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Message-ID: <1146ab2f-56c7-43f3-b26b-d91d2bd08556@arm.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:34:28 +0100
From: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
To: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>,
 Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@....com>
Cc: yu.c.chen@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nysal@...ux.ibm.com,
 aboorvad@...ux.ibm.com, srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, vschneid@...hat.com,
 morten.rasmussen@....com, qyousef@...alina.io, mingo@...nel.org,
 peterz@...radead.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] sched/fair: Add EAS checks before updating
 overutilized

On 28/02/2024 18:24, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/28/24 9:28 PM, Pierre Gondois wrote:

[...]

> But we will do some extra computation currently and then not use it if it 
> Non-EAS case in update_sg_lb_stats
> 
> Would something like this makes sense?
> @@ -9925,7 +9925,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
>                 if (nr_running > 1)
>                         *sg_status |= SG_OVERLOAD;
>  
> -               if (cpu_overutilized(i))
> +               if (sched_energy_enabled() && cpu_overutilized(i))
>                         *sg_status |= SG_OVERUTILIZED;

Yes, we could also disable the setting of OU in load_balance in the none
!EAS case.

[...]

>> NIT:
>> When called from check_update_overutilized_status(),
>> sched_energy_enabled() will be checked twice.
> Yes. 
> But, I think that's okay since it is a static branch check at best. 
> This way it keeps the code simpler. 

You could keep the ched_energy_enabled() outside of the new
set_overutilized_status() to avoid this:

-->8--

---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 32bc98d9123d..c82164bf45f3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6676,12 +6676,19 @@ static inline bool cpu_overutilized(int cpu)
 	return !util_fits_cpu(cpu_util_cfs(cpu), rq_util_min, rq_util_max, cpu);
 }
 
+static inline void set_overutilized_status(struct rq *rq, unsigned int val)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(rq->rd->overutilized, val);
+	trace_sched_overutilized_tp(rq->rd, val);
+}
+
 static inline void update_overutilized_status(struct rq *rq)
 {
-	if (!READ_ONCE(rq->rd->overutilized) && cpu_overutilized(rq->cpu)) {
-		WRITE_ONCE(rq->rd->overutilized, SG_OVERUTILIZED);
-		trace_sched_overutilized_tp(rq->rd, SG_OVERUTILIZED);
-	}
+	if (!sched_energy_enabled())
+		return;
+
+	if (!READ_ONCE(rq->rd->overutilized) && cpu_overutilized(rq->cpu))
+		set_overutilized_status(rq, SG_OVERUTILIZED);
 }
 #else
 static inline void update_overutilized_status(struct rq *rq) { }
@@ -10755,19 +10762,16 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sd
 		env->fbq_type = fbq_classify_group(&sds->busiest_stat);
 
 	if (!env->sd->parent) {
-		struct root_domain *rd = env->dst_rq->rd;
-
 		/* update overload indicator if we are at root domain */
-		WRITE_ONCE(rd->overload, sg_status & SG_OVERLOAD);
+		WRITE_ONCE(env->dst_rq->rd->overload, sg_status & SG_OVERLOAD);
 
 		/* Update over-utilization (tipping point, U >= 0) indicator */
-		WRITE_ONCE(rd->overutilized, sg_status & SG_OVERUTILIZED);
-		trace_sched_overutilized_tp(rd, sg_status & SG_OVERUTILIZED);
-	} else if (sg_status & SG_OVERUTILIZED) {
-		struct root_domain *rd = env->dst_rq->rd;
-
-		WRITE_ONCE(rd->overutilized, SG_OVERUTILIZED);
-		trace_sched_overutilized_tp(rd, SG_OVERUTILIZED);
+		if (sched_energy_enabled()) {
+			set_overutilized_status(env->dst_rq,
+						sg_status & SG_OVERUTILIZED);
+		}
+	} else if (sched_energy_enabled() && sg_status & SG_OVERUTILIZED) {
+		set_overutilized_status(env->dst_rq, SG_OVERUTILIZED);
 	}
 
 	update_idle_cpu_scan(env, sum_util);
-- 
2.25.1