Re: [PATCH 3/8] sched,fair: redefine runnable_load_avg as the sum of task_h_load

[Dietmar Eggemann]

On 6/12/19 9:32 PM, Rik van Riel wrote:
> The runnable_load magic is used to quickly propagate information about
> runnable tasks up the hierarchy of runqueues. lhen switching to a flat

Looks like here is some information missing.

> runqueue, that no longer works.
> 
> Redefine the CPU cfs_rq runnable_load_avg to be the sum of task_h_loads
> of the runnable tasks. This provides enough information to the load
> balancer.
> 
> The runnable_load_avg of the cgroup cfs_rqs does not appear to be
> used for anything, so don't bother calculating those.
> 
> This removes one of the things that the code currently traverses the
> cgroup hierarchy for, and getting rid of it brings us one step closer
> to a flat runqueue for the CPU controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/sched.h |   3 +-
>  kernel/sched/core.c   |   2 -
>  kernel/sched/debug.c  |   1 +
>  kernel/sched/fair.c   | 125 +++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  kernel/sched/pelt.c   |  49 ++++++-----------
>  kernel/sched/sched.h  |   6 --
>  6 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index 11837410690f..f5bb6948e40c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ struct util_est {
>  struct sched_avg {
>  	u64				last_update_time;
>  	u64				load_sum;
> -	u64				runnable_load_sum;
>  	u32				util_sum;
>  	u32				period_contrib;
>  	unsigned long			load_avg;

Could you not also remove runnable_load_avg from struct sched_avg and
put it into the struct cfs_rq directly. The signal has nothing to to
with PELT anymore and se don't have to carry it. You only need it for
the root cfs_rq's but it's at least better than having it still for all
se's as well.

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> @@ -2767,20 +2765,39 @@ account_entity_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
>  static inline void
>  enqueue_runnable_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
>  {
> -	cfs_rq->runnable_weight += se->runnable_weight;
> +	if (entity_is_task(se)) {
> +		struct cfs_rq *cpu_cfs_rq = &cfs_rq->rq->cfs;

There are a couple of comments in fair.c referring to this cfs_rq as the
root cfs_rq, rather the cpu cfs_rq. IMHO, easier to read if we stick to
one name (root_cfs_rq vs. cpu_cfs_rq).

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