Re: [PATCH v12 8/8] sched/fair: Add latency list

From: Shrikanth Hegde
Date: Wed Mar 08 2023 - 10:23:47 EST

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> On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 at 11:52, Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 3/7/23 3:49 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>> Le mardi 07 mars 2023 à 00:34:49 (+0530), Shrikanth Hegde a écrit :
>>>>> Le lundi 06 mars 2023 à 17:03:30 (+0530), Shrikanth Hegde a écrit :
>>>>>> On 3/5/23 6:33 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 16:13, Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 3/3/23 10:01 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Le jeudi 02 mars 2023 à 23:37:52 (+0530), Shrikanth Hegde a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>> On 3/2/23 8:30 PM, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/2/23 6:47 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2 Mar 2023 at 12:00, Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/2/23 1:20 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 19:48, shrikanth hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/24/23 3:04 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ran the schbench and hackbench with this patch series. Here comparison is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> between 6.2 stable tree, 6.2 + Patch and 6.2 + patch + above re-arrange of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> latency_node. Ran two cgroups, in one cgroup running stress-ng at 50%(group1)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and other is running these benchmarks (group2). Set the latency nice
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of group2 to -20. These are run on Power system with 12 cores with SMT=8.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Total of 96 CPU.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> schbench gets lower latency compared to stabletree. Whereas hackbench seems
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to regress under this case. Maybe i am doing something wrong. I will re-run
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and attach the numbers to series.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please suggest if any variation in the test i need to try.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hackbench takes advanatge of a latency nice 19 as it mainly wants to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> run longer slice to move forward rather than preempting others all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hackbench still seems to regress in different latency nice values compared to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> baseline of 6.2 in this case. up to 50% in some cases.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12 core powerpc system with SMT=8 i.e 96 CPU
>>>>>>>>>>>>> running 2 CPU cgroups. No quota assigned.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1st cgroup is running stress-ng with 48 threads. Consuming 50% of CPU.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> latency is not changed for this cgroup.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2nd cgroup is running hackbench. This cgroup is assigned the different latency
>>>>>>>>>>>>> nice values of 0, -20 and 19.
>>>>>>>>>>>> According to your other emails, you are using the cgroup interface and
>>>>>>>>>>>> not the task's one. Do I get it right ?
>>>>>>>>>>> right. I create cgroup, attach bash command with echo $$,
>>>>>>>>>>> assign the latency nice to cgroup, and run hackbench from that bash prompt.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I haven't run test such tests in a cgroup but at least the test with
>>>>>>>>>>>> latency_nice == 0 should not make any noticeable difference. Does this
>>>>>>>>>>>> include the re-arrange patch that you have proposed previously ?
>>>> Ran the test on a different system altogether. I don't see similar regression there.
>>>> In fact latency nice is helping in reducing the latency as expected.
>>>> It is much bigger system with 60 cores. i.e total of 480 cpu.
>>>>
>>>> Tested in the same way. created two cgroups. one is running the micro benchmarks
>>>> and other is running stress-ng at different utilization point.
>>>> This data is at 50% utilization point. Similar observations w.r.t latency
>>>> is seen at 0%, 25%, 75% and 100% utilization as well.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for testing on a different system which seems to get results aligned with what
>>> Prateek and I have seen on our system.
>>>
>>>
>>>> ==========
>>>> schbench
>>>> ==========
>>>> 6.2 6.2 + V12 + LN=0
>>>> Groups: 1
>>>> 50.0th: 14.0 12.5
>>>> 75.0th: 16.5 14.0
>>>> 90.0th: 18.5 15.5
>>>> 95.0th: 20.5 17.0
>>>> 99.0th: 27.5 21.0
>>>> 99.5th: 36.0 23.5
>>>> Groups: 2
>>>> 50.0th: 14.0 16.0
>>>> 75.0th: 17.0 18.0
>>>> 90.0th: 20.0 21.0
>>>> 95.0th: 23.0 23.0
>>>> 99.0th: 71.0 34.0
>>>> 99.5th: 1170.0 96.0
>>>> 99.9th: 5088.0 3212.0
>>>> Groups: 4
>>>> 50.0th: 20.5 19.5
>>>> 75.0th: 24.5 22.5
>>>> 90.0th: 31.0 26.0
>>>> 95.0th: 260.5 28.0
>>>> 99.0th: 3644.0 35.0
>>>> 99.5th: 5152.0 44.5
>>>> 99.9th: 8076.0 168.5
>>>> Groups: 8
>>>> 50.0th: 26.0 25.5
>>>> 75.0th: 32.5 31.5
>>>> 90.0th: 41.5 36.5
>>>> 95.0th: 794.0 39.5
>>>> 99.0th: 5992.0 66.0
>>>> 99.5th: 7208.0 159.0
>>>> 99.9th: 9392.0 1604.0
>>>> Groups: 16
>>>> 50.0th: 37.5 34.0
>>>> 75.0th: 49.5 44.5
>>>> 90.0th: 70.0 53.5
>>>> 95.0th: 1284.0 58.5
>>>> 99.0th: 5600.0 102.5
>>>> 99.5th: 7216.0 368.5
>>>> 99.9th: 9328.0 5192.0
>>>> Groups: 32
>>>> 50.0th: 59.0 54.5
>>>> 75.0th: 83.0 74.5
>>>> 90.0th: 118.5 91.0
>>>> 95.0th: 1921.0 100.5
>>>> 99.0th: 6672.0 317.0
>>>> 99.5th: 8252.0 2264.0
>>>> 99.9th: 10448.0 8388.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ===========
>>>> hackbench
>>>> ==========
>>>>
>>>> type Groups 6.2 | 6.2 + V12 + LN=0
>>>> Process 10 0.19 | 0.19
>>>> Process 20 0.34 | 0.34
>>>> Process 30 0.45 | 0.44
>>>> Process 40 0.58 | 0.57
>>>> Process 50 0.70 | 0.69
>>>> Process 60 0.82 | 0.80
>>>> thread 10 0.20 | 0.20
>>>> thread 20 0.36 | 0.36
>>>> Process(Pipe) 10 0.24 | 0.21
