Re: [PATCH] dl_server: Reset DL server params when rd changes

[Waiman Long]

On 11/6/24 11:08 AM, Juri Lelli wrote:
> On 04/11/24 17:41, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 11:54:36AM +0100, Juri Lelli wrote:
> ...
>
> > > I added a printk in __dl_server_attach_root which is called after the
> > > dynamic rd is built to transfer bandwidth to it.
> > >
> > > __dl_server_attach_root came with d741f297bceaf ("sched/fair: Fair
> > > server interface"), do you have this change in your backport?
> > You nailed it! Our 5.15 backport appears to be slightly older and is missing
> > this from topology.c as you mentioned. Thanks for clarifying!
> >
> >
> >          /*
> >           * Because the rq is not a task, dl_add_task_root_domain() did not
> >           * move the fair server bw to the rd if it already started.
> >           * Add it now.
> >           */
> >          if (rq->fair_server.dl_server)
> >                  __dl_server_attach_root(&rq->fair_server, rq);
> >
> > > > So if rd changes during boot initialization, the correct dl_bw has to be
> > > > updated AFAICS. Also if cpusets are used, the rd for a CPU may change.
> > > cpusets changes are something that I still need to double check. Will
> > > do.
> > Sounds good, that would be good to verify.
> So, I played a little bit with it and came up with a simple set of ops
> that point out an issue (default fedora server install):
>
> echo Y >/sys/kernel/debug/sched/verbose
>
> echo +cpuset >/sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.subtree_control
>
> echo 0-7 > /sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/cpuset.cpus
> echo 6-7 > /sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
> echo root >/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/cpuset.cpus.partition
>
> The domains are rebuilt correctly, but we end up with a null total_bw.
>
> The conditional call above takes care correctly of adding back dl_server
> per-rq bandwidth when we pass from the single domain to the 2 exclusive
> ones, but I noticed that we go through partition_sched_domains_locked()
> twice for a single write of 'root' and the second one, since it's not
> actually destroying/rebuilding anything, is resetting total_bw w/o
> addition dl_server contribution back.
>
> Now, not completely sure why we need to go through partition_sched_
> domains_locked() twice, as we have (it also looked like a pattern from
> other call paths)
>
> update_prstate()
> -> update_cpumasks_hier()
>     -> rebuild_sched_domains_locked() <- right at the end
> -> update_partition_sd_lb()
>     -> rebuild_sched_domains_locked() <- right after the above call
>
> Removing the first call does indeed fix the issue and domains look OK,
> but I'm pretty sure I'm missing all sort of details and corner cases.
>
> Waiman (now Cc-ed), maybe you can help here understanding why the two
> back to back calls are needed?

Thanks for letting me know about this case.

I am aware that rebuild_sched_domains_locked() can be called more than 
once. I have addressed the hotplug case, but it can happen in some other 
corner cases as well. The problem with multiple 
rebuild_sched_domains_locked() calls is the fact that intermediate ones 
may be called where the internal states may not be consistent. I am 
going to work on a fix to this issue by making sure that 
rebuild_sched_domains_locked() will only be called once.

Cheers,
Longman