Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] sched/fair: Scan cluster before scanning LLC in wake-up path

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 07:56:53 EST


On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 03:02:53PM +0800, Yicong Yang wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 373ff5f55884..b8c129ed8b47 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -6994,6 +6994,30 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, bool
> }
> }
>
> + if (static_branch_unlikely(&sched_cluster_active)) {
> + struct sched_domain *sdc = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_cluster, target));
> +
> + if (sdc) {
> + for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, sched_domain_span(sdc), target + 1) {
> + if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpus))
> + continue;
> +
> + if (has_idle_core) {
> + i = select_idle_core(p, cpu, cpus, &idle_cpu);
> + if ((unsigned int)i < nr_cpumask_bits)
> + return i;
> + } else {
> + if (--nr <= 0)
> + return -1;
> + idle_cpu = __select_idle_cpu(cpu, p);
> + if ((unsigned int)idle_cpu < nr_cpumask_bits)
> + return idle_cpu;
> + }
> + }
> + cpumask_andnot(cpus, cpus, sched_domain_span(sdc));
> + }
> + }

Would not this:

--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6994,6 +6994,29 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_s
}
}

+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&sched_cluster_active)) {
+ struct sched_group *sg = sd->groups;
+ if (sg->flags & SD_CLUSTER) {
+ for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, sched_group_span(sg), target+1) {
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpus))
+ continue;
+
+ if (has_idle_core) {
+ i = select_idle_core(p, cpu, cpus, &idle_cpu);
+ if ((unsigned)i < nr_cpumask_bits)
+ return 1;
+ } else {
+ if (--nr <= 0)
+ return -1;
+ idle_cpu = __select_idle_cpu(cpu, p);
+ if ((unsigned)idle_cpu < nr_cpumask_bits)
+ return idle_cpu;
+ }
+ }
+ cpumask_andnot(cpus, cpus, sched_group_span(sg));
+ }
+ }
+
for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, cpus, target + 1) {
if (has_idle_core) {
i = select_idle_core(p, cpu, cpus, &idle_cpu);

also work? Then we can avoid the extra sd_cluster per-cpu variable.