[PATCH v3 4/4] sched/fair: Add document for burstable CFS bandwidth control

[Huaixin Chang]

Basic description of usage and effect for CFS Bandwidth Control Burst.

Signed-off-by: Huaixin Chang <changhuaixin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shanpei Chen <shanpeic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/scheduler/sched-bwc.rst | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-bwc.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-bwc.rst
index 9801d6b284b1..0933c66cc68b 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-bwc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-bwc.rst
@@ -21,18 +21,46 @@ cfs_quota units at each period boundary. As threads consume this bandwidth it
 is transferred to cpu-local "silos" on a demand basis. The amount transferred
 within each of these updates is tunable and described as the "slice".
 
+By default, CPU bandwidth consumption is strictly limited to quota within each
+given period. For the sequence of CPU usage u_i served under CFS bandwidth
+control, if for any j <= k N(j,k) is the number of periods from u_j to u_k:
+
+        u_j+...+u_k <= quota * N(j,k)
+
+For a bursty sequence among which interval u_j...u_k are at the peak, CPU
+requests might have to wait for more periods to replenish enough quota.
+Otherwise, larger quota is required.
+
+With "burst" buffer, CPU requests might be served as long as:
+
+        u_j+...+u_k <= B_j + quota * N(j,k)
+
+if for any j <= k N(j,k) is the number of periods from u_j to u_k and B_j is
+the accumulated quota from previous periods in burst buffer serving u_j.
+Burst buffer helps in that serving whole bursty CPU requests without throttling
+them can be done with moderate quota setting and accumulated quota in burst
+buffer, if:
+
+        u_0+...+u_n <= B_0 + quota * N(0,n)
+
+where B_0 is the initial state of burst buffer. The maximum accumulated quota in
+the burst buffer is capped by burst. With proper burst setting, the available
+bandwidth is still determined by quota and period on the long run.
+
 Management
 ----------
-Quota and period are managed within the cpu subsystem via cgroupfs.
+Quota, period and burst are managed within the cpu subsystem via cgroupfs.
 
-cpu.cfs_quota_us: the total available run-time within a period (in microseconds)
+cpu.cfs_quota_us: run-time replenished within a period (in microseconds)
 cpu.cfs_period_us: the length of a period (in microseconds)
+cpu.cfs_burst_us: the maximum accumulated run-time (in microseconds)
 cpu.stat: exports throttling statistics [explained further below]
 
 The default values are::
 
 	cpu.cfs_period_us=100ms
-	cpu.cfs_quota=-1
+	cpu.cfs_quota_us=-1
+	cpu.cfs_burst_us=0
 
 A value of -1 for cpu.cfs_quota_us indicates that the group does not have any
 bandwidth restriction in place, such a group is described as an unconstrained
@@ -48,6 +76,11 @@ more detail below.
 Writing any negative value to cpu.cfs_quota_us will remove the bandwidth limit
 and return the group to an unconstrained state once more.
 
+A value of 0 for cpu.cfs_burst_us indicates that the group can not accumulate
+any unused bandwidth. It makes the traditional bandwidth control behavior for
+CFS unchanged. Writing any (valid) positive value(s) into cpu.cfs_burst_us
+will enact the cap on unused bandwidth accumulation.
+
 Any updates to a group's bandwidth specification will result in it becoming
 unthrottled if it is in a constrained state.
 
@@ -65,9 +98,21 @@ This is tunable via procfs::
 Larger slice values will reduce transfer overheads, while smaller values allow
 for more fine-grained consumption.
 
+There is also a global switch to turn off burst for all groups::
+       /proc/sys/kernel/sched_cfs_bw_burst_enabled (default=1)
+
+By default it is enabled. Writing a 0 value means no accumulated CPU time can be
+used for any group, even if cpu.cfs_burst_us is configured.
+
+Sometimes users might want a group to burst without accumulation. This is
+tunable via::
+       /proc/sys/kernel/sched_cfs_bw_burst_onset_percent (default=0)
+
+Up to 100% runtime of cpu.cfs_burst_us might be given on setting bandwidth.
+
 Statistics
 ----------
-A group's bandwidth statistics are exported via 3 fields in cpu.stat.
+A group's bandwidth statistics are exported via 6 fields in cpu.stat.
 
 cpu.stat:
 
@@ -75,6 +120,11 @@ cpu.stat:
 - nr_throttled: Number of times the group has been throttled/limited.
 - throttled_time: The total time duration (in nanoseconds) for which entities
   of the group have been throttled.
+- current_bw: Current runtime in global pool.
+- nr_burst: Number of periods burst occurs.
+- burst_time: Cumulative wall-time that any CPUs has used above quota in
+  respective periods
+
 
 This interface is read-only.
 
@@ -172,3 +222,15 @@ Examples
 
    By using a small period here we are ensuring a consistent latency
    response at the expense of burst capacity.
+
+4. Limit a group to 20% of 1 CPU, and allow accumulate up to 60% of 1 CPU
+   additionally, in case accumulation has been done.
+
+   With 50ms period, 10ms quota will be equivalent to 20% of 1 CPU.
+   And 30ms burst will be equivalent to 60% of 1 CPU.
+
+	# echo 10000 > cpu.cfs_quota_us /* quota = 10ms */
+	# echo 50000 > cpu.cfs_period_us /* period = 50ms */
+	# echo 30000 > cpu.cfs_burst_us /* burst = 30ms */
+
+   Larger buffer setting allows greater burst capacity.
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