Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86,sched: Add support for frequency invariance

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Sep 24 2019 - 12:01:16 EST


On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 04:03:32PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > I'll check what's the cost of static_cpu_has() and if it's non-negligible I'll
> > do what you suggest (x86-specific version of arch_scale_freq_invariant().
>
> static_cpu_has() is an alternative and ends up being a static branch
> (similar to static_key) once the alternative patching runs.

That said; I think you want a static key anyway, because if we can't
tell the max_freq we don't want to use the invariant stuff.

Something a little like so on top perhaps.

Also, the below fixes that silly tick_disable stuff.

---
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -196,20 +196,24 @@ static inline void sched_clear_itmt_supp
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>

-#define arch_scale_freq_tick arch_scale_freq_tick
-#define arch_scale_freq_capacity arch_scale_freq_capacity
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arch_scale_freq_key);
+
+#define arch_scale_freq_invariant() static_branch_likely(&arch_scale_freq_key)

DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, arch_cpu_freq);

static inline long arch_scale_freq_capacity(int cpu)
{
- if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
+ if (arch_scale_freq_invariant())
return per_cpu(arch_cpu_freq, cpu);

return 1024 /* SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE */;
}
+#define arch_scale_freq_capacity arch_scale_freq_capacity

extern void arch_scale_freq_tick(void);
+#define arch_scale_freq_tick arch_scale_freq_tick
+
extern void x86_arch_scale_freq_tick_enable(void);
extern void x86_arch_scale_freq_tick_disable(void);
#else
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1799,6 +1799,8 @@ void native_play_dead(void)
* freq_curr / freq_max to eventually grow >1, in which case we clip it to 1.
*/

+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arch_scale_freq_key);
+
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, arch_prev_aperf);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, arch_prev_mperf);
static u64 arch_max_freq = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
@@ -1860,6 +1862,8 @@ static void core_set_cpu_max_freq(void)
turbo_ratio = (turbo_ratio >> 24) & 0xFF; /* 4C turbo ratio */

arch_max_freq = div_u64(turbo_ratio * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE, ratio);
+
+ static_key_enable(&arch_scale_freq_key);
}

static void intel_set_cpu_max_freq(void)
@@ -1876,10 +1880,19 @@ static void intel_set_cpu_max_freq(void)
core_set_cpu_max_freq();
}

-static void set_cpu_max_freq(void)
+static void init_scale_freq(void *arg)
{
u64 aperf, mperf;

+ rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
+ rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, mperf);
+
+ this_cpu_write(arch_prev_aperf, aperf);
+ this_cpu_write(arch_prev_mperf, mperf);
+}
+
+static void set_cpu_max_freq(void)
+{
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
return;

@@ -1891,11 +1904,7 @@ static void set_cpu_max_freq(void)
break;
}

- rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
- rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, mperf);
-
- this_cpu_write(arch_prev_aperf, aperf);
- this_cpu_write(arch_prev_mperf, mperf);
+ init_scale_freq(NULL);
}

DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, arch_cpu_freq);
@@ -1908,7 +1917,7 @@ void arch_scale_freq_tick(void)
u64 aperf, mperf;
u64 acnt, mcnt;

- if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF) || tick_disable)
+ if (!arch_scale_freq_invariant() || tick_disable)
return;

rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
@@ -1940,5 +1949,6 @@ void x86_arch_scale_freq_tick_enable(voi

void x86_arch_scale_freq_tick_disable(void)
{
+ on_each_cpu(init_scale_freq, NULL, 1);
tick_disable = true;
}