Re: [RFC 4/4] sched/fair: Take into runnable_avg to classify group

[Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>]

On 2/11/20 5:46 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> Take into account the new runnable_avg signal to classify a group and to
> mitigate the volatility of util_avg in face of intensive migration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 7d7cb207be30..5f8f12c902d4 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -7691,6 +7691,7 @@ struct sg_lb_stats {
>  	unsigned long group_load; /* Total load over the CPUs of the group */
>  	unsigned long group_capacity;
>  	unsigned long group_util; /* Total utilization of the group */
> +	unsigned long group_runnable; /* Total utilization of the group */
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^
"Total runnable" hurts my eyes, but in any case this shouldn't be just
"utilization".

>  	unsigned int sum_nr_running; /* Nr of tasks running in the group */
>  	unsigned int sum_h_nr_running; /* Nr of CFS tasks running in the group */
>  	unsigned int idle_cpus;
> @@ -7911,6 +7912,10 @@ group_has_capacity(unsigned int imbalance_pct, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs)
>  	if (sgs->sum_nr_running < sgs->group_weight)
>  		return true;
>  
> +	if ((sgs->group_capacity * imbalance_pct) <
> +			(sgs->group_runnable * 100))
> +		return false;
> +

I haven't stared long enough at patch 2, but I'll ask anyway - with this new
condition, do we still need the next one (based on util)? AIUI
group_runnable is >= group_util, so if group_runnable is within the allowed
margin then group_util has to be as well.

>  	if ((sgs->group_capacity * 100) >
>  			(sgs->group_util * imbalance_pct))
>  		return true;
> @@ -7936,6 +7941,10 @@ group_is_overloaded(unsigned int imbalance_pct, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs)
>  			(sgs->group_util * imbalance_pct))
>  		return true;
>  
> +	if ((sgs->group_capacity * imbalance_pct) <
> +			(sgs->group_runnable * 100))
> +		return true;
> +

Ditto on the group_runnable >= group_util - we could get rid of the check
above this one.

>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> @@ -8030,6 +8039,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
>  
>  		sgs->group_load += cpu_load(rq);
>  		sgs->group_util += cpu_util(i);
> +		sgs->group_runnable += cpu_runnable(rq);
>  		sgs->sum_h_nr_running += rq->cfs.h_nr_running;
>  
>  		nr_running = rq->nr_running;
>