From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: Darren Hart <darren@os.amperecomputing.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Arm <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Barry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>,
Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>,
"D . Scott Phillips" <scott@os.amperecomputing.com>,
Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] topology: make core_mask include at least cluster_siblings
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 10:30:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220308103012.GA31267@willie-the-truck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f1deaeabfd31fdf512ff6502f38186ef842c2b1f.1646413117.git.darren@os.amperecomputing.com>
On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 09:01:36AM -0800, Darren Hart wrote:
> Ampere Altra defines CPU clusters in the ACPI PPTT. They share a Snoop
> Control Unit, but have no shared CPU-side last level cache.
>
> cpu_coregroup_mask() will return a cpumask with weight 1, while
> cpu_clustergroup_mask() will return a cpumask with weight 2.
>
> As a result, build_sched_domain() will BUG() once per CPU with:
>
> BUG: arch topology borken
> the CLS domain not a subset of the MC domain
>
> The MC level cpumask is then extended to that of the CLS child, and is
> later removed entirely as redundant. This sched domain topology is an
> improvement over previous topologies, or those built without
> SCHED_CLUSTER, particularly for certain latency sensitive workloads.
> With the current scheduler model and heuristics, this is a desirable
> default topology for Ampere Altra and Altra Max system.
>
> Rather than create a custom sched domains topology structure and
> introduce new logic in arch/arm64 to detect these systems, update the
> core_mask so coregroup is never a subset of clustergroup, extending it
> to cluster_siblings if necessary.
>
> This has the added benefit over a custom topology of working for both
> symmetric and asymmetric topologies. It does not address systems where
> the cluster topology is above a populated mc topology, but these are not
> considered today and can be addressed separately if and when they
> appear.
>
> The final sched domain topology for a 2 socket Ampere Altra system is
> unchanged with or without CONFIG_SCHED_CLUSTER, and the BUG is avoided:
>
> For CPU0:
>
> CONFIG_SCHED_CLUSTER=y
> CLS [0-1]
> DIE [0-79]
> NUMA [0-159]
>
> CONFIG_SCHED_CLUSTER is not set
> DIE [0-79]
> NUMA [0-159]
>
> Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> Cc: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
> Cc: D. Scott Phillips <scott@os.amperecomputing.com>
> Cc: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.16.x
> Suggested-by: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <darren@os.amperecomputing.com>
> ---
> v1: Drop MC level if coregroup weight == 1
> v2: New sd topo in arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
> v3: No new topo, extend core_mask to cluster_siblings
>
> drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> index 976154140f0b..a96f45db928b 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> @@ -628,6 +628,14 @@ const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(int cpu)
> core_mask = &cpu_topology[cpu].llc_sibling;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * For systems with no shared cpu-side LLC but with clusters defined,
> + * extend core_mask to cluster_siblings. The sched domain builder will
> + * then remove MC as redundant with CLS if SCHED_CLUSTER is enabled.
> + */
> + if (cpumask_subset(core_mask, &cpu_topology[cpu].cluster_sibling))
> + core_mask = &cpu_topology[cpu].cluster_sibling;
> +
Sudeep, Vincent, are you happy with this now?
Will
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-08 10:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-04 17:01 [PATCH v3] topology: make core_mask include at least cluster_siblings Darren Hart
2022-03-08 10:30 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2022-03-08 10:45 ` Sudeep Holla
2022-03-08 11:04 ` Vincent Guittot
2022-03-08 16:03 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2022-03-08 17:49 ` Darren Hart
2022-03-09 12:50 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2022-03-09 18:26 ` Darren Hart
2022-03-14 9:37 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2022-03-14 16:56 ` Darren Hart
2022-03-16 14:42 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2022-03-14 16:35 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2022-03-14 16:54 ` Darren Hart
2022-03-16 14:48 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2022-03-16 15:20 ` Darren Hart
2022-03-16 15:55 ` Sudeep Holla
2022-03-21 14:30 ` Will Deacon
2022-03-21 15:56 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-03-14 21:29 ` [PATCH] arch_topology: Swap MC & CLS SD mask if MC weight==1 & kernel test robot
2022-03-14 23:02 ` kernel test robot
2022-03-17 6:10 ` [PATCH v3] topology: make core_mask include at least cluster_siblings Barry Song
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