>>>> Process(Pipe) 20 0.46 | 0.40
>>>> Process(Pipe) 30 0.65 | 0.58
>>>> Process(Pipe) 40 0.90 | 0.68
>>>> Process(Pipe) 50 1.04 | 0.83
>>>> Process(Pipe) 60 1.16 | 0.86
>>>> thread(Pipe) 10 0.19 | 0.18
>>>> thread(Pipe) 20 0.46 | 0.37
>>>>
>>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you want me to try any other experiment on this further?
>>>>>>> Yes, would be good to know which of the 3 changes in the patch create
>>>>>>> the regression
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I suspect the 1st change to be the root cause of your problem but It
>>>>>>> would be good if you can confirm my assumption with some tests
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Applied each change individually. 3rd change seems to cause the regression.
>>>>>> Kept only the 3rd change and numbers are same as stable 6.2 for latency nice
>>>>>> value of 0.
>>>>> Ok, it's the patch 1 that aims to prevent some unfairness with low weight
>>>>> waking task. And your platform probably falls in the last part of the commit:
>>>>>
>>>>> " Strictly speaking, we should use cfs->min_vruntime instead of
>>>>> curr->vruntime but it doesn't worth the additional overhead and complexity
>>>>> as the vruntime of current should be close to min_vruntime if not equal."
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you try the patch below on top of v12 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> kernel/sched/fair.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
>>>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>> index e2aeb4511686..77b03a280912 100644
>>>>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>> @@ -5049,7 +5049,7 @@ set_next_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> static int
>>>>> -wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se);
>>>>> +wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq);
>>>>>
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * Pick the next process, keeping these things in mind, in this order:
>>>>> @@ -5088,16 +5088,16 @@ pick_next_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *curr)
>>>>> second = curr;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> - if (second && wakeup_preempt_entity(second, left) < 1)
>>>>> + if (second && wakeup_preempt_entity(second, left, cfs_rq) < 1)
>>>>> se = second;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> - if (cfs_rq->next && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->next, left) < 1) {
>>>>> + if (cfs_rq->next && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->next, left, cfs_rq) < 1) {
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * Someone really wants this to run. If it's not unfair, run it.
>>>>> */
>>>>> se = cfs_rq->next;
>>>>> - } else if (cfs_rq->last && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->last, left) < 1) {
>>>>> + } else if (cfs_rq->last && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->last, left, cfs_rq) < 1) {
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * Prefer last buddy, try to return the CPU to a preempted task.
>>>>> */
>>>>> @@ -5107,7 +5107,7 @@ pick_next_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *curr)
>>>>> /* Check for latency sensitive entity waiting for running */
>>>>> latency = __pick_first_latency(cfs_rq);
>>>>> if (latency && (latency != se) &&
>>>>> - wakeup_preempt_entity(latency, se) < 1)
>>>>> + wakeup_preempt_entity(latency, se, cfs_rq) < 1)
>>>>> se = latency;
>>>>>
>>>>> return se;
>>>>> @@ -7808,7 +7808,7 @@ static unsigned long wakeup_gran(struct sched_entity *se)
>>>>> *
>>>>> */
>>>>> static int
>>>>> -wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se)
>>>>> +wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
>>>>> {
>>>>> s64 gran, vdiff = curr->vruntime - se->vruntime;
>>>>> s64 offset = wakeup_latency_gran(curr, se);
>>>>> @@ -7818,6 +7818,8 @@ wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se)
>>>>>
>>>>> gran = offset + wakeup_gran(se);
>>>>>
>>>>> + if (vdiff > gran)
>>>>> + return 1;
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * At wake up, the vruntime of a task is capped to not be older than
>>>>> * a sched_latency period compared to min_vruntime. This prevents long
>>>>> @@ -7827,9 +7829,8 @@ wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se)
>>>>> * for low priority task. Make sure that long sleeping task will get a
>>>>> * chance to preempt current.
>>>>> */
>>>>> - gran = min_t(s64, gran, get_latency_max());
>>>>> -
>>>>> - if (vdiff > gran)
>>>>> + vdiff = cfs_rq->min_vruntime - se->vruntime;
>>>>> + if (vdiff > get_latency_max())
>>>>> return 1;
>>>>>
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>> @@ -7933,7 +7934,7 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_
>>>>> return;
>>>>>
>>>>> update_curr(cfs_rq_of(se));
>>>>> - if (wakeup_preempt_entity(se, pse) == 1) {
>>>>> + if (wakeup_preempt_entity(se, pse, cfs_rq_of(se)) == 1) {
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * Bias pick_next to pick the sched entity that is
>>>>> * triggering this preemption.
>>>>> --
>>>>> 2.34.1
>>>> Tried above patch on top of V12. Numbers are worse than V12. We maybe running into
>>>> a corner case on this system.
>>> Yes it can be a corner case.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, the patch above has a problem and does an unsigned comparison instead of a signed
>>> one. I have forced the signed comparison in the patch below to be applied on top of
>>> previous one:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>> index 77b03a280912..22a497f92dbb 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>> @@ -7830,7 +7830,7 @@ wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se, struct
>>> * chance to preempt current.
>>> */
>>> vdiff = cfs_rq->min_vruntime - se->vruntime;
>>> - if (vdiff > get_latency_max())
>>> + if (vdiff > (s64)get_latency_max())
>>> return 1;
>>>
>>> return 0;
>>
>> Tested the above patch on top of previous patch + V12.
>> Numbers are still worse than V12. Same as V12+previous patch.
>
> So It really looks like a corner case for this system and I'm not sure
> we can do anything as others don't face he problem
>>

