Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Sync load_sum with load_avg after dequeue

[Vincent Guittot]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 08:16, Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On 01-Jul-2021, at 10:48 PM, Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > commit 9e077b52d86a ("sched/pelt: Check that *_avg are null when *_sum are")
> > reported some inconsitencies between *_avg and *_sum.
> >
> > commit 1c35b07e6d39 ("sched/fair: Ensure _sum and _avg values stay consistent")
> > fixed some but one remains when dequeuing load.
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> > sync the cfs's load_sum with its load_avg after dequeuing the load of a
> > sched_entity.
> >
> > Fixes: 9e077b52d86a ("sched/pelt: Check that *_avg are null when *_sum are")
> > Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
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> > I have been able to trigger a WARN on my system even with the patch
> > listed above. This patch fixes it.
> > Sachin could you test that it also fixes yours ?
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> I ran various LTP stress tests, scheduler tests and kernel compile operation for about 5 hours.
> Haven’t seen the warning during the testing.
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> Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

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> I have left the tests running, will let it run for few more hours.
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> Thanks
> -Sachin
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> > kernel/sched/fair.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > index 11d22943753f..48fc7dfc2f66 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > @@ -3037,8 +3037,9 @@ enqueue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
> > static inline void
> > dequeue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
> > {
> > +     u32 divider = get_pelt_divider(&se->avg);
> >       sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_avg);
> > -     sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum);
> > +     cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * divider;
> > }
> > #else
> > static inline void
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >
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