[Patch v3 3/6] sched/fair: Implement prefer sibling imbalance calculation between asymmetric groups

From: Tim Chen
Date: Fri Jul 07 2023 - 18:57:10 EST


From: Tim C Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In the current prefer sibling load balancing code, there is an implicit
assumption that the busiest sched group and local sched group are
equivalent, hence the tasks to be moved is simply the difference in
number of tasks between the two groups (i.e. imbalance) divided by two.

However, we may have different number of cores between the cluster groups,
say when we take CPU offline or we have hybrid groups. In that case,
we should balance between the two groups such that #tasks/#cores ratio
is the same between the same between both groups. Hence the imbalance
computed will need to reflect this.

Adjust the sibling imbalance computation to take into account of the
above considerations.

Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index f636d6c09dc6..f491b94908bf 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9372,6 +9372,41 @@ static inline bool smt_balance(struct lb_env *env, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
return false;
}

+static inline long sibling_imbalance(struct lb_env *env,
+ struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
+ struct sg_lb_stats *busiest,
+ struct sg_lb_stats *local)
+{
+ int ncores_busiest, ncores_local;
+ long imbalance;
+
+ if (env->idle == CPU_NOT_IDLE || !busiest->sum_nr_running)
+ return 0;
+
+ ncores_busiest = sds->busiest->cores;
+ ncores_local = sds->local->cores;
+
+ if (ncores_busiest == ncores_local) {
+ imbalance = busiest->sum_nr_running;
+ lsub_positive(&imbalance, local->sum_nr_running);
+ return imbalance;
+ }
+
+ /* Balance such that nr_running/ncores ratio are same on both groups */
+ imbalance = ncores_local * busiest->sum_nr_running;
+ lsub_positive(&imbalance, ncores_busiest * local->sum_nr_running);
+ /* Normalize imbalance and do rounding on normalization */
+ imbalance = 2 * imbalance + ncores_local + ncores_busiest;
+ imbalance /= ncores_local + ncores_busiest;
+
+ /* Take advantage of resource in an empty sched group */
+ if (imbalance == 0 && local->sum_nr_running == 0 &&
+ busiest->sum_nr_running > 1)
+ imbalance = 2;
+
+ return imbalance;
+}
+
static inline bool
sched_reduced_capacity(struct rq *rq, struct sched_domain *sd)
{
@@ -10230,14 +10265,12 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s
}

if (busiest->group_weight == 1 || sds->prefer_sibling) {
- unsigned int nr_diff = busiest->sum_nr_running;
/*
* When prefer sibling, evenly spread running tasks on
* groups.
*/
env->migration_type = migrate_task;
- lsub_positive(&nr_diff, local->sum_nr_running);
- env->imbalance = nr_diff;
+ env->imbalance = sibling_imbalance(env, sds, busiest, local);
} else {

/*
@@ -10424,7 +10457,7 @@ static struct sched_group *find_busiest_group(struct lb_env *env)
* group's child domain.
*/
if (sds.prefer_sibling && local->group_type == group_has_spare &&
- busiest->sum_nr_running > local->sum_nr_running + 1)
+ sibling_imbalance(env, &sds, busiest, local) > 1)
goto force_balance;

if (busiest->group_type != group_overloaded) {
--
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