[PATCH 7/9] sched: Migrate sched to use new tick dependency mask model

[Frederic Weisbecker]

Instead of providing asynchronous checks for the nohz subsystem to verify
sched tick dependency, migrate sched to the new mask.

Everytime a task is enqueued or dequeued, we evaluate the state of the
tick dependency on top of the policy of the tasks in the runqueue, by
order of priority:

SCHED_DEADLINE: Need the tick in order to periodically check for runtime
SCHED_FIFO    : Don't need the tick (no round-robin)
SCHED_RR      : Need the tick if more than 1 task of the same priority
                for round robin (simplified with checking if more than
                one SCHED_RR task no matter what priority).
SCHED_NORMAL  : Need the tick if more than 1 task for round-robin.

We could optimize that further with one flag per sched policy on the tick
dependency mask and perform only the checks relevant to the policy
concerned by an enqueue/dequeue operation.

Since the checks aren't based on the current task anymore, we could get
rid of the task switch hook but it's still needed for posix cpu
timers.

Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/sched.h    |  3 ---
 kernel/sched/core.c      | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 kernel/sched/sched.h     | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |  5 -----
 4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index d1de0db..cfefb26 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2345,10 +2345,7 @@ static inline void wake_up_nohz_cpu(int cpu) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-extern bool sched_can_stop_tick(void);
 extern u64 scheduler_tick_max_deferment(void);
-#else
-static inline bool sched_can_stop_tick(void) { return false; }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 05b84c6..2a69a32 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -701,31 +701,37 @@ static inline bool got_nohz_idle_kick(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-bool sched_can_stop_tick(void)
+bool sched_can_stop_tick(struct rq *rq)
 {
+	int fifo_nr_running;
+
+	/* Deadline tasks, even if single, need the tick */
+	if (rq->dl.dl_nr_running)
+		return false;
+
 	/*
-	 * FIFO realtime policy runs the highest priority task. Other runnable
-	 * tasks are of a lower priority. The scheduler tick does nothing.
+	 * FIFO realtime policy runs the highest priority task (after DEADLINE).
+	 * Other runnable tasks are of a lower priority. The scheduler tick
+	 * isn't needed.
 	 */
-	if (current->policy == SCHED_FIFO)
+	fifo_nr_running = rq->rt.rt_nr_running - rq->rt.rr_nr_running;
+	if (fifo_nr_running)
 		return true;
 
 	/*
 	 * Round-robin realtime tasks time slice with other tasks at the same
-	 * realtime priority. Is this task the only one at this priority?
+	 * realtime priority.
 	 */
-	if (current->policy == SCHED_RR) {
-		struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se = &current->rt;
-
-		return rt_se->run_list.prev == rt_se->run_list.next;
+	if (rq->rt.rr_nr_running) {
+		if (rq->rt.rr_nr_running == 1)
+			return true;
+		else
+			return false;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * More than one running task need preemption.
-	 * nr_running update is assumed to be visible
-	 * after IPI is sent from wakers.
-	 */
-	if (this_rq()->nr_running > 1)
+
+	/* Normal multitasking need periodic preemption checks */
+	if (rq->cfs.nr_running > 1)
 		return false;
 
 	return true;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 6413238..2620697 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1308,6 +1308,35 @@ unsigned long to_ratio(u64 period, u64 runtime);
 
 extern void init_entity_runnable_average(struct sched_entity *se);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+extern bool sched_can_stop_tick(struct rq *rq);
+
+/*
+ * Tick may be needed by tasks in the runqueue depending on their policy and
+ * requirements. If tick is needed, lets send the target an IPI to kick it out of
+ * nohz mode if necessary.
+ */
+static inline void sched_update_tick_dependency(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		return;
+
+	cpu = cpu_of(rq);
+
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(rq->cpu))
+		return;
+
+	if (sched_can_stop_tick(rq))
+		tick_nohz_clear_dep_cpu(TICK_SCHED_BIT, cpu);
+	else
+		tick_nohz_set_dep_cpu(TICK_SCHED_BIT, cpu);
+}
+#else
+static inline void sched_update_tick_dependency(struct rq *rq) { }
+#endif
+
 static inline void add_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)
 {
 	unsigned prev_nr = rq->nr_running;
@@ -1319,26 +1348,16 @@ static inline void add_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)
 		if (!rq->rd->overload)
 			rq->rd->overload = true;
 #endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-		if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(rq->cpu)) {
-			/*
-			 * Tick is needed if more than one task runs on a CPU.
-			 * Send the target an IPI to kick it out of nohz mode.
-			 *
-			 * We assume that IPI implies full memory barrier and the
-			 * new value of rq->nr_running is visible on reception
-			 * from the target.
-			 */
-			tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(rq->cpu);
-		}
-#endif
 	}
+
+	sched_update_tick_dependency(rq);
 }
 
 static inline void sub_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)
 {
 	rq->nr_running -= count;
+	/* Check if we still need preemption */
+	sched_update_tick_dependency(rq);
 }
 
 static inline void rq_last_tick_reset(struct rq *rq)
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 00c20db..07bebdd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -202,11 +202,6 @@ static bool can_stop_full_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!sched_can_stop_tick()) {
-		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_SCHED_MASK);
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	if (!posix_cpu_timers_can_stop_tick(current)) {
 		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_POSIX_TIMER_MASK);
 		return false;
-- 
2.6.4

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