Re: [PATCH v3] sched: revise the initial value of the util_avg.

[Tao Zhou]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 11:22:03AM +0800, Xuewen Yan wrote:

> According to the original code logic:
> 		cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
> sa->util_avg  = -------------------- * se->load.weight
> 		cfs_rq->avg.load_avg
> but for fair_sched_class in 64bits platform:
> se->load.weight = 1024 * sched_prio_to_weight[prio];
> 	cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
> so the  -------------------- must be extremely small, the
> 	cfs_rq->avg.load_avg
> judgment condition "sa->util_avg < cap" could be established.
> It's not fair for those tasks who has smaller nice value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changes since V2:
> 
> *kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 +++++-
> * 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> *
> *diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> *index 290f9e3..079760b 100644
> *--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> *+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> *@@ -794,7 +794,11 @@ void post_init_entity_util_avg(struct task_struct *p)
> *
> *        if (cap > 0) {
> *                if (cfs_rq->avg.util_avg != 0) {
> *-                       sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
> *+                       if (p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
> *+                               sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);
> *+                       else
> *+                               sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
> *+
> *                        sa->util_avg /= (cfs_rq->avg.load_avg + 1);
> *
> *                        if (sa->util_avg > cap)
> *
> ---
> comment from Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > According to the original code logic:
> >                 cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
> > sa->util_avg  = -------------------- * se->load.weight
> >                 cfs_rq->avg.load_avg
> 
> this should have been scale_load_down(se->load.weight) from the beginning
> 
> > but for fair_sched_class:
> > se->load.weight = 1024 * sched_prio_to_weight[prio];
> 
> This is only true for 64bits platform otherwise scale_load and
> scale_load_down are nop
> 
> >         cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
> > so the  -------------------- must be extremely small, the
> >         cfs_rq->avg.load_avg
> > judgment condition "sa->util_avg < cap" could be established.
> > It's not fair for those tasks who has smaller nice value.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > index 290f9e3..079760b 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > @@ -794,7 +794,11 @@ void post_init_entity_util_avg(struct task_struct *p)
> >
> >         if (cap > 0) {
> >                 if (cfs_rq->avg.util_avg != 0) {
> 
> We should now use cpu_util() instead of cfs_rq->avg.util_avg which
> takes into account other classes
> 
> > -                       sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
> > +                       if (p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
> > +                               sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);
> > +                       else
> > +                               sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
> 
> Why this else keeps using se->load.weight ?
> 
> Either we uses sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);
> for all classes
> 
> Or we want a different init value for other classes. But in this case
> se->load.weight is meaningless and we should simply set them to 0
> although we could probably compute a value based on bandwidth for
> deadline class.
> 
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 290f9e3..c6186cc 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ void post_init_entity_util_avg(struct task_struct *p)
>  
>  	if (cap > 0) {
>  		if (cfs_rq->avg.util_avg != 0) {
> -			sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
> +			sa->util_avg  = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);

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>  			sa->util_avg /= (cfs_rq->avg.load_avg + 1);
>  
>  			if (sa->util_avg > cap)
> -- 
> 1.9.1
>