[tip:sched/core] sched/fair: Let asymmetric CPU configurations balance at wake-up

From: tip-bot for Morten Rasmussen
Date: Thu Aug 18 2016 - 06:59:24 EST


Commit-ID: 3273163c6775c4c21823985304c2364b08ca6ea2
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/3273163c6775c4c21823985304c2364b08ca6ea2
Author: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:34:26 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:26:56 +0200

sched/fair: Let asymmetric CPU configurations balance at wake-up

Currently, SD_WAKE_AFFINE always takes priority over wakeup balancing if
SD_BALANCE_WAKE is set on the sched_domains. For asymmetric
configurations SD_WAKE_AFFINE is only desirable if the waking task's
compute demand (utilization) is suitable for the waking CPU and the
previous CPU, and all CPUs within their respective
SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES domains (sd_llc). If not, let wakeup balancing
take over (find_idlest_{group, cpu}()).

This patch makes affine wake-ups conditional on whether both the waker
CPU and the previous CPU has sufficient capacity for the waking task,
or not, assuming that the CPU capacities within an SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES
domain (sd_llc) are homogeneous.

Signed-off-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx
Cc: freedom.tan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: keita.kobayashi.ym@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: mgalbraith@xxxxxxx
Cc: sgurrappadi@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: yuyang.du@xxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1469453670-2660-10-git-send-email-morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index acdc351..61d4854 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_sched_shares_window = 10000000UL;
unsigned int sysctl_sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice = 5000UL;
#endif

+/*
+ * The margin used when comparing utilization with CPU capacity:
+ * util * 1024 < capacity * margin
+ */
+unsigned int capacity_margin = 1280; /* ~20% */
+
static inline void update_load_add(struct load_weight *lw, unsigned long inc)
{
lw->weight += inc;
@@ -5376,6 +5382,32 @@ static int cpu_util(int cpu)
return (util >= capacity) ? capacity : util;
}

+static inline int task_util(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ return p->se.avg.util_avg;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Disable WAKE_AFFINE in the case where task @p doesn't fit in the
+ * capacity of either the waking CPU @cpu or the previous CPU @prev_cpu.
+ *
+ * In that case WAKE_AFFINE doesn't make sense and we'll let
+ * BALANCE_WAKE sort things out.
+ */
+static int wake_cap(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int prev_cpu)
+{
+ long min_cap, max_cap;
+
+ min_cap = min(capacity_orig_of(prev_cpu), capacity_orig_of(cpu));
+ max_cap = cpu_rq(cpu)->rd->max_cpu_capacity;
+
+ /* Minimum capacity is close to max, no need to abort wake_affine */
+ if (max_cap - min_cap < max_cap >> 3)
+ return 0;
+
+ return min_cap * 1024 < task_util(p) * capacity_margin;
+}
+
/*
* select_task_rq_fair: Select target runqueue for the waking task in domains
* that have the 'sd_flag' flag set. In practice, this is SD_BALANCE_WAKE,
@@ -5399,7 +5431,8 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sd_flag, int wake_f

if (sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_WAKE) {
record_wakee(p);
- want_affine = !wake_wide(p) && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p));
+ want_affine = !wake_wide(p) && !wake_cap(p, cpu, prev_cpu)
+ && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p));
}

rcu_read_lock();