Re: [PATCH v3 08/19] x86/resctrl: Add cpumask_any_housekeeping() for limbo/overflow

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi James,

On 3/20/2023 10:26 AM, James Morse wrote:
> The limbo and overflow code picks a CPU to use from the domain's list
> of online CPUs. Work is then scheduled on these CPUs to maintain
> the limbo list and any counters that may overflow.
> 
> cpumask_any() may pick a CPU that is marked nohz_full, which will
> either penalise the work that CPU was dedicated to, or delay the

penalise -> penalize

> processing of limbo list or counters that may overflow. Perhaps
> indefinitely. Delaying the overflow handling will skew the bandwidth
> values calculated by mba_sc, which expects to be called once a second.
> 
> Add cpumask_any_housekeeping() as a replacement for cpumask_any()
> that prefers housekeeping CPUs. This helper will still return
> a nohz_full CPU if that is the only option. The CPU to use is
> re-evaluated each time the limbo/overflow work runs. This ensures
> the work will move off a nohz_full CPU once a houskeeping CPU is
> available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c  | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/tick.h                   |  3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> index 87545e4beb70..0b5fd5a0cda2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kernfs.h>
>  #include <linux/fs_context.h>
>  #include <linux/jump_label.h>
> +#include <linux/tick.h>
>  #include <asm/resctrl.h>
>  
>  #define L3_QOS_CDP_ENABLE		0x01ULL
> @@ -55,6 +56,28 @@
>  /* Max event bits supported */
>  #define MAX_EVT_CONFIG_BITS		GENMASK(6, 0)
>  
> +/**
> + * cpumask_any_housekeeping() - Chose any cpu in @mask, preferring those that
> + *			        aren't marked nohz_full

"Chose any cpu" -> "Choose any CPU"

> + * @mask:	The mask to pick a CPU from.
> + *
> + * Returns a CPU in @mask. If there are houskeeping CPUs that don't use
> + * nohz_full, these are preferred.
> + */
> +static inline unsigned int cpumask_any_housekeeping(const struct cpumask *mask)
> +{
> +	int cpu, hk_cpu;
> +
> +	cpu = cpumask_any(mask);
> +	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
> +		hk_cpu = cpumask_nth_andnot(0, mask, tick_nohz_full_mask);
> +		if (hk_cpu < nr_cpu_ids)
> +			cpu = hk_cpu;
> +	}
> +

I think as a start this could perhaps be a #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL). There
appears to be a precedent for this in kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h.

Apart from the issue that Ilpo pointed out I would prefer that any changes outside
resctrl are submitted separately to that subsystem.

...

> @@ -801,6 +803,11 @@ void mbm_handle_overflow(struct work_struct *work)
>  			update_mba_bw(prgrp, d);
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Re-check for housekeeping CPUs. This allows the overflow handler to
> +	 * move off a nohz_full CPU quickly.
> +	 */
> +	cpu = cpumask_any_housekeeping(&d->cpu_mask);
>  	schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &d->mbm_over, delay);
>  
>  out_unlock:

>From what I can tell the nohz_full CPUs are set during boot and do not change.


> @@ -814,7 +821,7 @@ void mbm_setup_overflow_handler(struct rdt_domain *dom, unsigned long delay_ms)
>  
>  	if (!static_branch_likely(&rdt_mon_enable_key))
>  		return;
> -	cpu = cpumask_any(&dom->cpu_mask);
> +	cpu = cpumask_any_housekeeping(&dom->cpu_mask);
>  	dom->mbm_work_cpu = cpu;
>  	schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &dom->mbm_over, delay);
>  }
> diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
> index bfd571f18cfd..ae2e9019fc18 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tick.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tick.h
> @@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ static inline u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
>  static inline void tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick_protected(void) { }
>  #endif /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
>  
> +extern cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
>  extern bool tick_nohz_full_running;
> -extern cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
>  
>  static inline bool tick_nohz_full_enabled(void)
>  {

In addition to what Ilpo pointed out, be careful here.
cpumask_var_t is a pointer (or array) and needs to be
allocated before use. Moving its declaration but not the
allocation code seems risky.

Reinette