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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:15:04 +0100
From: Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
To: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
	Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
	Jimmy Shiu <jimmyshiu@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Move psi_account_irqtime() out of
 update_rq_clock_task() hotpath

On 06/18/24 14:58, John Stultz wrote:
> It was reported that in moving to 6.1, a larger then 10%
> regression was seen in the performance of
> clock_gettime(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID,...).
> 
> Using a simple reproducer, I found:
> 5.10:
> 100000000 calls in 24345994193 ns => 243.460 ns per call
> 100000000 calls in 24288172050 ns => 242.882 ns per call
> 100000000 calls in 24289135225 ns => 242.891 ns per call
> 
> 6.1:
> 100000000 calls in 28248646742 ns => 282.486 ns per call
> 100000000 calls in 28227055067 ns => 282.271 ns per call
> 100000000 calls in 28177471287 ns => 281.775 ns per call
> 
> The cause of this was finally narrowed down to the addition of
> psi_account_irqtime() in update_rq_clock_task(), in commit
> 52b1364ba0b1 ("sched/psi: Add PSI_IRQ to track IRQ/SOFTIRQ
> pressure").
> 
> In my initial attempt to resolve this, I leaned towards moving
> all accounting work out of the clock_gettime() call path, but it
> wasn't very pretty, so it will have to wait for a later deeper
> rework. Instead, Peter shared this approach:
> 
> Rework psi_account_irqtime() to use its own psi_irq_time base
> for accounting, and move it out of the hotpath, calling it
> instead from sched_tick() and __schedule().

I think we can be more accurate towards group change if we check in
sched_move_task() if task is running. But as-is doesn't change current behavior
AFAICT.

Reviewed-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>

> 
> In testing this, we found the importance of ensuring
> psi_account_irqtime() is run under the rq_lock, which Johannes
> Weiner helpfully explained, so also add some lockdep annotations
> to make that requirement clear.
> 
> With this change the performance is back in-line with 5.10:
> 6.1+fix:
> 100000000 calls in 24297324597 ns => 242.973 ns per call
> 100000000 calls in 24318869234 ns => 243.189 ns per call
> 100000000 calls in 24291564588 ns => 242.916 ns per call
> 
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
> Cc: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
> Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> Cc: kernel-team@...roid.com
> Originally-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Reported-by: Jimmy Shiu <jimmyshiu@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c  |  7 +++++--
>  kernel/sched/psi.c   | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
>  kernel/sched/sched.h |  1 +
>  kernel/sched/stats.h | 11 ++++++++---
>  4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index bcf2c4cc0522..59ce0841eb1f 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -723,7 +723,6 @@ static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
>  
>  	rq->prev_irq_time += irq_delta;
>  	delta -= irq_delta;
> -	psi_account_irqtime(rq->curr, irq_delta);
>  	delayacct_irq(rq->curr, irq_delta);
>  #endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
> @@ -5665,7 +5664,7 @@ void sched_tick(void)
>  {
>  	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
>  	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
> -	struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
> +	struct task_struct *curr;
>  	struct rq_flags rf;
>  	unsigned long hw_pressure;
>  	u64 resched_latency;
> @@ -5677,6 +5676,9 @@ void sched_tick(void)
>  
>  	rq_lock(rq, &rf);
>  
> +	curr = rq->curr;
> +	psi_account_irqtime(rq, curr, NULL);
> +
>  	update_rq_clock(rq);
>  	hw_pressure = arch_scale_hw_pressure(cpu_of(rq));
>  	update_hw_load_avg(rq_clock_task(rq), rq, hw_pressure);
> @@ -6737,6 +6739,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode)
>  		++*switch_count;
>  
>  		migrate_disable_switch(rq, prev);
> +		psi_account_irqtime(rq, prev, next);
>  		psi_sched_switch(prev, next, !task_on_rq_queued(prev));
>  
>  		trace_sched_switch(sched_mode & SM_MASK_PREEMPT, prev, next, prev_state);
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> index 7b4aa5809c0f..507d7b8d79af 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> @@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ static void psi_group_change(struct psi_group *group, int cpu,
>  	enum psi_states s;
>  	u32 state_mask;
>  
> +	lockdep_assert_rq_held(cpu_rq(cpu));
>  	groupc = per_cpu_ptr(group->pcpu, cpu);
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -991,22 +992,32 @@ void psi_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next,
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
> -void psi_account_irqtime(struct task_struct *task, u32 delta)
> +void psi_account_irqtime(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr, struct task_struct *prev)
>  {
> -	int cpu = task_cpu(task);
> +	int cpu = task_cpu(curr);
>  	struct psi_group *group;
>  	struct psi_group_cpu *groupc;
> -	u64 now;
> +	u64 now, irq;
> +	s64 delta;
>  
>  	if (static_branch_likely(&psi_disabled))
>  		return;
>  
> -	if (!task->pid)
> +	if (!curr->pid)
> +		return;
> +
> +	lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
> +	group = task_psi_group(curr);
> +	if (prev && task_psi_group(prev) == group)
>  		return;
>  
>  	now = cpu_clock(cpu);
> +	irq = irq_time_read(cpu);
> +	delta = (s64)(irq - rq->psi_irq_time);
> +	if (delta < 0)
> +		return;
> +	rq->psi_irq_time = irq;
>  
> -	group = task_psi_group(task);
>  	do {
>  		if (!group->enabled)
>  			continue;
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> index a831af102070..ef20c61004eb 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> @@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ struct rq {
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
>  	u64			prev_irq_time;
> +	u64			psi_irq_time;
>  #endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
>  	u64			prev_steal_time;
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/stats.h b/kernel/sched/stats.h
> index 38f3698f5e5b..b02dfc322951 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/stats.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/stats.h
> @@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ __schedstats_from_se(struct sched_entity *se)
>  void psi_task_change(struct task_struct *task, int clear, int set);
>  void psi_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next,
>  		     bool sleep);
> -void psi_account_irqtime(struct task_struct *task, u32 delta);
> -
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
> +void psi_account_irqtime(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr, struct task_struct *prev);
> +#else
> +static inline void psi_account_irqtime(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr,
> +				       struct task_struct *prev) {}
> +#endif /*CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING */
>  /*
>   * PSI tracks state that persists across sleeps, such as iowaits and
>   * memory stalls. As a result, it has to distinguish between sleeps,
> @@ -192,7 +196,8 @@ static inline void psi_ttwu_dequeue(struct task_struct *p) {}
>  static inline void psi_sched_switch(struct task_struct *prev,
>  				    struct task_struct *next,
>  				    bool sleep) {}
> -static inline void psi_account_irqtime(struct task_struct *task, u32 delta) {}
> +static inline void psi_account_irqtime(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr,
> +				       struct task_struct *prev) {}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_PSI */
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_INFO
> -- 
> 2.45.2.627.g7a2c4fd464-goog
> 

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