Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] sched/pelt: Don't sync hardly load_sum with load_avg

[Dietmar Eggemann]

On 22/12/2021 10:38, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> Similarly to util_avg and util_sum, don't sync load_sum with the low
> bound of load_avg but only ensure that load_sum stays in the correct range.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index b4c350715c16..488213d98770 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -3025,12 +3025,17 @@ enqueue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
>  	cfs_rq->avg.load_sum += se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum;
>  }
>  
> +#define MIN_DIVIDER (LOAD_AVG_MAX - 1024)
> +
>  static inline void
>  dequeue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
>  {
> -	u32 divider = get_pelt_divider(&se->avg);
>  	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, se->avg.load_avg);
> -	cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * divider;
> +	sub_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum);
> +	/* See update_tg_cfs_util() */
> +	cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = max_t(u32, cfs_rq->avg.load_sum,
> +					  cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * MIN_DIVIDER);
> +

Maybe add a:

Fixes: ceb6ba45dc80 ("sched/fair: Sync load_sum with load_avg after
dequeue")

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>  static inline void add_tg_cfs_propagate(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, long runnable_sum)
> @@ -3699,7 +3706,9 @@ update_cfs_rq_load_avg(u64 now, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
>  
>  		r = removed_load;
>  		sub_positive(&sa->load_avg, r);
> -		sa->load_sum = sa->load_avg * divider;
> +		sub_positive(&sa->load_sum, r * divider);
> +		/* See update_tg_cfs_util() */
> +		sa->load_sum = max_t(u32, sa->load_sum, sa->load_avg * MIN_DIVIDER);

Since this max_t() is used 9 times in this patch-set, maybe a macro in
pelt.h is better:

+/* Because of rounding, se->util_sum might ends up being +1 more than
+ * cfs->util_sum (XXX fix the rounding). Although this is not
+ * a problem by itself, detaching a lot of tasks with the rounding
+ * problem between 2 updates of util_avg (~1ms) can make cfs->util_sum
+ * becoming null whereas cfs_util_avg is not.
+ * Check that util_sum is still above its lower bound for the new
+ * util_avg. Given that period_contrib might have moved since the last
+ * sync, we are only sure that util_sum must be above or equal to
+ * util_avg * minimum possible divider
+  */
+#define MIN_DIVIDER    (LOAD_AVG_MAX - 1024)
+
+#define enforce_lower_bound_on_pelt_sum(sa, var) do {           \
+       (sa)->var##_sum = max_t(u32,                             \
+                               (sa)->var##_sum,                 \
+                               (sa)->var##_avg * MIN_DIVIDER);  \
+} while (0)

This way, you could also add the comment from update_tg_cfs_util()
there. And there would be no need anymore to point to it from the other
places where it is used.

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