[PATCH 1/6] sched: Disable lb_bias feature for full dynticks

[Frederic Weisbecker]

If we run in full dynticks mode, we currently have no way to
correctly update the secondary decaying indexes of the CPU
load stats as it is typically maintained by update_cpu_load_active()
at each tick.

We have an available infrastructure that handles tickless loads
(cf: decay_load_missed) but it only works for idle tickless loads,
which only applies if the CPU hasn't run any real task but idle on
the tickless timeslice.

Until we can provide a sane mathematical solution to handle full
dynticks loads, lets simply deactivate the LB_BIAS sched feature
if CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL as it is currently the only user of the decayed
load records.

The first load index that represents the current runqueue load weight
is still maintained and usable.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c     |   13 +++++++++++--
 kernel/sched/features.h |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c61a614..81b62d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2922,6 +2922,15 @@ static unsigned long weighted_cpuload(const int cpu)
 	return cpu_rq(cpu)->load.weight;
 }
 
+static inline int sched_lb_bias(void)
+{
+#ifndef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+	return sched_feat(LB_BIAS);
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * Return a low guess at the load of a migration-source cpu weighted
  * according to the scheduling class and "nice" value.
@@ -2934,7 +2943,7 @@ static unsigned long source_load(int cpu, int type)
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	unsigned long total = weighted_cpuload(cpu);
 
-	if (type == 0 || !sched_feat(LB_BIAS))
+	if (type == 0 || !sched_lb_bias())
 		return total;
 
 	return min(rq->cpu_load[type-1], total);
@@ -2949,7 +2958,7 @@ static unsigned long target_load(int cpu, int type)
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	unsigned long total = weighted_cpuload(cpu);
 
-	if (type == 0 || !sched_feat(LB_BIAS))
+	if (type == 0 || !sched_lb_bias())
 		return total;
 
 	return max(rq->cpu_load[type-1], total);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index 99399f8..635f902 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ SCHED_FEAT(ARCH_POWER, true)
 
 SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK, false)
 SCHED_FEAT(DOUBLE_TICK, false)
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 SCHED_FEAT(LB_BIAS, true)
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Decrement CPU power based on time not spent running tasks
-- 
1.7.5.4

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