Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] sched/topology: change behaviour of sysctl sched_energy_aware based on the platform

[Valentin Schneider]

On 29/09/23 21:22, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> +static bool sched_is_eas_possible(const struct cpumask *cpu_mask)
> +{
> +	bool any_asym_capacity = false;
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> +	struct cpufreq_governor *gov;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	/* EAS is enabled for asymmetric CPU capacity topologies. */
> +	for_each_cpu(i, cpu_mask) {
> +		if (per_cpu(sd_asym_cpucapacity, i)) {

Lockdep should complain here in the sysctl path - this is an RCU-protected
pointer.

rcu_access_pointer() should do since you're not dereferencing the pointer.

> +			any_asym_capacity = true;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}

> @@ -231,6 +295,15 @@ static int sched_energy_aware_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>               return -EPERM;
>
>       ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);

Shouldn't this happen after we check sched_is_eas_possible()? Otherwise
AFAICT a write can actually happen despite !sched_is_eas_possible().

> +	if (!sched_is_eas_possible(cpu_active_mask)) {
> +		if (write) {
> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +		} else {
> +			*lenp = 0;
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +	}

But now this is making me wonder, why not bite the bullet and store
somewhere whether we ever managed to enable EAS? Something like so?
(I didn't bother making this yet another static key given this is not a hot
path at all)
---
diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index e0b9920e7e3e4..abd950f434206 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ sd_parent_degenerate(struct sched_domain *sd, struct sched_domain *parent)
 #if defined(CONFIG_ENERGY_MODEL) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL)
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(sched_energy_present);
 static unsigned int sysctl_sched_energy_aware = 1;
+static bool __read_mostly sched_energy_once;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(sched_energy_mutex);
 static bool sched_energy_update;
 
@@ -230,6 +231,15 @@ static int sched_energy_aware_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (!sched_energy_once) {
+		if (write) {
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		} else {
+			*lenp = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	if (!ret && write) {
 		state = static_branch_unlikely(&sched_energy_present);
@@ -340,6 +350,8 @@ static void sched_energy_set(bool has_eas)
 		if (sched_debug())
 			pr_info("%s: starting EAS\n", __func__);
 		static_branch_enable_cpuslocked(&sched_energy_present);
+		// Record that we managed to enable EAS at least once
+		sched_energy_once = true;
 	}
 }