Thank you very much. I will try to debug. This would help me in understand the code better.
maybe it could be some tunable. Also it was with cgroupv1. I will switch to cgroupv2 and try.
I doubt that though.

In case if i find anything, i will update.

>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Type Groups 6.2 | 6.2+V12
>>>>
>>>> Process 10 0.33 | 0.44
>>>> Process 20 0.61 | 0.90
>>>> Process 30 0.87 | 1.29
>>>> Process 40 1.10 | 1.69
>>>> Process 50 1.34 | 2.08
>>>> Process 60 1.58 | 2.39
>>>> thread 10 0.36 | 0.53
>>>> thread 20 0.64 | 0.94
>>>> Process(Pipe) 10 0.18 | 0.46
>>>> Process(Pipe) 20 0.32 | 0.75
>>>> Process(Pipe) 30 0.42 | 1.01
>>>> Process(Pipe) 40 0.56 | 1.15
>>>> Process(Pipe) 50 0.68 | 1.38
>>>> Process(Pipe) 60 0.80 | 1.56
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>>> index cdcd991bbcf1..c89c201dd164 100644
>>>>>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>>>>>> @@ -7827,7 +7827,6 @@ wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se)
>>>>>> * for low priority task. Make sure that long sleeping task will get a
>>>>>> * chance to preempt current.
>>>>>> */
>>>>>> - gran = min_t(s64, gran, get_latency_max());
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (vdiff > gran)
>>>>>> return 1;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>
>>

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