Re: [PATCH v5 07/10] sched/irq: add irq utilization tracking

[Vincent Guittot]

On 7 June 2018 at 10:29, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/06/2018 06:06 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dietmar,
>>
>> Sorry for the late answer
>>
>> On 31 May 2018 at 18:54, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05/30/2018 08:45 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Dietmar,
>>>>
>>>> On 30 May 2018 at 17:55, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 05/25/2018 03:12 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>>> +        */
>>>>>> +       ret = ___update_load_sum(rq->clock - running, rq->cpu,
>>>>>> &rq->avg_irq,
>>>>>> +                               0,
>>>>>> +                               0,
>>>>>> +                               0);
>>>>>> +       ret += ___update_load_sum(rq->clock, rq->cpu, &rq->avg_irq,
>>>>>> +                               1,
>>>>>> +                               1,
>>>>>> +                               1);
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you not change the function parameter list to the usual
>>> (u64 now, struct rq *rq, int running)?
>>>
>>> Something like this (only compile and boot tested):
>>
>>
>> To be honest, I prefer to keep the specific sequence above in a
>> dedicated function instead of adding it in core code.
>
>
> No big issue.
>
>> Furthermore,  we end up calling call twice ___update_load_avg instead
>> of only once. This will set an intermediate and incorrect value in
>> util_avg and this value can be read in the meantime
>
>
> Can't buy this argument though because this is true with the current
> implementation as well since the 'decay load sum' - 'accrue load sum'
> sequence is not atomic.

it's not a problem that the _sum variable are updated in different
step because there are internal variable
Only util_avg is used "outside" and the latter is updated after both
idle and running steps have been applied

>
> What about calling update_irq_load_avg(rq, 0) in update_rq_clock_task() if
> (irq_delta + steal) eq. 0 and sched_feat(NONTASK_CAPACITY) eq. true in this
> #ifdef CONFIG_XXX_TIME_ACCOUNTING block?

update_irq_load_avg(rq, 0) is called in update_blocked_averages to
decay smoothly like other blocked signals and replace the need to call
update_irq_load_avg(rq, 0) for every call to update_rq_clock_task()
which can be significant

>
> Maintaining a irq/steal time signal makes only sense if at least one of the
> CONFIG_XXX_TIME_ACCOUNTING is set and NONTASK_CAPACITY is true. The call to
> update_irq_load_avg() in update_blocked_averages() isn't guarded my them.

good point

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