Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] sched: Remove un-necessary iteration over sched domains to update nr_busy_cpus
From: Kamalesh Babulal <hidden>
Date: 2013-10-30 09:23:25
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Hi Preeti,
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
nr_busy_cpus parameter is used by nohz_kick_needed() to find out the number of busy cpus in a sched domain which has SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES flag set. Therefore instead of updating nr_busy_cpus at every level of sched domain, since it is irrelevant, we can update this parameter only at the parent domain of the sd which has this flag set. Introduce a per-cpu parameter sd_busy which represents this parent domain. In nohz_kick_needed() we directly query the nr_busy_cpus parameter associated with the groups of sd_busy. By associating sd_busy with the highest domain which has SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES flag set, we cover all lower level domains which could have this flag set and trigger nohz_idle_balancing if any of the levels have more than one busy cpu. sd_busy is irrelevant for asymmetric load balancing. However sd_asym has been introduced to represent the highest sched domain which has SD_ASYM_PACKING flag set so that it can be queried directly when required. While we are at it, we might as well change the nohz_idle parameter to be updated at the sd_busy domain level alone and not the base domain level of a CPU. This will unify the concept of busy cpus at just one level of sched domain where it is currently used. Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy<redacted> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 6 ++++++ kernel/sched/fair.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------ kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index c06b8d3..e6a6244 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c@@ -5271,6 +5271,8 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_llc); DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, sd_llc_size); DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, sd_llc_id); DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_numa); +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_busy); +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_asym); static void update_top_cache_domain(int cpu) {@@ -5282,6 +5284,7 @@ static void update_top_cache_domain(int cpu) if (sd) { id = cpumask_first(sched_domain_span(sd)); size = cpumask_weight(sched_domain_span(sd)); + rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_busy, cpu), sd->parent); }
consider a machine with single socket, dual core with HT enabled. The top most
domain is also the highest domain with SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES flag set,
i.e MC domain (the machine toplogy consist of SIBLING and MC domain).
# lstopo-no-graphics --no-bridges --no-io
Machine (7869MB) + Socket L#0 + L3 L#0 (3072KB)
L2 L#0 (256KB) + L1d L#0 (32KB) + L1i L#0 (32KB) + Core L#0
PU L#0 (P#0)
PU L#1 (P#1)
L2 L#1 (256KB) + L1d L#1 (32KB) + L1i L#1 (32KB) + Core L#1
PU L#2 (P#2)
PU L#3 (P#3)
With this approach parent of MC domain is NULL and given that sd_busy is NULL,
nr_busy_cpus of sched domain sd_busy will never be incremented/decremented.
Resulting is nohz_kick_needed returning 0.
Thanks,
Kamalesh.