Re: [PATCH v4 11/11] sched/fair: rework find_idlest_group

[Qais Yousef]

Hi Vincent

On 10/18/19 15:26, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> The slow wake up path computes per sched_group statisics to select the
> idlest group, which is quite similar to what load_balance() is doing
> for selecting busiest group. Rework find_idlest_group() to classify the
> sched_group and select the idlest one following the same steps as
> load_balance().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

LTP test has caught a regression in perf_event_open02 test on linux-next and I
bisected it to this patch.

That is checking out next-20191119 tag and reverting this patch on top the test
passes. Without the revert the test fails.

I think this patch disturbs this part of the test:

	https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/testcases/kernel/syscalls/perf_event_open/perf_event_open02.c#L209

When I revert this patch count_hardware_counters() returns a non zero value.
But with it applied it returns 0 which indicates that the condition terminates
earlier than what the test expects.

I'm failing to see the connection yet, but since I spent enough time bisecting
it I thought I'll throw this out before I continue to bottom it out in hope it
rings a bell for you or someone else.

The problem was consistently reproducible on Juno-r2.

LTP was compiled from 20190930 tag using

	./configure --host=aarch64-linux-gnu --prefix=~/arm64-ltp/
	make && make install



*** Output of the test when it fails ***

	# ./perf_event_open02 -v
	at iteration:0 value:254410384 time_enabled:195570320 time_running:156044100
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  overall task clock: 166935520
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  hw sum: 1200812256, task clock sum: 667703360
	hw counters: 300202518 300202881 300203246 300203611
	task clock counters: 166927400 166926780 166925660 166923520
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  ratio: 3.999768
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  nhw: 0.000100     /* I added this extra line for debug */
	perf_event_open02    1  TFAIL  :  perf_event_open02.c:370: test failed (ratio was greater than )



*** Output of the test when it passes (this patch reverted) ***

	# ./perf_event_open02 -v
	at iteration:0 value:300271482 time_enabled:177756080 time_running:177756080
	at iteration:1 value:300252655 time_enabled:166939100 time_running:166939100
	at iteration:2 value:300252877 time_enabled:166924920 time_running:166924920
	at iteration:3 value:300242545 time_enabled:166909620 time_running:166909620
	at iteration:4 value:300250779 time_enabled:166918540 time_running:166918540
	at iteration:5 value:300250660 time_enabled:166922180 time_running:166922180
	at iteration:6 value:258369655 time_enabled:167388920 time_running:143996600
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  overall task clock: 167540640
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  hw sum: 1801473873, task clock sum: 1005046160
	hw counters: 177971955 185132938 185488818 185488199 185480943 185477118 179657001 172499668 172137672 172139561
	task clock counters: 99299900 103293440 103503840 103502040 103499020 103496160 100224320 96227620 95999400 96000420
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  ratio: 5.998820
	perf_event_open02    0  TINFO  :  nhw: 6.000100     /* I added this extra line for debug */
	perf_event_open02    1  TPASS  :  test passed

Thanks

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Qais Yousef