[PATCH] sched/util_est: fix util_est_dequeue() for throttled cfs rq

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Thu Jun 14 2018 - 06:33:19 EST


When a cfs_rq is throttled, parent cfs_rq->nr_running is decreased and
everything happens at cfs_rq level. Currently util_est stays unchanged
in such case and it keeps accounting the utilization of throttled tasks.
This can somewhat make sense as we don't dequeue tasks but only throttled
cfs_rq.
If a task of another group is enqueued/dequeued and root cfs_rq becomes
idle during the dequeue, util_est will be cleared whereas it was
accounting util_est of throttled tasks before. So the behavior of util_est
is not always the same regarding throttled tasks and depends of side
activity. Furthermore, util_est will not be updated when the cfs_rq is
unthrottled as everything happens at cfs rq level. Main results is that
util_est will stay null whereas we now have running tasks. We have to wait
for the next dequeue/enqueue of the previously throttled tasks to get an
up to date util_est.

Remove the assumption that cfs_rq's estimated utilization of a CPU is 0
if there is no running task so the util_est of a task remains until the
latter is dequeued even if its cfs_rq has been throttled.

Fixes: 7f65ea42eb00 ("sched/fair: Add util_est on top of PELT")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 16 ++++------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index e497c05..d3121fc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3982,18 +3982,10 @@ util_est_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct task_struct *p, bool task_sleep)
if (!sched_feat(UTIL_EST))
return;

- /*
- * Update root cfs_rq's estimated utilization
- *
- * If *p is the last task then the root cfs_rq's estimated utilization
- * of a CPU is 0 by definition.
- */
- ue.enqueued = 0;
- if (cfs_rq->nr_running) {
- ue.enqueued = cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued;
- ue.enqueued -= min_t(unsigned int, ue.enqueued,
- (_task_util_est(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED));
- }
+ /* Update root cfs_rq's estimated utilization */
+ ue.enqueued = cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued;
+ ue.enqueued -= min_t(unsigned int, ue.enqueued,
+ (_task_util_est(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED));
WRITE_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued, ue.enqueued);

/*
--
2.7.4