Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] sched/topology: Rework CPU capacity asymmetry detection
From: Beata Michalska <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-26 21:40:25
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On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 08:17:41PM +0200, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
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BTW, how would this mechanism behave on a system with SMT and asymmetric CPU capacity? Something EAS wouldn't allow but I guess asym_cap_list will be constructed and the SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY_XXX flags will be set?Yes, the list would get created and flags set. I do not think there is a difference with current approach (?). So EAS would be disabled (it only cares about SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY_FULL flag) but the misift might still kick in.That depends on the arch_scale_cpu_capacity. I would imagine it would return SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE for those, which means no asymmetry will be detected ?I was thinking about an erroneous dts file like: cpu-map { cluster0 { core0 { thread0 { cpu = <&A53_0>; }; thread1 { cpu = <&A53_1>; }; }; core1 { thread0 { cpu = <&A53_2>; }; thread1 { cpu = <&A53_3>; }; }; core2 { thread0 { cpu = <&A53_4>; }; thread1 { cpu = <&A53_5>; }; }; }; cluster1 { core0 { thread0 { cpu = <&A53_6>; }; thread1 { cpu = <&A53_7>; }; }; }; }; A53_0: cpu@0 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <446>; A53_1: cpu@1 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>; A53_2: cpu@2 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <871>; A53_3: cpu@3 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>; A53_4: cpu@4 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <446>; A53_5: cpu@5 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <871>; A53_6: cpu@6 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>; A53_7: cpu@7 { capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>; Here I guess SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY will be attached to SMT[0-5]. So this 'capacity-dmips-mhz' config error won't be detected. In case all CPUs (i.e. hw threads would have the correct capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024> or not being set (default 1024)) asym_cap_list would corrcetly only have 1 entry.
We could possibly add a warning (like in EAS) if the asymmetry is detected for SMT which would give some indication that there is smth ... wrong ? --- BR B.