Re: [PATCH REPOST 0/8] kernel/fork: Move thread stack free otu of the scheduler path.

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2022-01-25 16:26:44 [+0100], To linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> [ This is a repost of https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211118143452.136421-1-bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ]
> 
> This is a follup-up on the patch
>     sched: Delay task stack freeing on RT 
>     https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210928122411.593486363@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> It addresses the review feedback:
> - Decouple stack accounting from its free invocation. The accounting
>   happens in do_exit(), the final free call happens later.
> 
> - Add put_task_stack_sched() to finish_task_switch(). Here the VMAP
>   stack is cached only. If it fails, or in the !VMAP case then the final
>   free happens in delayed_put_task_struct(). This is also an oportunity
>   to cache the stack.
> 
> >From testing I observe the following:
> 
> |            bash-1715    [006] .....   124.901510: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007e70000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1746    [007] .....   124.907389: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007dc4000
> |          <idle>-0       [019] ...1.   124.918126: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007dc4000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1746    [007] .....   124.918279: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007de8000
> |          <idle>-0       [004] ...1.   124.920121: free_thread_stack: delay ffffc90007de8001
> |          <idle>-0       [007] ...1.   124.920299: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007e70000
> |          <idle>-0       [007] ..s1.   124.945433: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007de8000
> 
> TS 124.901510, bash started sh-cmds.sh, obtained stack from cache.
> TS 124.907389, script invokes its first command, obtained stacak from
> cache. As you can see bash was running on CPU6 but its child was moved
> CPU7. 
> TS 124.918126, the first command is done, stack is ached on CPU19.
> TS 124.918279, script's second command, ache from stack.
> TS 124.920121, the command is done. The stack cache on CPU4 is full.
> TS 124.920299, the script is done, caches stack on CPU7.
> TS 124.945433, the RCU-callback of last command is now happening. On
> CPU7, which is where the command was invoked (but not running). Instead
> of freeing the stack, it was cached since CPU7 had an empty slot.
> 
> If I pin the script to CPU5 and run it with multiple commands then it
> works as expected:
> 
> |            bash-1799    [005] .....   993.608131: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007fa0000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1827    [005] .....   993.608888: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007fa8000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1827    [005] .....   993.610734: copy_process: allocV ffffc90007ff4000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1829    [005] ...1.   993.610757: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007fa8000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1827    [005] .....   993.612401: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007fa8000
> |           <...>-1830    [005] ...1.   993.612416: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007ff4000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1827    [005] .....   993.613707: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007ff4000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1831    [005] ...1.   993.613723: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007fa8000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1827    [005] .....   993.615024: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007fa8000
> |           <...>-1832    [005] ...1.   993.615040: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007ff4000
> |      sh-cmds.sh-1827    [005] .....   993.616380: copy_process: allocC ffffc90007ff4000
> |           <...>-1833    [005] ...1.   993.616397: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007fa8000
> |            bash-1799    [005] ...1.   993.617759: free_thread_stack: cache ffffc90007fa0000
> |          <idle>-0       [005] ...1.   993.617871: free_thread_stack: delay ffffc90007ff4001
> |          <idle>-0       [005] ..s1.   993.638311: free_thread_stack: free ffffc90007ff4000
> 
> and no new is allocated during its runtime and a cached stack is used.

ping

Sebastian