[PATCH 2/2] sched/fair: make sure to update tg contrib for blocked load

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Thu May 27 2021 - 08:29:54 EST


During the update of fair blocked load (__update_blocked_fair()), we update
the contribution of the cfs in tg->load_avg if cfs_rq's pelt has decayed.
Nevertheless, the pelt values of a cfs_rq could have been recently updated
while propagating the change of a child. In uchthis case, cfs_rq's pelt will
not decayed because it has already been updated and we don't update
tg->load_avg.

__update_blocked_fair
...
for_each_leaf_cfs_rq_safe: child cfs_rq
update cfs_rq_load_avg() for child cfs_rq
...
update_load_avg(cfs_rq_of(se), se, 0)
...
update cfs_rq_load_avg() for parent cfs_rq
-propagation of child's load makes parent cfs_rq->load_sum
becoming null
-UPDATE_TG is not set so it doesn't update parent
cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib
..
for_each_leaf_cfs_rq_safe: parent cfs_rq
update cfs_rq_load_avg() for parent cfs_rq
- nothing to do because parent cfs_rq has already been updated
recently so cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib is not updated
...
parent cfs_rq is decayed
list_del_leaf_cfs_rq parent cfs_rq
- but it still contibutes to tg->load_avg

we must set UPDATE_TG flags when propagting pending load to the parent

Fixes: 039ae8bcf7a5 ("sched/fair: Fix O(nr_cgroups) in the load balancing path")
Reported-by: Odin Ugedal <odin@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 2859545d95fb..dcb3b1a6813c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8048,7 +8048,7 @@ static bool __update_blocked_fair(struct rq *rq, bool *done)
/* Propagate pending load changes to the parent, if any: */
se = cfs_rq->tg->se[cpu];
if (se && !skip_blocked_update(se))
- update_load_avg(cfs_rq_of(se), se, 0);
+ update_load_avg(cfs_rq_of(se), se, UPDATE_TG);

/*
* There can be a lot of idle CPU cgroups. Don't let fully
--
2.17.1