Re: [PATCH] sched/uclamp: Avoid setting cpu.uclamp.min bigger than cpu.uclamp.max

[Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com>]

On 06/05/21 21:24, Xuewen Yan wrote:
> Hi Qais
> 
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 7:49 PM Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > In addition，In your patch:
> > > 6938840392c89 ("sched/uclamp: Fix wrong implementation of cpu.uclamp.min")
> > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210510145032.1934078-2-qais.yousef@arm.com
> > >
> > > + switch (clamp_id) {
> > > + case UCLAMP_MIN: {
> > > + struct uclamp_se uc_min = task_group(p)->uclamp[clamp_id];
> > > + if (uc_req.value < uc_min.value)
> > > + return uc_min;
> > > + break;
> > >
> > > When the clamp_id = UCLAMP_MIN, why not judge the uc_req.value is
> > > bigger than task_group(p)->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX] ?
> >
> > Because of the requirement I pointed you to in cgroup-v2.rst. We must allow any
> > value to be requested.
> >
> > Ultimately if we had
> >
> >         cpu.uclamp.min = 80
> >         cpu.uclamp.max = 50
> >
> > then we want to remember the original request but make sure the effective value
> > is capped.
> >
> > For the user in the future modifies the values such that
> >
> >         cpu.uclamp.max = max
> >
> > Then we want to remember cpu.uclamp.min = 80 and apply it since now the
> > cpu.uclamp.max was relaxed to allow the boost value.
> >
> > > Because when the p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN] >  task_group(p)->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX],
> > > the patch can not clamp the p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN/MAX] into
> > > [ task_group(p)->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX],  task_group(p)->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX] ].
> > >
> > > Is it necessary to fix it here？
> >
> > Nope. We must allow any combination values to be accepted and remember them so
> > if one changes we ensure the new effective value is updated accordingly.
> > This is how cgroups API works.
> 
> Sorry. I may not have expressed it clearly. In your patch (which has
> not yet merged into the mainline):
> 
> 6938840392c89 ("sched/uclamp: Fix wrong implementation of cpu.uclamp.min")
>  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210510145032.1934078-2-qais.yousef@arm.com
> 
> This patch will not affect p->uclamp_req, but consider the following situation:
> 
> tg->cpu.uclamp.min = 0
> tg->cpu.uclamp.max = 50%
> 
> p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN] = 60%
> p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN] = 80%
> 
> The function call process is as follows：
> uclamp_eff_value() -> uclamp_eff_get() ->uclamp_tg_restrict()
> 
> with your patch, the result is:
> 
> p->effective_uclamp_min = 60%
> p->effective_uclamp_max = 50%
> 
> It would not affect the uclamp_task_util(p), but affect the rq:
> when p enqueued:
> rq->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN] = 60%
> rq->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN] = 50%
> 
> futher more,  in uclamp_rq_util_with() {
> ...
> 
> min_util = READ_ONCE(rq->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN].value); //60%
> max_util = READ_ONCE(rq->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX].value);//50%
> ...
> if (unlikely(min_util >= max_util))
> return min_util;
> 
> return clamp(util, min_util, max_util);
> ...
> }
> as a result, it would return 60%.

Looking at this again now, I better understand what you were trying to say.
I got confused that you were still arguing about cgroup inverted
cpu.uclamp.min/max, but you're actually talking about something else.

It would be a lot easier to not cross talk threads and reply to my patch
directly with this remark.

Anyways, still well spotted!

What you're saying is we need something like the patch below to ensure that the
*task request* is within tg uclamp range, right? The worry is that the task's
uclamp_min is higher than the tg's uclamp_min, so we end up with the inversion
because of that which will not be corrected later.

Hmm I need to think a bit more about this..

Cheers

--
Qais Yousef

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diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9e9a5be35cde..e867813b9d5e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1405,6 +1405,7 @@ uclamp_tg_restrict(struct task_struct *p, enum uclamp_id clamp_id)
 {
        struct uclamp_se uc_req = p->uclamp_req[clamp_id];
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP
+       unsigned long uc_min, uc_max, val;

        /*
         * Tasks in autogroups or root task group will be
@@ -1415,23 +1416,10 @@ uclamp_tg_restrict(struct task_struct *p, enum uclamp_id clamp_id)
        if (task_group(p) == &root_task_group)
                return uc_req;

-       switch (clamp_id) {
-       case UCLAMP_MIN: {
-               struct uclamp_se uc_min = task_group(p)->uclamp[clamp_id];
-               if (uc_req.value < uc_min.value)
-                       return uc_min;
-               break;
-       }
-       case UCLAMP_MAX: {
-               struct uclamp_se uc_max = task_group(p)->uclamp[clamp_id];
-               if (uc_req.value > uc_max.value)
-                       return uc_max;
-               break;
-       }
-       default:
-               WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-               break;
-       }
+       uc_min = task_group(p)->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN].value;
+       uc_max = task_group(p)->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX].value;
+       val = uc_req.value;
+       uc_req.value = clamp(val, uc_min, uc_max);
 #endif

        return uc_req;