[PATCH v2 4/6] sched/numa: Limit the conditions where scan period is reset

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Fri Sep 21 2018 - 13:50:05 EST


From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

migrate_task_rq_fair resets the scan rate for NUMA balancing on every
cross-node migration. In the event of excessive load balancing due to
saturation, this may result in the scan rate being pegged at maximum and
further overloading the machine.

This patch only resets the scan if NUMA balancing is active, a preferred
node has been selected and the task is being migrated from the preferred
node as these are the most harmful. For example, a migration to the preferred
node does not justify a faster scan rate. Similarly, a migration between two
nodes that are not preferred is probably bouncing due to over-saturation of
the machine. In that case, scanning faster and trapping more NUMA faults
will further overload the machine.

Specjbb2005 results (8 warehouses)
Higher bops are better

2 Socket - 2 Node Haswell - X86
JVMS Prev Current %Change
4 203370 205332 0.964744
1 328431 319785 -2.63252

2 Socket - 4 Node Power8 - PowerNV
JVMS Prev Current %Change
1 206070 206585 0.249915

2 Socket - 2 Node Power9 - PowerNV
JVMS Prev Current %Change
4 188386 189162 0.41192
1 201566 213760 6.04963

4 Socket - 4 Node Power7 - PowerVM
JVMS Prev Current %Change
8 59157.4 58736.8 -0.710985
1 105495 105419 -0.0720413

Some events stats before and after applying the patch.

perf stats 8th warehouse Multi JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Haswell - X86
Event Before After
cs 13,825,492 14,285,708
migrations 1,152,509 1,180,621
faults 371,948 339,114
cache-misses 55,654,206,041 55,205,631,894
sched:sched_move_numa 1,856 843
sched:sched_stick_numa 4 6
sched:sched_swap_numa 428 219
migrate:mm_migrate_pages 898 365

vmstat 8th warehouse Multi JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Haswell - X86
Event Before After
numa_hint_faults 57146 26907
numa_hint_faults_local 51612 24279
numa_hit 238164 239771
numa_huge_pte_updates 16 0
numa_interleave 63 68
numa_local 238085 239688
numa_other 79 83
numa_pages_migrated 883 363
numa_pte_updates 67540 27415

perf stats 8th warehouse Single JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Haswell - X86
Event Before After
cs 3,288,525 3,202,779
migrations 38,652 37,186
faults 111,678 106,076
cache-misses 12,111,197,376 12,024,873,744
sched:sched_move_numa 900 931
sched:sched_stick_numa 0 0
sched:sched_swap_numa 5 1
migrate:mm_migrate_pages 714 637

vmstat 8th warehouse Single JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Haswell - X86
Event Before After
numa_hint_faults 18572 17409
numa_hint_faults_local 14850 14367
numa_hit 73197 73953
numa_huge_pte_updates 11 20
numa_interleave 25 25
numa_local 73138 73892
numa_other 59 61
numa_pages_migrated 712 668
numa_pte_updates 24021 27276

perf stats 8th warehouse Multi JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Power9 - PowerNV
Event Before After
cs 8,451,543 8,474,013
migrations 202,804 254,934
faults 310,024 320,506
cache-misses 253,522,507 110,580,458
sched:sched_move_numa 213 725
sched:sched_stick_numa 0 0
sched:sched_swap_numa 2 7
migrate:mm_migrate_pages 88 145

vmstat 8th warehouse Multi JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Power9 - PowerNV
Event Before After
numa_hint_faults 11830 22797
numa_hint_faults_local 11301 21539
numa_hit 90038 89308
numa_huge_pte_updates 0 0
numa_interleave 855 865
numa_local 89796 88955
numa_other 242 353
numa_pages_migrated 88 149
numa_pte_updates 12039 22930

perf stats 8th warehouse Single JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Power9 - PowerNV
Event Before After
cs 2,049,153 2,195,628
migrations 11,405 11,179
faults 162,309 149,656
cache-misses 7,203,343 8,117,515
sched:sched_move_numa 22 49
sched:sched_stick_numa 0 0
sched:sched_swap_numa 0 0
migrate:mm_migrate_pages 1 5

vmstat 8th warehouse Single JVM 2 Socket - 2 Node Power9 - PowerNV
Event Before After
numa_hint_faults 1693 3577
numa_hint_faults_local 1669 3476
numa_hit 25177 26142
numa_huge_pte_updates 0 0
numa_interleave 194 358
numa_local 24993 26042
numa_other 184 100
numa_pages_migrated 1 5
numa_pte_updates 1577 3587

perf stats 8th warehouse Multi JVM 4 Socket - 4 Node Power7 - PowerVM
Event Before After
cs 94,515,937 100,602,296
migrations 4,203,554 4,135,630
faults 832,697 789,256
cache-misses 226,248,698,331 226,160,621,058
sched:sched_move_numa 1,730 1,366
sched:sched_stick_numa 14 16
sched:sched_swap_numa 432 374
migrate:mm_migrate_pages 1,398 1,350

vmstat 8th warehouse Multi JVM 4 Socket - 4 Node Power7 - PowerVM
Event Before After
numa_hint_faults 80079 47857
numa_hint_faults_local 68620 39768
numa_hit 241187 240165
numa_huge_pte_updates 0 0
numa_interleave 0 0
numa_local 241186 240165
numa_other 1 0
numa_pages_migrated 1347 1224
numa_pte_updates 80729 48354

perf stats 8th warehouse Single JVM 4 Socket - 4 Node Power7 - PowerVM
Event Before After
cs 63,704,961 58,515,496
migrations 573,404 564,845
faults 230,878 245,807
cache-misses 76,568,222,781 73,603,757,976
sched:sched_move_numa 509 996
sched:sched_stick_numa 31 10
sched:sched_swap_numa 182 193
migrate:mm_migrate_pages 541 646

vmstat 8th warehouse Single JVM 4 Socket - 4 Node Power7 - PowerVM
Event Before After
numa_hint_faults 8501 13422
numa_hint_faults_local 2960 5619
numa_hit 35526 36118
numa_huge_pte_updates 0 0
numa_interleave 0 0
numa_local 35526 36116
numa_other 0 2
numa_pages_migrated 539 616
numa_pte_updates 8433 13374

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog v1->v2:
Rename numa to NUMA

kernel/sched/fair.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 5cbfb30..3529bf6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2617,11 +2617,32 @@ static void update_scan_period(struct task_struct *p, int new_cpu)
int src_nid = cpu_to_node(task_cpu(p));
int dst_nid = cpu_to_node(new_cpu);

+ if (!static_branch_likely(&sched_numa_balancing))
+ return;
+
if (!p->mm || !p->numa_faults || (p->flags & PF_EXITING))
return;

- if (src_nid != dst_nid)
- p->numa_scan_period = task_scan_start(p);
+ if (src_nid == dst_nid)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Allow resets if faults have been trapped before one scan
+ * has completed. This is most likely due to a new task that
+ * is pulled cross-node due to wakeups or load balancing.
+ */
+ if (p->numa_scan_seq) {
+ /*
+ * Avoid scan adjustments if moving to the preferred
+ * node or if the task was not previously running on
+ * the preferred node.
+ */
+ if (dst_nid == p->numa_preferred_nid ||
+ (p->numa_preferred_nid != -1 && src_nid != p->numa_preferred_nid))
+ return;
+ }
+
+ p->numa_scan_period = task_scan_start(p);
}

#else
--
2.7.4