Re: [PATCH v4] sched/deadline: support dl task migration during cpu hotplug

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Tue Nov 11 2014 - 19:33:22 EST


On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 07:53:20AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>Hi Kirill,
>On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 04:09:14PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>>Ð ÐÑ, 11/11/2014 Ð 21:07 +0800, Wanpeng Li ÐÐÑÐÑ:
>>> Hi Kirill,
>>> On 11/11/14, 7:10 PM, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>>> > Ð ÐÑ, 11/11/2014 Ð 10:30 +0800, Wanpeng Li ÐÐÑÐÑ:
>>> >> I observe that dl task can't be migrated to other cpus during cpu hotplug, in
>>> >> addition, task may/may not be running again if cpu is added back. The root cause
>>> >> which I found is that dl task will be throtted and removed from dl rq after
>>> >> comsuming all budget, which leads to stop task can't pick it up from dl rq and
>>> >> migrate to other cpus during hotplug.
>>> >>
>>> >> The method to reproduce:
>>> >> schedtool -E -t 50000:100000 -e ./test
>>> >> Actually test is just a simple for loop. Then observe which cpu the test
>>> >> task is on.
>>> >> echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/online
>>> >>
>>> >> This patch fix it by push the task to another cpu in dl_task_timer() if
>>> >> rq is offline.
>>> >>
>>> >> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > I'm still thinking we don't have to guarantee any "deadlines" during cpu hotplug...
>>> > But, if speaking about this way:
>>> >
>>> >> ---
>>> >> v3 -> v4:
>>> >> * use tsk_cpus_allowed wrapper
>>> >> * fix compile error
>>> >> v2 -> v3:
>>> >> * don't get_task_struct
>>> >> * if cannot preempt any rq, fallback to pick any online cpus
>>> >> * use cpu_active_mask as original later_mask if cpu is offline
>>> >> v1 -> v2:
>>> >> * push the task to another cpu in dl_task_timer() if rq is offline.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> kernel/sched/deadline.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>> >> 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>> >>
>>> >> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
>>> >> index 00324af..e0fbba4 100644
>>> >> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
>>> >> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
>>> >> @@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ static int start_dl_timer(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se, bool boosted)
>>> >> return hrtimer_active(&dl_se->dl_timer);
>>> >> }
>>> >>
>>> >> +static struct rq *find_lock_later_rq(struct task_struct *task, struct rq *rq);
>>> >> /*
>>> >> * This is the bandwidth enforcement timer callback. If here, we know
>>> >> * a task is not on its dl_rq, since the fact that the timer was running
>>> >> @@ -538,6 +539,46 @@ again:
>>> >> update_rq_clock(rq);
>>> >> dl_se->dl_throttled = 0;
>>> >> dl_se->dl_yielded = 0;
>>> >> +
>>> >> + /*
>>> >> + * So if we find that the rq the task was on is no longer
>>> >> + * available, we need to select a new rq.
>>> >> + */
>>> >> + if (!rq->online) {
>>> >> + struct rq *later_rq = NULL;
>>> >> +
>>> >> + raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
>>> >> +
>>> >> + later_rq = find_lock_later_rq(p, rq);
>>> > find_lock_later_rq() expects that rq is locked.
>>> >
>>> > The comment near its head confuses a reader. It locks newly found rq.
>>>
>>> Sorry for my bad, what's you think should be changed?
>>
>>raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock) is wrong here. It's not need.
>>
>
>The machine down after remove this.

Just solve it, sorry for the noise.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
>Regards,
>Wanpeng Li
>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >> +
>>> >> + if (!later_rq) {
>>> >> + int cpu;
>>> >> +
>>> >> + /*
>>> >> + * If cannot preempt any rq, fallback to pick any
>>> >> + * online cpu.
>>> >> + */
>>> >> + for_each_cpu(cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p))
>>> >> + if (cpu_online(cpu))
>>> >> + later_rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
>>> >> + if (!later_rq) {
>>> >> + pr_warn("fail to find any online and task "
>>> >> + "will never come back to us\n");
>>> >> + goto out;
>>> >> + }
>>> >> + }
>>> >> +
>>> >> + deactivate_task(rq, p, 0);
>>> >> + set_task_cpu(p, later_rq->cpu);
>>> >> + activate_task(later_rq, p, 0);
>>> >> +
>>> >> + resched_curr(later_rq);
>>> >> +
>>> >> + double_unlock_balance(rq, later_rq);
>>> > double_unlock_balance() unlocks later_rq only.
>>> >
>>> >> +
>>> >> + goto out;
>>> >> + }
>>> >> +
>>> >> if (task_on_rq_queued(p)) {
>>> >> enqueue_task_dl(rq, p, ENQUEUE_REPLENISH);
>>> >> if (dl_task(rq->curr))
>>> >> @@ -555,7 +596,7 @@ again:
>>> >> }
>>> >> unlock:
>>> >> raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
>>> >> -
>>> >> +out:
>>> >> return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
>>> >> }
>>> >>
>>> >> @@ -1185,8 +1226,12 @@ static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
>>> >> * We have to consider system topology and task affinity
>>> >> * first, then we can look for a suitable cpu.
>>> >> */
>>> >> - cpumask_copy(later_mask, task_rq(task)->rd->span);
>>> >> - cpumask_and(later_mask, later_mask, cpu_active_mask);
>>> >> + if (likely(task_rq(task)->online)) {
>>> >> + cpumask_copy(later_mask, task_rq(task)->rd->span);
>>> >> + cpumask_and(later_mask, later_mask, cpu_active_mask);
>>> >> + } else
>>> >> + /* for offline cpus we have a singleton rd */
>>> >> + cpumask_copy(later_mask, cpu_active_mask);
>>> >> cpumask_and(later_mask, later_mask, &task->cpus_allowed);
>>> >> best_cpu = cpudl_find(&task_rq(task)->rd->cpudl,
>>> >> task, later_mask);
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