[ 47/47] sched: Fix nohz load accounting -- again!

[Greg KH]

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit c308b56b5398779cd3da0f62ab26b0453494c3d4 upstream.
[ backported to 3.0 by Kerin Millar <kerframil@xxxxxxxxx>]

Various people reported nohz load tracking still being wrecked, but Doug
spotted the actual problem. We fold the nohz remainder in too soon,
causing us to loose samples and under-account.

So instead of playing catch-up up-front, always do a single load-fold
with whatever state we encounter and only then fold the nohz remainder
and play catch-up.

Reported-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: LesÃ?=82aw Kope=C4=87 <leslaw.kopec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Aman Gupta <aman@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-4v31etnhgg9kwd6ocgx3rxl8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kerin Millar <kerframil@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


---
 kernel/sched.c |   53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3392,13 +3392,10 @@ calc_load_n(unsigned long load, unsigned
  * Once we've updated the global active value, we need to apply the exponential
  * weights adjusted to the number of cycles missed.
  */
-static void calc_global_nohz(unsigned long ticks)
+static void calc_global_nohz(void)
 {
 	long delta, active, n;
 
-	if (time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update))
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we crossed a calc_load_update boundary, make sure to fold
 	 * any pending idle changes, the respective CPUs might have
@@ -3410,31 +3407,25 @@ static void calc_global_nohz(unsigned lo
 		atomic_long_add(delta, &calc_load_tasks);
 
 	/*
-	 * If we were idle for multiple load cycles, apply them.
+	 * It could be the one fold was all it took, we done!
 	 */
-	if (ticks >= LOAD_FREQ) {
-		n = ticks / LOAD_FREQ;
+	if (time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update + 10))
+		return;
 
-		active = atomic_long_read(&calc_load_tasks);
-		active = active > 0 ? active * FIXED_1 : 0;
+	/*
+	 * Catch-up, fold however many we are behind still
+	 */
+	delta = jiffies - calc_load_update - 10;
+	n = 1 + (delta / LOAD_FREQ);
 
-		avenrun[0] = calc_load_n(avenrun[0], EXP_1, active, n);
-		avenrun[1] = calc_load_n(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active, n);
-		avenrun[2] = calc_load_n(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active, n);
+	active = atomic_long_read(&calc_load_tasks);
+	active = active > 0 ? active * FIXED_1 : 0;
 
-		calc_load_update += n * LOAD_FREQ;
-	}
+	avenrun[0] = calc_load_n(avenrun[0], EXP_1, active, n);
+	avenrun[1] = calc_load_n(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active, n);
+	avenrun[2] = calc_load_n(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active, n);
 
-	/*
-	 * Its possible the remainder of the above division also crosses
-	 * a LOAD_FREQ period, the regular check in calc_global_load()
-	 * which comes after this will take care of that.
-	 *
-	 * Consider us being 11 ticks before a cycle completion, and us
-	 * sleeping for 4*LOAD_FREQ + 22 ticks, then the above code will
-	 * age us 4 cycles, and the test in calc_global_load() will
-	 * pick up the final one.
-	 */
+	calc_load_update += n * LOAD_FREQ;
 }
 #else
 static void calc_load_account_idle(struct rq *this_rq)
@@ -3446,7 +3437,7 @@ static inline long calc_load_fold_idle(v
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void calc_global_nohz(unsigned long ticks)
+static void calc_global_nohz(void)
 {
 }
 #endif
@@ -3474,8 +3465,6 @@ void calc_global_load(unsigned long tick
 {
 	long active;
 
-	calc_global_nohz(ticks);
-
 	if (time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update + 10))
 		return;
 
@@ -3487,6 +3476,16 @@ void calc_global_load(unsigned long tick
 	avenrun[2] = calc_load(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active);
 
 	calc_load_update += LOAD_FREQ;
+
+	/*
+	 * Account one period with whatever state we found before
+	 * folding in the nohz state and ageing the entire idle period.
+	 *
+	 * This avoids loosing a sample when we go idle between
+	 * calc_load_account_active() (10 ticks ago) and now and thus
+	 * under-accounting.
+	 */
+	calc_global_nohz();
 }
 
 /*


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