[tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Consider SMT in ASYM_PACKING load balance

From: tip-bot2 for Ricardo Neri
Date: Tue Oct 05 2021 - 10:12:42 EST


The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 4006a72bdd93b1ffedc2bd8646dee18c822a2c26
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/4006a72bdd93b1ffedc2bd8646dee18c822a2c26
Author: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:18:19 -07:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:52:06 +02:00

sched/fair: Consider SMT in ASYM_PACKING load balance

When deciding to pull tasks in ASYM_PACKING, it is necessary not only to
check for the idle state of the destination CPU, dst_cpu, but also of
its SMT siblings.

If dst_cpu is idle but its SMT siblings are busy, performance suffers
if it pulls tasks from a medium priority CPU that does not have SMT
siblings.

Implement asym_smt_can_pull_tasks() to inspect the state of the SMT
siblings of both dst_cpu and the CPUs in the candidate busiest group.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210911011819.12184-7-ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 1c8b5fa..c50ae23 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8571,10 +8571,96 @@ group_type group_classify(unsigned int imbalance_pct,
return group_has_spare;
}

+/**
+ * asym_smt_can_pull_tasks - Check whether the load balancing CPU can pull tasks
+ * @dst_cpu: Destination CPU of the load balancing
+ * @sds: Load-balancing data with statistics of the local group
+ * @sgs: Load-balancing statistics of the candidate busiest group
+ * @sg: The candidate busiest group
+ *
+ * Check the state of the SMT siblings of both @sds::local and @sg and decide
+ * if @dst_cpu can pull tasks.
+ *
+ * If @dst_cpu does not have SMT siblings, it can pull tasks if two or more of
+ * the SMT siblings of @sg are busy. If only one CPU in @sg is busy, pull tasks
+ * only if @dst_cpu has higher priority.
+ *
+ * If both @dst_cpu and @sg have SMT siblings, and @sg has exactly one more
+ * busy CPU than @sds::local, let @dst_cpu pull tasks if it has higher priority.
+ * Bigger imbalances in the number of busy CPUs will be dealt with in
+ * update_sd_pick_busiest().
+ *
+ * If @sg does not have SMT siblings, only pull tasks if all of the SMT siblings
+ * of @dst_cpu are idle and @sg has lower priority.
+ */
+static bool asym_smt_can_pull_tasks(int dst_cpu, struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
+ struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
+ struct sched_group *sg)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+ bool local_is_smt, sg_is_smt;
+ int sg_busy_cpus;
+
+ local_is_smt = sds->local->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY;
+ sg_is_smt = sg->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY;
+
+ sg_busy_cpus = sgs->group_weight - sgs->idle_cpus;
+
+ if (!local_is_smt) {
+ /*
+ * If we are here, @dst_cpu is idle and does not have SMT
+ * siblings. Pull tasks if candidate group has two or more
+ * busy CPUs.
+ */
+ if (sg_busy_cpus >= 2) /* implies sg_is_smt */
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * @dst_cpu does not have SMT siblings. @sg may have SMT
+ * siblings and only one is busy. In such case, @dst_cpu
+ * can help if it has higher priority and is idle (i.e.,
+ * it has no running tasks).
+ */
+ return sched_asym_prefer(dst_cpu, sg->asym_prefer_cpu);
+ }
+
+ /* @dst_cpu has SMT siblings. */
+
+ if (sg_is_smt) {
+ int local_busy_cpus = sds->local->group_weight -
+ sds->local_stat.idle_cpus;
+ int busy_cpus_delta = sg_busy_cpus - local_busy_cpus;
+
+ if (busy_cpus_delta == 1)
+ return sched_asym_prefer(dst_cpu, sg->asym_prefer_cpu);
+
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * @sg does not have SMT siblings. Ensure that @sds::local does not end
+ * up with more than one busy SMT sibling and only pull tasks if there
+ * are not busy CPUs (i.e., no CPU has running tasks).
+ */
+ if (!sds->local_stat.sum_nr_running)
+ return sched_asym_prefer(dst_cpu, sg->asym_prefer_cpu);
+
+ return false;
+#else
+ /* Always return false so that callers deal with non-SMT cases. */
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
static inline bool
sched_asym(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sds, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
struct sched_group *group)
{
+ /* Only do SMT checks if either local or candidate have SMT siblings */
+ if ((sds->local->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY) ||
+ (group->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY))
+ return asym_smt_can_pull_tasks(env->dst_cpu, sds, sgs, group);
+
return sched_asym_prefer(env->dst_cpu, group->asym_prefer_cpu);
}

@@ -9580,6 +9666,12 @@ static struct rq *find_busiest_queue(struct lb_env *env,
nr_running == 1)
continue;

+ /* Make sure we only pull tasks from a CPU of lower priority */
+ if ((env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING) &&
+ sched_asym_prefer(i, env->dst_cpu) &&
+ nr_running == 1)
+ continue;
+
switch (env->migration_type) {
case migrate_load:
/*