Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] padata: dispatch works on different nodes

[Tim Chen]

On Fri, 2024-01-12 at 15:09 +0800, Gang Li wrote:
> On 2024/1/12 01:50, Tim Chen wrote:
> > On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 21:12 +0800, Gang Li wrote:
> > > When a group of tasks that access different nodes are scheduled on the
> > > same node, they may encounter bandwidth bottlenecks and access latency.
> > > 
> > > Thus, numa_aware flag is introduced here, allowing tasks to be
> > > distributed across different nodes to fully utilize the advantage of
> > > multi-node systems.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gang Li <gang.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   include/linux/padata.h | 3 +++
> > >   kernel/padata.c        | 8 ++++++--
> > >   mm/mm_init.c           | 1 +
> > >   3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/padata.h b/include/linux/padata.h
> > > index 495b16b6b4d72..f79ccd50e7f40 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/padata.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/padata.h
> > > @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ struct padata_shell {
> > >    *             appropriate for one worker thread to do at once.
> > >    * @max_threads: Max threads to use for the job, actual number may be less
> > >    *               depending on task size and minimum chunk size.
> > > + * @numa_aware: Dispatch jobs to different nodes. If a node only has memory but
> > > + *              no CPU, dispatch its jobs to a random CPU.
> > >    */
> > >   struct padata_mt_job {
> > >   	void (*thread_fn)(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, void *arg);
> > > @@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ struct padata_mt_job {
> > >   	unsigned long		align;
> > >   	unsigned long		min_chunk;
> > >   	int			max_threads;
> > > +	bool			numa_aware;
> > >   };
> > >   
> > >   /**
> > > diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
> > > index 179fb1518070c..1c2b3a337479e 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/padata.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/padata.c
> > > @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ void __init padata_do_multithreaded(struct padata_mt_job *job)
> > >   	struct padata_work my_work, *pw;
> > >   	struct padata_mt_job_state ps;
> > >   	LIST_HEAD(works);
> > > -	int nworks;
> > > +	int nworks, nid = 0;
> > 
> > If we always start from 0, we may be biased towards the low numbered node,
> > and not use high numbered nodes at all.  Suggest you do
> > static nid = 0;
> > 
> 
> When we use `static`, if there are multiple parallel calls to
> `padata_do_multithreaded`, it may result in an uneven distribution of
> tasks for each padata_do_multithreaded.
> 
> We can make the following modifications to address this issue.
> 
> ```
> diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
> index 1c2b3a337479e..925e48df6dd8d 100644
> --- a/kernel/padata.c
> +++ b/kernel/padata.c
> @@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ void __init padata_do_multithreaded(struct 
> padata_mt_job *job)
>          struct padata_work my_work, *pw;
>          struct padata_mt_job_state ps;
>          LIST_HEAD(works);
> -       int nworks, nid = 0;
> +       int nworks, nid;
> +       static volatile int global_nid = 0;
> 
>          if (job->size == 0)
>                  return;
> @@ -516,12 +517,15 @@ void __init padata_do_multithreaded(struct 
> padata_mt_job *job)
>          ps.chunk_size = max(ps.chunk_size, job->min_chunk);
>          ps.chunk_size = roundup(ps.chunk_size, job->align);
> 
> +       nid = global_nid;
>          list_for_each_entry(pw, &works, pw_list)
> -               if (job->numa_aware)
> -                       queue_work_node((++nid % num_node_state(N_MEMORY)),
> -                                       system_unbound_wq, &pw->pw_work);
> -               else
> +               if (job->numa_aware) {
> +                       queue_work_node(nid, system_unbound_wq, 
> &pw->pw_work);
> +                       nid = next_node(nid, node_states[N_CPU]);
> +               } else
>                          queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &pw->pw_work);
> +       if (job->numa_aware)
> +               global_nid = nid;

Thinking more about it, there could still be multiple threads working
at the same time with stale global_nid.  We should probably do a compare
exchange of global_nid with new nid only if the global nid was unchanged.
Otherwise we should go to the next node with the changed global nid before
we queue the job.

Tim

> 
>          /* Use the current thread, which saves starting a workqueue 
> worker. */
>          padata_work_init(&my_work, padata_mt_helper, &ps, 
> PADATA_WORK_ONSTACK);
> ```
> 
> 
> > >   
> > >   	if (job->size == 0)
> > >   		return;
> > > @@ -517,7 +517,11 @@ void __init padata_do_multithreaded(struct padata_mt_job *job)
> > >   	ps.chunk_size = roundup(ps.chunk_size, job->align);
> > >   
> > >   	list_for_each_entry(pw, &works, pw_list)
> > > -		queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &pw->pw_work);
> > > +		if (job->numa_aware)
> > > +			queue_work_node((++nid % num_node_state(N_MEMORY)),
> > > +					system_unbound_wq, &pw->pw_work);
> > 
> > I think we should use nid = next_node(nid, node_states[N_CPU]) instead of
> > ++nid % num_node_state(N_MEMORY).  You are picking the next node with CPU
> > to handle the job.
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
> 
> I agree.