[RFC PATCH 1/1] sched/fair: ratelimit update to tg->load_avg
From: Aaron Lu
Date: Tue Aug 15 2023 - 22:49:52 EST
When using sysbench to benchmark Postgres in a single docker instance
with sysbench's nr_threads set to nr_cpu, it is observed there are times
update_cfs_group() and update_load_avg() shows noticeable overhead on
a 2sockets/112core/224cpu Intel Sapphire Rapids(SPR):
13.75% 13.74% [kernel.vmlinux] [k] update_cfs_group
10.63% 10.04% [kernel.vmlinux] [k] update_load_avg
Annotate shows the cycles are mostly spent on accessing tg->load_avg
with update_load_avg() being the write side and update_cfs_group() being
the read side. tg->load_avg is per task group and when different tasks
of the same taskgroup running on different CPUs frequently access
tg->load_avg, it can be heavily contended.
The frequent access to tg->load_avg is due to task migration on wakeup
path, e.g. when running postgres_sysbench on a 2sockets/112cores/224cpus
Intel Sappire Rapids, during a 5s window, the wakeup number is 14millions
and migration number is 11millions and with each migration, the task's
load will transfer from src cfs_rq to target cfs_rq and each change
involves an update to tg->load_avg. Since the workload can trigger as many
wakeups and migrations, the access(both read and write) to tg->load_avg
can be unbound. As a result, the two mentioned functions showed noticeable
overhead. With netperf/nr_client=nr_cpu/UDP_RR, the problem is worse:
during a 5s window, wakeup number is 21millions and migration number is
14millions; update_cfs_group() costs ~25% and update_load_avg() costs ~16%.
Reduce the overhead by limiting updates to tg->load_avg to at most once
per ms. After this change, the cost of accessing tg->load_avg is greatly
reduced and performance improved. Detailed test results below.
==============================
postgres_sysbench on SPR:
25%
base: 42382±19.8%
patch: 50174±9.5% (noise)
50%
base: 67626±1.3%
patch: 67365±3.1% (noise)
75%
base: 100216±1.2%
patch: 112470±0.1% +12.2%
100%
base: 93671±0.4%
patch: 113563±0.2% +21.2%
==============================
hackbench on ICL:
group=1
base: 114912±5.2%
patch: 117857±2.5% (noise)
group=4
base: 359902±1.6%
patch: 361685±2.7% (noise)
group=8
base: 461070±0.8%
patch: 491713±0.3% +6.6%
group=16
base: 309032±5.0%
patch: 378337±1.3% +22.4%
=============================
hackbench on SPR:
group=1
base: 100768±2.9%
patch: 103134±2.9% (noise)
group=4
base: 413830±12.5%
patch: 378660±16.6% (noise)
group=8
base: 436124±0.6%
patch: 490787±3.2% +12.5%
group=16
base: 457730±3.2%
patch: 680452±1.3% +48.8%
============================
netperf/udp_rr on ICL
25%
base: 114413±0.1%
patch: 115111±0.0% +0.6%
50%
base: 86803±0.5%
patch: 86611±0.0% (noise)
75%
base: 35959±5.3%
patch: 49801±0.6% +38.5%
100%
base: 61951±6.4%
patch: 70224±0.8% +13.4%
===========================
netperf/udp_rr on SPR
25%
base: 104954±1.3%
patch: 107312±2.8% (noise)
50%
base: 55394±4.6%
patch: 54940±7.4% (noise)
75%
base: 13779±3.1%
patch: 36105±1.1% +162%
100%
base: 9703±3.7%
patch: 28011±0.2% +189%
==============================================
netperf/tcp_stream on ICL (all in noise range)
25%
base: 43092±0.1%
patch: 42891±0.5%
50%
base: 19278±14.9%
patch: 22369±7.2%
75%
base: 16822±3.0%
patch: 17086±2.3%
100%
base: 18216±0.6%
patch: 18078±2.9%
===============================================
netperf/tcp_stream on SPR (all in noise range)
25%
base: 34491±0.3%
patch: 34886±0.5%
50%
base: 19278±14.9%
patch: 22369±7.2%
75%
base: 16822±3.0%
patch: 17086±2.3%
100%
base: 18216±0.6%
patch: 18078±2.9%
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
kernel/sched/sched.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 6e79de26a25d..ab055c72cc64 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3664,7 +3664,8 @@ static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
*/
static inline void update_tg_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
{
- long delta = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg - cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib;
+ long delta;
+ u64 now;
/*
* No need to update load_avg for root_task_group as it is not used.
@@ -3672,9 +3673,19 @@ static inline void update_tg_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
if (cfs_rq->tg == &root_task_group)
return;
+ /*
+ * For migration heavy workload, access to tg->load_avg can be
+ * unbound. Limit the update rate to at most once per ms.
+ */
+ now = sched_clock_cpu(cpu_of(rq_of(cfs_rq)));
+ if (now - cfs_rq->last_update_tg_load_avg < NSEC_PER_MSEC)
+ return;
+
+ delta = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg - cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib;
if (abs(delta) > cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib / 64) {
atomic_long_add(delta, &cfs_rq->tg->load_avg);
cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg;
+ cfs_rq->last_update_tg_load_avg = now;
}
}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 19af1766df2d..228a298bf3b5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ struct cfs_rq {
#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
unsigned long tg_load_avg_contrib;
+ u64 last_update_tg_load_avg;
long propagate;
long prop_runnable_sum;
--
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