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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:38:22 +0100
From: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To: Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>, Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com>,
Rick Yiu <rickyiu@...gle.com>, Chung-Kai Mei <chungkai@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] sched/pelt: Introduce PELT multiplier
Le vendredi 08 déc. 2023 à 00:23:42 (+0000), Qais Yousef a écrit :
> From: Vincent Donnefort <vincent.donnefort@....com>
>
> The new sched_pelt_multiplier boot param allows a user to set a clock
> multiplier to x2 or x4 (x1 being the default). This clock multiplier
> artificially speeds up PELT ramp up/down similarly to use a faster
> half-life than the default 32ms.
>
> - x1: 32ms half-life
> - x2: 16ms half-life
> - x4: 8ms half-life
>
> Internally, a new clock is created: rq->clock_task_mult. It sits in the
> clock hierarchy between rq->clock_task and rq->clock_pelt.
>
> The param is set as read only and can only be changed at boot time via
>
> kernel.sched_pelt_multiplier=[1, 2, 4]
>
> PELT has a big impact on the overall system response and reactiveness to
> change. Smaller PELT HF means it'll require less time to reach the
> maximum performance point of the system when the system become fully
> busy; and equally shorter time to go back to lowest performance point
> when the system goes back to idle.
>
> This faster reaction impacts both dvfs response and migration time
> between clusters in HMP system.
>
> Smaller PELT values are expected to give better performance at the cost
> of more power. Under powered systems can particularly benefit from
> smaller values. Powerful systems can still benefit from smaller values
> if they want to be tuned towards perf more and power is not the major
> concern for them.
>
> This combined with respone_time_ms from schedutil should give the user
> and sysadmin a deterministic way to control the triangular power, perf
> and thermals for their system. The default response_time_ms will half
> as PELT HF halves.
>
> Update approximate_{util_avg, runtime}() to take into account the PELT
> HALFLIFE multiplier.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vincent.donnefort@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
> [Converted from sysctl to boot param and updated commit message]
> Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef (Google) <qyousef@...alina.io>
> ---
> kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
> kernel/sched/pelt.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> kernel/sched/pelt.h | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> kernel/sched/sched.h | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
..
> +__read_mostly unsigned int sched_pelt_lshift;
> +static unsigned int sched_pelt_multiplier = 1;
> +
> +static int set_sched_pelt_multiplier(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = param_set_int(val, kp);
> + if (ret)
> + goto error;
> +
> + switch (sched_pelt_multiplier) {
> + case 1:
> + fallthrough;
> + case 2:
> + fallthrough;
> + case 4:
> + WRITE_ONCE(sched_pelt_lshift,
> + sched_pelt_multiplier >> 1);
> + break;
> + default:
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto error;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +
> +error:
> + sched_pelt_multiplier = 1;
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct kernel_param_ops sched_pelt_multiplier_ops = {
> + .set = set_sched_pelt_multiplier,
> + .get = param_get_int,
> +};
> +
> +#ifdef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
> +#undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
> +#endif
> +/* XXX: should we use sched as prefix? */
> +#define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "kernel."
> +module_param_cb(sched_pelt_multiplier, &sched_pelt_multiplier_ops, &sched_pelt_multiplier, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(sched_pelt_multiplier, "PELT HALFLIFE helps control the responsiveness of the system.");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(sched_pelt_multiplier, "Accepted value: 1 32ms PELT HALIFE - roughly 200ms to go from 0 to max performance point (default).");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(sched_pelt_multiplier, " 2 16ms PELT HALIFE - roughly 100ms to go from 0 to max performance point.");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(sched_pelt_multiplier, " 4 8ms PELT HALIFE - roughly 50ms to go from 0 to max performance point.");
> +
> /*
> * Approximate the new util_avg value assuming an entity has continued to run
> * for @delta us.
..
> +
> static inline void
> -update_rq_clock_pelt(struct rq *rq, s64 delta) { }
> +update_rq_clock_task_mult(struct rq *rq, s64 delta) { }
>
> static inline void
> update_idle_rq_clock_pelt(struct rq *rq) { }
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> index bbece0eb053a..a7c89c623250 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> @@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ struct rq {
> u64 clock;
> /* Ensure that all clocks are in the same cache line */
> u64 clock_task ____cacheline_aligned;
> + u64 clock_task_mult;
I'm not sure that we want yet another clock and this doesn't apply for irq_avg.
What about the below is simpler and I think cover all cases ?
diff --git a/kernel/sched/pelt.c b/kernel/sched/pelt.c
index f951c44f1d52..5cdd147b7abe 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/pelt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/pelt.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static __always_inline int
___update_load_sum(u64 now, struct sched_avg *sa,
unsigned long load, unsigned long runnable, int running)
{
+ int time_shift;
u64 delta;
delta = now - sa->last_update_time;
@@ -195,12 +196,17 @@ ___update_load_sum(u64 now, struct sched_avg *sa,
/*
* Use 1024ns as the unit of measurement since it's a reasonable
* approximation of 1us and fast to compute.
+ * On top of this, we can change the half-time period from the default
+ * 32ms to a shorter value. This is equivalent to left shifting the
+ * time.
+ * Merge both right and left shifts in one single right shift
*/
- delta >>= 10;
+ time_shift = 10 - sched_pelt_lshift;
+ delta >>= time_shift;
if (!delta)
return 0;
- sa->last_update_time += delta << 10;
+ sa->last_update_time += delta << time_shift;
/*
* running is a subset of runnable (weight) so running can't be set if
> u64 clock_pelt;
> unsigned long lost_idle_time;
> u64 clock_pelt_idle;
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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