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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:21:12 +0200 (EET)
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@....com>,
shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com,
D Scott Phillips OS <scott@...amperecomputing.com>,
carl@...amperecomputing.com, lcherian@...vell.com,
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Jamie Iles <quic_jiles@...cinc.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/19] x86/resctrl: Add cpumask_any_housekeeping()
for limbo/overflow
On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, James Morse wrote:
> The limbo and overflow code picks a CPU to use from the domain's list
> of online CPUs. Work is then scheduled on these CPUs to maintain
> the limbo list and any counters that may overflow.
>
> cpumask_any() may pick a CPU that is marked nohz_full, which will
> either penalise the work that CPU was dedicated to, or delay the
> processing of limbo list or counters that may overflow. Perhaps
> indefinitely. Delaying the overflow handling will skew the bandwidth
> values calculated by mba_sc, which expects to be called once a second.
>
> Add cpumask_any_housekeeping() as a replacement for cpumask_any()
> that prefers housekeeping CPUs. This helper will still return
> a nohz_full CPU if that is the only option. The CPU to use is
> re-evaluated each time the limbo/overflow work runs. This ensures
> the work will move off a nohz_full CPU once a houskeeping CPU is
> available.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
> include/linux/tick.h | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> index 87545e4beb70..0b5fd5a0cda2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> #include <linux/kernfs.h>
> #include <linux/fs_context.h>
> #include <linux/jump_label.h>
> +#include <linux/tick.h>
> #include <asm/resctrl.h>
>
> #define L3_QOS_CDP_ENABLE 0x01ULL
> @@ -55,6 +56,28 @@
> /* Max event bits supported */
> #define MAX_EVT_CONFIG_BITS GENMASK(6, 0)
>
> +/**
> + * cpumask_any_housekeeping() - Chose any cpu in @mask, preferring those that
Choose
> + * aren't marked nohz_full
> + * @mask: The mask to pick a CPU from.
> + *
> + * Returns a CPU in @mask. If there are houskeeping CPUs that don't use
housekeeping
> + * nohz_full, these are preferred.
> + */
> +static inline unsigned int cpumask_any_housekeeping(const struct cpumask *mask)
> +{
> + int cpu, hk_cpu;
> +
> + cpu = cpumask_any(mask);
> + if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
> + hk_cpu = cpumask_nth_andnot(0, mask, tick_nohz_full_mask);
> + if (hk_cpu < nr_cpu_ids)
> + cpu = hk_cpu;
> + }
> +
> + return cpu;
> +}
> +
> struct rdt_fs_context {
> struct kernfs_fs_context kfc;
> bool enable_cdpl2;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> index a2ae4be4b2ba..3bec5c59ca0e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> @@ -745,9 +745,9 @@ static void mbm_update(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d,
> void cqm_handle_limbo(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> unsigned long delay = msecs_to_jiffies(CQM_LIMBOCHECK_INTERVAL);
> - int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> struct rdt_resource *r;
> struct rdt_domain *d;
> + int cpu;
>
> mutex_lock(&rdtgroup_mutex);
>
> @@ -756,8 +756,10 @@ void cqm_handle_limbo(struct work_struct *work)
>
> __check_limbo(d, false);
>
> - if (has_busy_rmid(r, d))
> + if (has_busy_rmid(r, d)) {
> + cpu = cpumask_any_housekeeping(&d->cpu_mask);
> schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &d->cqm_limbo, delay);
> + }
>
> mutex_unlock(&rdtgroup_mutex);
> }
> @@ -767,7 +769,7 @@ void cqm_setup_limbo_handler(struct rdt_domain *dom, unsigned long delay_ms)
> unsigned long delay = msecs_to_jiffies(delay_ms);
> int cpu;
>
> - cpu = cpumask_any(&dom->cpu_mask);
> + cpu = cpumask_any_housekeeping(&dom->cpu_mask);
> dom->cqm_work_cpu = cpu;
>
> schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &dom->cqm_limbo, delay);
> @@ -777,10 +779,10 @@ void mbm_handle_overflow(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> unsigned long delay = msecs_to_jiffies(MBM_OVERFLOW_INTERVAL);
> struct rdtgroup *prgrp, *crgrp;
> - int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> struct list_head *head;
> struct rdt_resource *r;
> struct rdt_domain *d;
> + int cpu;
>
> mutex_lock(&rdtgroup_mutex);
>
> @@ -801,6 +803,11 @@ void mbm_handle_overflow(struct work_struct *work)
> update_mba_bw(prgrp, d);
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Re-check for housekeeping CPUs. This allows the overflow handler to
> + * move off a nohz_full CPU quickly.
> + */
> + cpu = cpumask_any_housekeeping(&d->cpu_mask);
> schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &d->mbm_over, delay);
>
> out_unlock:
> @@ -814,7 +821,7 @@ void mbm_setup_overflow_handler(struct rdt_domain *dom, unsigned long delay_ms)
>
> if (!static_branch_likely(&rdt_mon_enable_key))
> return;
> - cpu = cpumask_any(&dom->cpu_mask);
> + cpu = cpumask_any_housekeeping(&dom->cpu_mask);
> dom->mbm_work_cpu = cpu;
> schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &dom->mbm_over, delay);
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
> index bfd571f18cfd..ae2e9019fc18 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tick.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tick.h
> @@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ static inline u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
> static inline void tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick_protected(void) { }
> #endif /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
>
> +extern cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
> extern bool tick_nohz_full_running;
> -extern cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
Its definition seems to also be inside #ifdef:
kernel/time/tick-sched.c-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
kernel/time/tick-sched.c:cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
kernel/time/tick-sched.c:EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_mask);
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