.00 pct) 21226.34 (-4.48 pct)
> 128 33040.38 (0.00 pct) 32478.99 (-1.69 pct)
> 256 56547.25 (0.00 pct) 52915.71 (-6.42 pct) * (Machine Overloaded)
> 256 55631.80 (0.00 pct) 52905.99 (-4.89 pct) [Verification Run]
> 512 56220.67 (0.00 pct) 54735.69 (-2.64 pct)
> 1024 56048.88 (0.00 pct) 54426.63 (-2.89 pct)
>
> NPS4
>
> Clients: tip cluster
> 1 575.50 (0.00 pct) 570.65 (-0.84 pct)
> 2 1138.70 (0.00 pct) 1137.75 (-0.08 pct)
> 4 2070.66 (0.00 pct) 2103.18 (1.57 pct)
> 8 3811.70 (0.00 pct) 3573.52 (-6.24 pct) *
> 8 3769.53 (0.00 pct) 3653.05 (-3.09 pct) [Verification Run]
> 16 6312.80 (0.00 pct) 6212.41 (-1.59 pct)
> 32 11418.14 (0.00 pct) 11721.01 (2.65 pct)
> 64 19671.16 (0.00 pct) 20053.77 (1.94 pct)
> 128 30258.53 (0.00 pct) 32585.15 (7.68 pct)
> 256 55838.10 (0.00 pct) 51318.64 (-8.09 pct) * (Machine Overloaded)
> 256 54291.03 (0.00 pct) 54379.80 (0.16 pct) [Verification Run]
> 512 55586.44 (0.00 pct) 51538.93 (-7.28 pct) * (Machine Overloaded)
> 512 54190.04 (0.00 pct) 54096.16 (-0.17 pct) [Verification Run]
> 1024 56370.35 (0.00 pct) 50768.68 (-9.93 pct) * (Machine Overloaded)
> 1024 56498.36 (0.00 pct) 54661.85 (-3.25 pct) [Verification Run]
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ stream ~
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NPS1
>
> - 10 Runs:
>
> Test: tip cluster
> Copy: 332237.51 (0.00 pct) 338085.24 (1.76 pct)
> Scale: 215236.94 (0.00 pct) 214179.72 (-0.49 pct)
> Add: 250753.67 (0.00 pct) 251181.86 (0.17 pct)
> Triad: 259467.60 (0.00 pct) 262541.92 (1.18 pct)
>
> - 100 Runs:
>
> Test: tip cluster
> Copy: 329320.65 (0.00 pct) 336947.39 (2.31 pct)
> Scale: 218102.78 (0.00 pct) 219617.85 (0.69 pct)
> Add: 251283.30 (0.00 pct) 251918.03 (0.25 pct)
> Triad: 258044.33 (0.00 pct) 261512.99 (1.34 pct)
>
> NPS2
>
> - 10 Runs:
>
> Test: tip cluster
> Copy: 336926.24 (0.00 pct) 324310.01 (-3.74 pct)
> Scale: 220120.41 (0.00 pct) 212795.43 (-3.32 pct)
> Add: 252428.34 (0.00 pct) 254355.80 (0.76 pct)
> Triad: 274268.23 (0.00 pct) 261777.03 (-4.55 pct)
>
> - 100 Runs:
>
> Test: tip cluster
> Copy: 338126.49 (0.00 pct) 338947.03 (0.24 pct)
> Scale: 230229.59 (0.00 pct) 229991.65 (-0.10 pct)
> Add: 253964.25 (0.00 pct) 264374.57 (4.09 pct)
> Triad: 272176.19 (0.00 pct) 274587.35 (0.88 pct)
>
> NPS4
>
> - 10 Runs:
>
> Test: tip cluster
> Copy: 367144.56 (0.00 pct) 375452.26 (2.26 pct)
> Scale: 246928.04 (0.00 pct) 243651.53 (-1.32 pct)
> Add: 272096.30 (0.00 pct) 272845.33 (0.27 pct)
> Triad: 286644.55 (0.00 pct) 290925.20 (1.49 pct)
>
> - 100 Runs:
>
> Test: tip cluster
> Copy: 351980.15 (0.00 pct) 375854.72 (6.78 pct)
> Scale: 254918.41 (0.00 pct) 255904.90 (0.38 pct)
> Add: 272722.89 (0.00 pct) 274075.11 (0.49 pct)
> Triad: 283340.94 (0.00 pct) 287608.77 (1.50 pct)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ Additional notes ~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> - schbench is know to have a noticeable run-to-run variation for lower
> worker counts and any improvements or regression observed can be
> safely ignored. The results are included to make sure there are
> no unnecessarily large regressions as a result of task pileup.
>
> - tbench shows slight run to run variation with larger number of
> clients on both tip and patched kernel. This is expected as the machine
> is overloaded at that point (equivalent of two or more tasks per CPU).
> "Verification Run" shows none of these regressions are persistent.
>
>>
>> [..snip..]
>>
>
> Overall, the changes look good and doesn't affect system without a
> SD_CLUSTER domain like the Zen3 system used during testing.
>
> Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>
>
Thanks a lot for the testing and verification on the Zen3 system.
Regards,
Yicong
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