[RFC][PATCH 15/15] sched/eevdf: Use sched_attr::sched_runtime to set request/slice

[Peter Zijlstra]

As an alternative to the latency-nice interface; allow applications to
directly set the request/slice using sched_attr::sched_runtime.

The implementation clamps the value to: 0.1[ms] <= slice <= 100[ms]
which is 1/10 the size of HZ=1000 and 10 times the size of HZ=100.

Applications should strive to use their periodic runtime at a high
confidence interval (95%+) as the target slice. Using a smaller slice
will introduce undue preemptions, while using a larger value will
reduce latency.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c |   24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7494,10 +7494,18 @@ static void __setscheduler_params(struct
 
 	p->policy = policy;
 
-	if (dl_policy(policy))
+	if (dl_policy(policy)) {
 		__setparam_dl(p, attr);
-	else if (fair_policy(policy))
+	} else if (fair_policy(policy)) {
 		p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(attr->sched_nice);
+		if (attr->sched_runtime) {
+			p->se.slice = clamp_t(u64, attr->sched_runtime,
+					      NSEC_PER_MSEC/10,   /* HZ=1000 * 10 */
+					      NSEC_PER_MSEC*100); /* HZ=100  / 10 */
+		} else {
+			p->se.slice = sysctl_sched_base_slice;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * __sched_setscheduler() ensures attr->sched_priority == 0 when
@@ -7689,7 +7697,9 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct t
 	 * but store a possible modification of reset_on_fork.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(policy == p->policy)) {
-		if (fair_policy(policy) && attr->sched_nice != task_nice(p))
+		if (fair_policy(policy) &&
+		    (attr->sched_nice != task_nice(p) ||
+		     (attr->sched_runtime && attr->sched_runtime != p->se.slice)))
 			goto change;
 		if (rt_policy(policy) && attr->sched_priority != p->rt_priority)
 			goto change;
@@ -8017,12 +8027,14 @@ static int sched_copy_attr(struct sched_
 
 static void get_params(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_attr *attr)
 {
-	if (task_has_dl_policy(p))
+	if (task_has_dl_policy(p)) {
 		__getparam_dl(p, attr);
-	else if (task_has_rt_policy(p))
+	} else if (task_has_rt_policy(p)) {
 		attr->sched_priority = p->rt_priority;
-	else
+	} else {
 		attr->sched_nice = task_nice(p);
+		attr->sched_runtime = p->se.slice;
+	}
 }
 
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