Re: [RFC] Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.txt

[Dietmar Eggemann]

On 20/11/2020 09:56, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 08:55:27AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>  - In saturated scenarios task movement will cause some transient dips,
>>    suppose we have a CPU saturated with 4 tasks, then when we migrate a task
>>    to an idle CPU, the old CPU will have a 'running' value of 0.75 while the
>>    new CPU will gain 0.25. This is inevitable and time progression will
>>    correct this. XXX do we still guarantee f_max due to no idle-time?
> 
> Do we want something like this? Is the 1.5 threshold sane? (it's been too
> long since I looked at actual numbers here)

Did some tests on a big.little system:

 (1) rt-app workload on big CPU:

 - task0-3 (runtime/period=4000us/16000us, started with
   4000us delay to each other) run on CPU1
 - then task3 migrates to CPU2 and runs there for 64ms
 - then task2 migrates to CPU2 too and both tasks run there
   for another 64ms

...
    task3-3-1684  [001]  3982.798729: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=1 path=/ load=232890 runnable=3260 util=1011
migration/1-14    [001]  3982.798756: sched_migrate_task:   comm=task3-3 pid=1684 prio=101 orig_cpu=1 dest_cpu=2*
migration/1-14    [001]  3982.798767: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=1 path=/ load=161374 runnable=2263 util=*700* <-- util dip !!!
    task1-1-1682  [001]  3982.799802: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=1 path=/ load=160988 runnable=2257 util=706
...
    task2-2-1683  [001]  3982.849123: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=1 path=/ load=161124 runnable=2284 util=904
    task2-2-1683  [001]  3982.851960: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=1 path=/ load=160130 runnable=2271 util=911
migration/1-14    [001]  3982.851984: sched_migrate_task:   comm=task2-2 pid=1683 prio=101 orig_cpu=1 dest_cpu=2**
migration/1-14    [001]  3982.851995: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=1 path=/ load=88672 runnable=*1257* util=512 <-- runnable below 1536
    task1-1-1682  [001]  3982.852983: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=1 path=/ load=88321 runnable=1252 util=521
...


*  task1,2,3 remain on CPU1 and still have to catch up, no idle
   time on CPU1

** task 1,2 remain on CPU1, there is idle time on CPU1!


(2) rt-app workload on LITTLE CPU (orig cpu_capacity: 446)

 - task0-3 (runtime/period=1742us/16000us, started with
   4000us delay to each other) run on CPU4
 - then task3 migrates to CPU5 and runs there for 64ms
 - then task2 migrates to CPU5 too and both tasks run there
   for another 64ms

...
    task1-1-1777  [004]   789.443015: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=4 path=/ load=234718 runnable=3018 util=976
migration/4-29    [004]   789.444718: sched_migrate_task:   comm=task3-3 pid=1779 prio=101 orig_cpu=4 dest_cpu=5*
migration/4-29    [004]   789.444739: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=4 path=/ load=163543 runnable=2114 util=*778* <--util dip !!!
    task2-2-1778  [004]   789.447013: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=4 path=/ load=163392 runnable=2120 util=777
...
    task1-1-1777  [004]   789.507012: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=4 path=/ load=164482 runnable=2223 util=879
migration/4-29    [004]   789.508023: sched_migrate_task:   comm=task2-2 pid=1778 prio=101 orig_cpu=4 dest_cpu=5**
migration/4-29    [004]   789.508044: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=4 path=/ load=94099 runnable=*1264* util=611 <-- runnable below 1536
    task0-0-1776  [004]   789.511011: sched_pelt_cfs:       cpu=4 path=/ load=93898 runnable=1264 util=622
...

*  task1,2,3 remain on CPU1 and still have to catch up, no idle
   time on CPU1

** task 1,2 remain on CPU1, no idle time on CPU1 yet.

So for the big CPU, there is idle time and for the LITTLE there
isn't with runnable below the threshold. 

As Quentin pointed out, sugov_cpu_is_busy() (only implemented on
'single') tries to do something similar.

I assume that 'another utilization metric' mentioned in commit
b7eaf1aab9f8 ("cpufreq: schedutil: Avoid reducing frequency of
busy CPUs prematurely") is rq->cfs.avg.runnable_avg.