Re: [RFC PATCH 04/10] sched: Introduce priority-based task migration filter

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Thu Oct 04 2012 - 02:27:02 EST


On 22 September 2012 00:02, <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> +config SCHED_HMP_PRIO_FILTER
> + bool "(EXPERIMENTAL) Filter HMP migrations by task priority"
> + depends on SCHED_HMP

Should it depend on EXPERIMENTAL?

> + help
> + Enables task priority based HMP migration filter. Any task with
> + a NICE value above the threshold will always be on low-power cpus
> + with less compute capacity.
> +
> +config SCHED_HMP_PRIO_FILTER_VAL
> + int "NICE priority threshold"
> + default 5
> + depends on SCHED_HMP_PRIO_FILTER
> +
> config HAVE_ARM_SCU
> bool
> help
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 490f1f0..8f0f3b9 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -3129,9 +3129,12 @@ static int __init hmp_cpu_mask_setup(void)
> * hmp_down_threshold: max. load allowed for tasks migrating to a slower cpu
> * The default values (512, 256) offer good responsiveness, but may need
> * tweaking suit particular needs.
> + *
> + * hmp_up_prio: Only up migrate task with high priority (<hmp_up_prio)
> */
> unsigned int hmp_up_threshold = 512;
> unsigned int hmp_down_threshold = 256;
> +unsigned int hmp_up_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(CONFIG_SCHED_HMP_PRIO_FILTER_VAL);
>
> static unsigned int hmp_up_migration(int cpu, struct sched_entity *se);
> static unsigned int hmp_down_migration(int cpu, struct sched_entity *se);
> @@ -5491,6 +5494,12 @@ static unsigned int hmp_up_migration(int cpu, struct sched_entity *se)
> if (hmp_cpu_is_fastest(cpu))
> return 0;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HMP_PRIO_FILTER
> + /* Filter by task priority */
> + if (p->prio >= hmp_up_prio)
> + return 0;
> +#endif
> +
> if (cpumask_intersects(&hmp_faster_domain(cpu)->cpus,
> tsk_cpus_allowed(p))
> && se->avg.load_avg_ratio > hmp_up_threshold) {
> @@ -5507,6 +5516,12 @@ static unsigned int hmp_down_migration(int cpu, struct sched_entity *se)
> if (hmp_cpu_is_slowest(cpu))
> return 0;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HMP_PRIO_FILTER
> + /* Filter by task priority */
> + if (p->prio >= hmp_up_prio)
> + return 1;
> +#endif

Even if below cpumask_intersects() fails?

> if (cpumask_intersects(&hmp_slower_domain(cpu)->cpus,
> tsk_cpus_allowed(p))
> && se->avg.load_avg_ratio < hmp_down_threshold) {

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viresh
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