linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] sched/fair: Sync se's load_avg with cfs_rq in reweight

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Message-ID: <67fda2fc-5224-428f-bd9c-210915e7c963@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:08:03 +0800
From: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
To: Chuyi Zhou <zhouchuyi@...edance.com>, mingo@...hat.com,
 peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
 dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
 mgorman@...e.de, vschneid@...hat.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sched/fair: Sync se's load_avg with cfs_rq in
 reweight_task

On 2024/7/23 19:42, Chuyi Zhou wrote:
> In reweight_task(), there are two situations:
> 
> 1. The task was on_rq, then the task's load_avg is accurate because we
> synchronized it with cfs_rq through update_load_avg() in dequeue_task().
> 
> 2. The task is sleeping, its load_avg might not have been updated for some
> time, which can result in inaccurate dequeue_load_avg() in
> reweight_entity().
> 
> This patch solves this by using sync_entity_load_avg() to synchronize the
> load_avg of se with cfs_rq before dequeue_load_avg() in reweight_entity().
> For tasks were on_rq, since we already update load_avg to accurate values
> in dequeue_task(), this change will not have other effects due to the short
> time interval between the two updates.
> 
> Suggested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Chuyi Zhou <zhouchuyi@...edance.com>

Looks good to me!

Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>

Thanks.

> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - use sync_entity_load_avg() rather than update_load_avg() to sync the
> sleeping task with its cfs_rq suggested by Dietmar.
> - Link t0 v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240720051248.59608-1-zhouchuyi@bytedance.com/
> Changes in v2:
> - change the description in commit log.
> - use update_load_avg() in reweight_task() rather than in reweight_entity
> suggested by chengming.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240716150840.23061-1-zhouchuyi@bytedance.com/
> ---
>   kernel/sched/fair.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>   1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 9057584ec06d..da3cdd86ab2e 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -3669,11 +3669,32 @@ dequeue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
>   	cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
>   					  cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
>   }
> +
> +static inline u64 cfs_rq_last_update_time(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
> +{
> +	return u64_u32_load_copy(cfs_rq->avg.last_update_time,
> +				 cfs_rq->last_update_time_copy);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Synchronize entity load avg of dequeued entity without locking
> + * the previous rq.
> + */
> +static void sync_entity_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se)
> +{
> +	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
> +	u64 last_update_time;
> +
> +	last_update_time = cfs_rq_last_update_time(cfs_rq);
> +	__update_load_avg_blocked_se(last_update_time, se);
> +}
> +
>   #else
>   static inline void
>   enqueue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se) { }
>   static inline void
>   dequeue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se) { }
> +static void sync_entity_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se) { }
>   #endif
>   
>   static void reweight_eevdf(struct sched_entity *se, u64 avruntime,
> @@ -3795,7 +3816,9 @@ static void reweight_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se,
>   		if (!curr)
>   			__dequeue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
>   		update_load_sub(&cfs_rq->load, se->load.weight);
> -	}
> +	} else if (entity_is_task(se))
> +		sync_entity_load_avg(se);
> +
>   	dequeue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
>   
>   	if (se->on_rq) {
> @@ -4034,11 +4057,6 @@ static inline bool load_avg_is_decayed(struct sched_avg *sa)
>   	return true;
>   }
>   
> -static inline u64 cfs_rq_last_update_time(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
> -{
> -	return u64_u32_load_copy(cfs_rq->avg.last_update_time,
> -				 cfs_rq->last_update_time_copy);
> -}
>   #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
>   /*
>    * Because list_add_leaf_cfs_rq always places a child cfs_rq on the list
> @@ -4773,19 +4791,6 @@ static inline void update_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *s
>   	}
>   }
>   
> -/*
> - * Synchronize entity load avg of dequeued entity without locking
> - * the previous rq.
> - */
> -static void sync_entity_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se)
> -{
> -	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
> -	u64 last_update_time;
> -
> -	last_update_time = cfs_rq_last_update_time(cfs_rq);
> -	__update_load_avg_blocked_se(last_update_time, se);
> -}
> -
>   /*
>    * Task first catches up with cfs_rq, and then subtract
>    * itself from the cfs_rq (task must be off the queue now).