Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] sched: Optionally skip uclamp logic in fast path

[Lukasz Luba]

Hi Qais,

On 6/30/20 12:21 PM, Qais Yousef wrote:
> This series attempts to address the report that uclamp logic could be expensive
> sometimes and shows a regression in netperf UDP_STREAM under certain
> conditions.
>
> The first patch is a fix for how struct uclamp_rq is initialized which is
> required by the 2nd patch which contains the real 'fix'.
>
> Worth noting that the root cause of the overhead is believed to be system
> specific or related to potential certain code/data layout issues, leading to
> worse I/D $ performance.
>
> Different systems exhibited different behaviors and the regression did
> disappear in certain kernel version while attempting to reporoduce.
>
> More info can be found here:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200616110824.dgkkbyapn3io6wik@e107158-lin/
>
> Having the static key seemed the best thing to do to ensure the effect of
> uclamp is minimized for kernels that compile it in but don't have a userspace
> that uses it, which will allow distros to distribute uclamp capable kernels by
> default without having to compromise on performance for some systems that could
> be affected.
>
> Changes in v6:
> 	* s/uclamp_is_enabled/uclamp_is_used/ + add comment
> 	* Improve the bailout condition for the case where we could end up with
> 	  unbalanced call of uclamp_rq_dec_id()
> 	* Clarify some comments.

I've tried this v6 series with mmtest netperf-udp (30x each UDP
size) - the results are good.

                      v5.7-rc7-base-noucl    v5.7-rc7-ucl-tsk-nofix 
v5.7-rc7-ucl-tsk-grp-fix_v6
Hmean     send-64          62.15 (   0.00%)       59.65 *  -4.02%* 
65.87 *   5.99%*
Hmean     send-128        122.88 (   0.00%)      119.37 *  -2.85%* 
131.76 *   7.23%*
Hmean     send-256        244.85 (   0.00%)      234.26 *  -4.32%* 
259.87 *   6.14%*
Hmean     send-1024       919.24 (   0.00%)      880.67 *  -4.20%* 
975.48 *   6.12%*
Hmean     send-2048      1689.45 (   0.00%)     1647.54 *  -2.48%* 
1797.23 *   6.38%*
Hmean     send-3312      2542.36 (   0.00%)     2485.23 *  -2.25%* 
2665.69 *   4.85%*
Hmean     send-4096      2935.69 (   0.00%)     2861.09 *  -2.54%* 
3087.79 *   5.18%*
Hmean     send-8192      4800.35 (   0.00%)     4680.09 *  -2.51%* 
4966.50 *   3.46%*
Hmean     send-16384     7473.66 (   0.00%)     7349.60 *  -1.66%* 
7598.49 *   1.67%*
Hmean     recv-64          62.15 (   0.00%)       59.65 *  -4.03%* 
65.86 *   5.97%*
Hmean     recv-128        122.88 (   0.00%)      119.37 *  -2.85%* 
131.76 *   7.23%*
Hmean     recv-256        244.84 (   0.00%)      234.26 *  -4.32%* 
259.80 *   6.11%*
Hmean     recv-1024       919.24 (   0.00%)      880.67 *  -4.20%* 
975.42 *   6.11%*
Hmean     recv-2048      1689.44 (   0.00%)     1647.54 *  -2.48%* 
1797.18 *   6.38%*
Hmean     recv-3312      2542.36 (   0.00%)     2485.23 *  -2.25%* 
2665.53 *   4.84%*
Hmean     recv-4096      2935.69 (   0.00%)     2861.09 *  -2.54%* 
3087.79 *   5.18%*
Hmean     recv-8192      4800.35 (   0.00%)     4678.15 *  -2.55%* 
4966.48 *   3.46%*
Hmean     recv-16384     7473.63 (   0.00%)     7349.52 *  -1.66%* 
7597.90 *   1.66%*

You can add:

Tested-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>

Regards,
Lukasz