[tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Remove SCHED_FEAT(UTIL_EST_FASTUP, true)

From: tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
Date: Sat Dec 23 2023 - 11:10:40 EST


The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 7736ae5572eb344c090fbef9621a228e7e3d6276
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7736ae5572eb344c090fbef9621a228e7e3d6276
Author: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:16:51 +01:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:59:56 +01:00

sched/fair: Remove SCHED_FEAT(UTIL_EST_FASTUP, true)

sched_feat(UTIL_EST_FASTUP) has been added to easily disable the feature
in order to check for possibly related regressions. After 3 years, it has
never been used and no regression has been reported. Let's remove it
and make fast increase a permanent behavior.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hongyan Xia <hongyan.xia2@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tang Yizhou <yizhou.tang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yanteng Si <siyanteng@xxxxxxxxxxx> [for the Chinese translation]
Reviewed-by: Alex Shi <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201161652.1241695-2-vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst | 7 +++----
Documentation/translations/zh_CN/scheduler/schedutil.rst | 7 +++----
kernel/sched/fair.c | 8 +++-----
kernel/sched/features.h | 1 +-
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst
index 32c7d69..803fba8 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ For more detail see:
- Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst:"1. CPU Capacity + 2. Task utilization"


-UTIL_EST / UTIL_EST_FASTUP
-==========================
+UTIL_EST
+========

Because periodic tasks have their averages decayed while they sleep, even
though when running their expected utilization will be the same, they suffer a
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ though when running their expected utilization will be the same, they suffer a

To alleviate this (a default enabled option) UTIL_EST drives an Infinite
Impulse Response (IIR) EWMA with the 'running' value on dequeue -- when it is
-highest. A further default enabled option UTIL_EST_FASTUP modifies the IIR
-filter to instantly increase and only decay on decrease.
+highest. UTIL_EST filters to instantly increase and only decay on decrease.

A further runqueue wide sum (of runnable tasks) is maintained of:

diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/scheduler/schedutil.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/scheduler/schedutil.rst
index d1ea680..7c8d87f 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/scheduler/schedutil.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/scheduler/schedutil.rst
@@ -89,16 +89,15 @@ r_cpu被定义为当前CPU的最高性能水平与系统中任何其它CPU的最
- Documentation/translations/zh_CN/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst:"1. CPU Capacity + 2. Task utilization"


-UTIL_EST / UTIL_EST_FASTUP
-==========================
+UTIL_EST
+========

由于周期性任务的平均数在睡眠时会衰减,而在运行时其预期利用率会和睡眠前相同,
因此它们在再次运行后会面临(DVFS)的上涨。

为了缓解这个问题,(一个默认使能的编译选项)UTIL_EST驱动一个无限脉冲响应
(Infinite Impulse Response,IIR)的EWMA,“运行”值在出队时是最高的。
-另一个默认使能的编译选项UTIL_EST_FASTUP修改了IIR滤波器,使其允许立即增加,
-仅在利用率下降时衰减。
+UTIL_EST滤波使其在遇到更高值时立刻增加,而遇到低值时会缓慢衰减。

进一步,运行队列的(可运行任务的)利用率之和由下式计算:

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bcea3d5..e94d65d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4870,11 +4870,9 @@ static inline void util_est_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
* to smooth utilization decreases.
*/
ue.enqueued = task_util(p);
- if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST_FASTUP)) {
- if (ue.ewma < ue.enqueued) {
- ue.ewma = ue.enqueued;
- goto done;
- }
+ if (ue.ewma < ue.enqueued) {
+ ue.ewma = ue.enqueued;
+ goto done;
}

/*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index a3ddf84..143f55d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ SCHED_FEAT(WA_BIAS, true)
* UtilEstimation. Use estimated CPU utilization.
*/
SCHED_FEAT(UTIL_EST, true)
-SCHED_FEAT(UTIL_EST_FASTUP, true)

SCHED_FEAT(LATENCY_WARN, false)