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Message-ID: <20230816200405.GA998718@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:04:05 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
Cc: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>,
kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>,
oe-lkp@...ts.linux.dev, lkp@...el.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:sched/eevdf] [sched/fair] e0c2ff903c:
phoronix-test-suite.blogbench.Write.final_score -34.8% regression
On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 05:38:20PM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-08-16 at 15:40 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 02:37:16PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 08:32:55PM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > >
> > > > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > > > @@ -875,6 +875,12 @@ static struct sched_entity *pick_eevdf(s
> > > > if (curr && (!curr->on_rq || !entity_eligible(cfs_rq, curr)))
> > > > curr = NULL;
> > > >
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * Once selected, run the task to parity to avoid overscheduling.
> > > > + */
> > > > + if (sched_feat(RUN_TO_PARITY) && curr)
> > > > + return curr;
> > > > +
> > > > while (node) {
> > > > struct sched_entity *se = __node_2_se(node);
> > > >
> > >
> > > So I read it wrong last night... but I rather like this idea. But
> > > there's something missing. When curr starts a new slice it should
> > > probably do a full repick and not stick with it.
> > >
> > > Let me poke at this a bit.. nice
> >
> > Something like so.. it shouldn't matter much now, but might make a
> > difference once we start mixing different slice lengths.
>
> Hm, that stash the deadline trick _seems_ to have cured the reason I
> was inspired to added that XXX hunk.. no 'ew, that's a tad harsh'
> latency penalty in sight <knocks wood>.
>
> Here's hoping test bots don't have a cow.
You want to write up a Changelog for this, or should I attempt to write
one?
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