[PATCH v2 4.14] sched/fair: Optimize select_idle_cpu

[PATCH v2 4.14] sched/fair: Optimize select_idle_cpu

[Yang Wei]

From: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>

commit 60588bfa223ff675b95f866249f90616613fbe31 upstream.

select_idle_cpu() will scan the LLC domain for idle CPUs,
it's always expensive. so the next commit :

    1ad3aaf3fcd2 ("sched/core: Implement new approach to scale select_idle_cpu()")

introduces a way to limit how many CPUs we scan.

But it consume some CPUs out of 'nr' that are not allowed
for the task and thus waste our attempts. The function
always return nr_cpumask_bits, and we can't find a CPU
which our task is allowed to run.

Cpumask may be too big, similar to select_idle_core(), use
per_cpu_ptr 'select_idle_mask' to prevent stack overflow.

Fixes: 1ad3aaf3fcd2 ("sched/core: Implement new approach to scale select_idle_cpu()")
Signed-off-by: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191213024530.28052-1-cj.chengjian@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Yang Wei <yang.wei@linux.alibaba.com>
Tested-by: Yang Wei <yang.wei@linux.alibaba.com>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 81096dd..37ac76d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5779,6 +5779,7 @@ static inline int select_idle_smt(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd
  */
 static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int target)
 {
+	struct cpumask *cpus = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(select_idle_mask);
 	struct sched_domain *this_sd;
 	u64 avg_cost, avg_idle;
 	u64 time, cost;
@@ -5809,11 +5810,11 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int t
 
 	time = local_clock();
 
-	for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, sched_domain_span(sd), target) {
+	cpumask_and(cpus, sched_domain_span(sd), &p->cpus_allowed);
+
+	for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, cpus, target) {
 		if (!--nr)
 			return -1;
-		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
-			continue;
 		if (idle_cpu(cpu))
 			break;
 	}
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [PATCH v2 4.14] sched/fair: Optimize select_idle_cpu

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 09:58:03PM +0800, Yang Wei wrote:
> From: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>
> 
> commit 60588bfa223ff675b95f866249f90616613fbe31 upstream.
> 
> select_idle_cpu() will scan the LLC domain for idle CPUs,
> it's always expensive. so the next commit :
> 
>     1ad3aaf3fcd2 ("sched/core: Implement new approach to scale select_idle_cpu()")
> 
> introduces a way to limit how many CPUs we scan.
> 
> But it consume some CPUs out of 'nr' that are not allowed
> for the task and thus waste our attempts. The function
> always return nr_cpumask_bits, and we can't find a CPU
> which our task is allowed to run.
> 
> Cpumask may be too big, similar to select_idle_core(), use
> per_cpu_ptr 'select_idle_mask' to prevent stack overflow.
> 
> Fixes: 1ad3aaf3fcd2 ("sched/core: Implement new approach to scale select_idle_cpu()")
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191213024530.28052-1-cj.chengjian@huawei.com
> Signed-off-by: Yang Wei <yang.wei@linux.alibaba.com>
> Tested-by: Yang Wei <yang.wei@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Both now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h