Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] sched: Remove un-necessary iteration over scheddomains to update nr_busy_cpus

From: Kamalesh Babulal
Date: Wed Oct 30 2013 - 05:23:31 EST


Hi Preeti,

> nr_busy_cpus parameter is used by nohz_kick_needed() to find out the number
> of busy cpus in a sched domain which has SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES flag set.
> Therefore instead of updating nr_busy_cpus at every level of sched domain,
> since it is irrelevant, we can update this parameter only at the parent
> domain of the sd which has this flag set. Introduce a per-cpu parameter
> sd_busy which represents this parent domain.
>
> In nohz_kick_needed() we directly query the nr_busy_cpus parameter
> associated with the groups of sd_busy.
>
> By associating sd_busy with the highest domain which has
> SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES flag set, we cover all lower level domains which could
> have this flag set and trigger nohz_idle_balancing if any of the levels have
> more than one busy cpu.
>
> sd_busy is irrelevant for asymmetric load balancing. However sd_asym has been
> introduced to represent the highest sched domain which has SD_ASYM_PACKING flag set
> so that it can be queried directly when required.
>
> While we are at it, we might as well change the nohz_idle parameter to be
> updated at the sd_busy domain level alone and not the base domain level of a CPU.
> This will unify the concept of busy cpus at just one level of sched domain
> where it is currently used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy<preeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/core.c | 6 ++++++
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index c06b8d3..e6a6244 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -5271,6 +5271,8 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_llc);
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, sd_llc_size);
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, sd_llc_id);
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_numa);
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_busy);
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_asym);
>
> static void update_top_cache_domain(int cpu)
> {
> @@ -5282,6 +5284,7 @@ static void update_top_cache_domain(int cpu)
> if (sd) {
> id = cpumask_first(sched_domain_span(sd));
> size = cpumask_weight(sched_domain_span(sd));
> + rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_busy, cpu), sd->parent);
> }


consider a machine with single socket, dual core with HT enabled. The top most
domain is also the highest domain with SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES flag set,
i.e MC domain (the machine toplogy consist of SIBLING and MC domain).

# lstopo-no-graphics --no-bridges --no-io
Machine (7869MB) + Socket L#0 + L3 L#0 (3072KB)
L2 L#0 (256KB) + L1d L#0 (32KB) + L1i L#0 (32KB) + Core L#0
PU L#0 (P#0)
PU L#1 (P#1)
L2 L#1 (256KB) + L1d L#1 (32KB) + L1i L#1 (32KB) + Core L#1
PU L#2 (P#2)
PU L#3 (P#3)

With this approach parent of MC domain is NULL and given that sd_busy is NULL,
nr_busy_cpus of sched domain sd_busy will never be incremented/decremented.
Resulting is nohz_kick_needed returning 0.

Thanks,
Kamalesh.

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