Re: [PATCH 1/1] sched/pelt: Refine the enqueue_load_avg calculate method

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Apr 11 2022 - 04:26:08 EST


On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 02:16:56PM +0800, Kuyo Chang wrote:
> From: kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I meet the warning message at cfs_rq_is_decayed at below code.
>
> SCHED_WARN_ON(cfs_rq->avg.load_avg ||
> cfs_rq->avg.util_avg ||
> cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg)
>
> Following is the calltrace.
>
> Call trace:
> __update_blocked_fair
> update_blocked_averages
> newidle_balance
> pick_next_task_fair
> __schedule
> schedule
> pipe_read
> vfs_read
> ksys_read
>
> After code analyzing and some debug messages, I found it exits a corner
> case at attach_entity_load_avg which will cause load_sum is zero and
> load_avg is not.
> Consider se_weight is 88761 according by sched_prio_to_weight table.
> And assume the get_pelt_divider() is 47742, se->avg.load_avg is 1.
> By the calculating for se->avg.load_sum as following will become zero
> as following.
> se->avg.load_sum =
> div_u64(se->avg.load_avg * se->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se));
> se->avg.load_sum = 1*47742/88761 = 0.
>
> After enqueue_load_avg code as below.
> cfs_rq->avg.load_avg += se->avg.load_avg;
> cfs_rq->avg.load_sum += se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum;
>
> Then the load_sum for cfs_rq will be 1 while the load_sum for cfs_rq is 0.
> So it will hit the warning message.
>
> After all, I refer the following commit patch to do the similar thing at
> enqueue_load_avg.
> sched/pelt: Relax the sync of load_sum with load_avg

2d02fa8cc21a ("sched/pelt: Relax the sync of load_sum with load_avg")

>
> After long time testing, the kernel warning was gone and the system runs
> as well as before.
>

Could probably do with a Fixes: tag too

> Signed-off-by: kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index d4bd299d67ab..30d8b6dba249 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -3074,8 +3074,10 @@ account_entity_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
> static inline void
> enqueue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
> {
> - cfs_rq->avg.load_avg += se->avg.load_avg;
> - cfs_rq->avg.load_sum += se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum;
> + add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_avg);
> + add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum);
> + cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
> + cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
> }

Yes,. that looks right. Looking at this again though, I wonder if we
should perhaps clean is all up a bit.

Does something like the below on top make sense?


---
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3071,23 +3071,37 @@ account_entity_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cf
} while (0)

#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+
+/*
+ * Because of rounding, se->util_sum might ends up being +1 more than
+ * cfs->util_sum. Although this is not a problem by itself, detaching
+ * a lot of tasks with the rounding problem between 2 updates of
+ * util_avg (~1ms) can make cfs->util_sum becoming null whereas
+ * cfs_util_avg is not.
+ *
+ * Check that util_sum is still above its lower bound for the new
+ * util_avg. Given that period_contrib might have moved since the last
+ * sync, we are only sure that util_sum must be above or equal to
+ * util_avg * minimum possible divider
+ */
+#define __update_sa(sa, name, delta_avg, delta_sum) do { \
+ add_positive(&(sa)->name##_avg, delta_avg); \
+ add_positive(&(sa)->name##_sum, delta_sum); \
+ (sa)->name##_sum = max_t(typeof((sa)->name##_sum), \
+ (sa)->name##_sum, \
+ (sa)->name##_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER); \
+} while (0)
+
static inline void
enqueue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
{
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_avg);
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum);
- cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
- cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, load, se->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_sum);
}

static inline void
dequeue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
{
- sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_avg);
- sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum);
- /* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
- cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
- cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, load, -se->avg.load_avg, -se->avg.load_sum);
}
#else
static inline void
@@ -3529,12 +3543,7 @@ update_tg_cfs_util(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq
se->avg.util_sum = new_sum;

/* Update parent cfs_rq utilization */
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_avg, delta_avg);
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_sum, delta_sum);
-
- /* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
- cfs_rq->avg.util_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.util_sum,
- cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, util, delta_avg, delta_sum);
}

static inline void
@@ -3560,11 +3569,7 @@ update_tg_cfs_runnable(struct cfs_rq *cf
se->avg.runnable_sum = new_sum;

/* Update parent cfs_rq runnable */
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg, delta_avg);
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum, delta_sum);
- /* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
- cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum,
- cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, runnable, delta_avg, delta_sum);
}

static inline void
@@ -3628,11 +3633,7 @@ update_tg_cfs_load(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq

se->avg.load_sum = runnable_sum;
se->avg.load_avg = load_avg;
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, delta_avg);
- add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, delta_sum);
- /* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
- cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
- cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, load, delta_avg, delta_sum);
}

static inline void add_tg_cfs_propagate(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, long runnable_sum)
@@ -3747,33 +3748,13 @@ update_cfs_rq_load_avg(u64 now, struct c
raw_spin_unlock(&cfs_rq->removed.lock);

r = removed_load;
- sub_positive(&sa->load_avg, r);
- sub_positive(&sa->load_sum, r * divider);
- /* See sa->util_sum below */
- sa->load_sum = max_t(u32, sa->load_sum, sa->load_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(sa, load, r, r*divider);

r = removed_util;
- sub_positive(&sa->util_avg, r);
- sub_positive(&sa->util_sum, r * divider);
- /*
- * Because of rounding, se->util_sum might ends up being +1 more than
- * cfs->util_sum. Although this is not a problem by itself, detaching
- * a lot of tasks with the rounding problem between 2 updates of
- * util_avg (~1ms) can make cfs->util_sum becoming null whereas
- * cfs_util_avg is not.
- * Check that util_sum is still above its lower bound for the new
- * util_avg. Given that period_contrib might have moved since the last
- * sync, we are only sure that util_sum must be above or equal to
- * util_avg * minimum possible divider
- */
- sa->util_sum = max_t(u32, sa->util_sum, sa->util_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(sa, util, r, r*divider);

r = removed_runnable;
- sub_positive(&sa->runnable_avg, r);
- sub_positive(&sa->runnable_sum, r * divider);
- /* See sa->util_sum above */
- sa->runnable_sum = max_t(u32, sa->runnable_sum,
- sa->runnable_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(sa, runnable, r, r*divider);

/*
* removed_runnable is the unweighted version of removed_load so we
@@ -3861,17 +3842,8 @@ static void attach_entity_load_avg(struc
static void detach_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
{
dequeue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
- sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_avg, se->avg.util_avg);
- sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.util_sum, se->avg.util_sum);
- /* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
- cfs_rq->avg.util_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.util_sum,
- cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
-
- sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg, se->avg.runnable_avg);
- sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum, se->avg.runnable_sum);
- /* See update_cfs_rq_load_avg() */
- cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum,
- cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER);
+ __update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, util, se->avg.util_avg, se->avg.util_sum);
+ __update_sa(&cfs_rq->avg, runnable, se->avg.runnable_avg, se->avg.runnable_sum);

add_tg_cfs_propagate(cfs_rq, -se->avg.load_sum);