Re: [RESEND PATCH] sched/fair: consider RT/IRQ pressure in select_idle_sibling

[Joel Fernandes]

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Rohit Jain <rohit.k.jain@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>    kernel/sched/fair.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>>>>>    1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>>> index 26a71eb..ce5ccf8 100644
>>>>>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>>> @@ -5625,6 +5625,11 @@ static unsigned long capacity_orig_of(int cpu)
>>>>>>           return cpu_rq(cpu)->cpu_capacity_orig;
>>>>>>    }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +static inline bool full_capacity(int cpu)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +       return capacity_of(cpu) >= (capacity_orig_of(cpu)*3)/4;
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>>    static unsigned long cpu_avg_load_per_task(int cpu)
>>>>>>    {
>>>>>>           struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
>>>>>> @@ -6081,7 +6086,7 @@ static int select_idle_core(struct task_struct
>>>>>> *p,
>>>>>> struct sched_domain *sd, int
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                   for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_smt_mask(core)) {
>>>>>>                           cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cpus);
>>>>>> -                       if (!idle_cpu(cpu))
>>>>>> +                       if (!idle_cpu(cpu) || !full_capacity(cpu))
>>>>>>                                   idle = false;
>>>>>>                   }
>>>>>
>>>>> There's some difference in logic between select_idle_core and
>>>>> select_idle_cpu as far as the full_capacity stuff you're adding goes.
>>>>> In select_idle_core, if all CPUs are !full_capacity, you're returning
>>>>> -1. But in select_idle_cpu you're returning the best idle CPU that's
>>>>> the most cap among the !full_capacity ones. Why there is this
>>>>> different in logic? Did I miss something?
>>>>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Dude :) That is hardly an answer to the question I asked. Hint:
>>> *different in logic*.
>>
>>
>> Let me re-try :)
>>
>> For select_idle_core, we are doing a search for a fully idle and full
>> capacity core, the fail-safe is select_idle_cpu because we will re-scan
>> the CPUs. The notion is to select an idle CPU no matter what, because
>> being on an idle CPU is better than waiting on a non-idle one. In
>> select_idle_core you can be slightly picky about the core because
>> select_idle_cpu is a fail safe. I measured the performance impact of
>> choosing the "best among low cap" vs the code changes I have (for
>> select_idle_core) and could not find a statistically significant impact,
>> hence went with the simpler code changes.
>
> That's Ok with me. Just that I remember Peter messing with this path
> and that it was expensive to scan too much for some systems. The other
> thing is you're really doing to do a "fail safe" as you call it search

I meant to say here, "you're NOT really going to be doing a 'fail
safe' search here as you call it"

thanks,

- Joel