[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <9f3688d2d44ae766069487858bd28b5d49c19575.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:51:35 -0800
From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>,
"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri@...el.com>,
"Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Tim C . Chen" <tim.c.chen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] sched/fair: Let low-priority cores help
high-priority busy SMT cores
On Mon, 2023-02-06 at 20:58 -0800, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> Using asym_packing priorities within an SMT core is straightforward.
> Just
> follow the priorities that hardware indicates.
>
> When balancing load from an SMT core, also consider the idle of its
> siblings. Priorities do not reflect that an SMT core divides its
> throughput
> among all its busy siblings. They only makes sense when exactly one
> sibling
> is busy.
>
> Indicate that active balance is needed if the destination CPU has
> lower
> priority than the source CPU but the latter has busy SMT siblings.
>
> Make find_busiest_queue() not skip higher-priority SMT cores with
> more than
> busy sibling.
>
> Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>
> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@...el.com>
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
> * Introduced this patch.
>
> Changes since v1:
> * N/A
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 80c86462c6f6..c9d0ddfd11f2 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -10436,11 +10436,20 @@ static struct rq *find_busiest_queue(struct
> lb_env *env,
> nr_running == 1)
> continue;
>
> - /* Make sure we only pull tasks from a CPU of lower
> priority */
> + /*
> + * Make sure we only pull tasks from a CPU of lower
> priority
> + * when balancing between SMT siblings.
> + *
> + * If balancing between cores, let lower priority
> CPUs help
> + * SMT cores with more than one busy sibling.
> + */
> if ((env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING) &&
> sched_asym_prefer(i, env->dst_cpu) &&
> - nr_running == 1)
> - continue;
> + nr_running == 1) {
> + if (env->sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY ||
> + (!(env->sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY)
> && is_core_idle(i)))
> + continue;
> + }
>
> switch (env->migration_type) {
> case migrate_load:
> @@ -10530,8 +10539,20 @@ asym_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
> * lower priority CPUs in order to pack all tasks in the
> * highest priority CPUs.
> */
> - return env->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE && (env->sd->flags &
> SD_ASYM_PACKING) &&
> - sched_asym_prefer(env->dst_cpu, env->src_cpu);
> + if (env->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE && (env->sd->flags &
> SD_ASYM_PACKING)) {
> + /* Always obey priorities between SMT siblings. */
> + if (env->sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY)
> + return sched_asym_prefer(env->dst_cpu, env-
> >src_cpu);
> +
> + /*
> + * A lower priority CPU can help an SMT core with
> more than one
> + * busy sibling.
> + */
> + return sched_asym_prefer(env->dst_cpu, env->src_cpu)
> ||
> + !is_core_idle(env->src_cpu);
> + }
Suppose we have the Atom cores in a sched group (e.g. a cluster),
this will pull the tasks from those core to a SMT thread even if
its sibling thread is busy. Suggest this change
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index da1afa99cd55..b671cb0d7ab3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10473,9 +10473,11 @@ asym_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
/*
* A lower priority CPU can help an SMT core with more than one
* busy sibling.
+ * Pull only if no SMT sibling busy.
*/
- return sched_asym_prefer(env->dst_cpu, env->src_cpu) ||
- !is_core_idle(env->src_cpu);
+ if (is_core_idle(env->dst_cpu))
+ return sched_asym_prefer(env->dst_cpu, env->src_cpu) ||
+ !is_core_idle(env->src_cpu);
}
Tim
> +
> + return false;
> }
>
> static inline bool
Powered by blists - more mailing lists