Re: [PATCH linux-next v3 2/4] sched/psi: Avoid update triggers and rtpoll_total when it is unnecessary

[Suren Baghdasaryan]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 2:15 PM Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> * yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > When psimon wakes up and there are no state changes for rtpoll_states,
> > it's unnecessary to update triggers and rtpoll_total because the pressures
> > being monitored by user had not changed.
> > This will help to slightly reduce unnecessary computations of psi.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Zhang Yunkai <zhang.yunkai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/sched/psi.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> > index be853f227e40..143f8eb34f9d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> > @@ -704,11 +704,12 @@ static void psi_rtpoll_work(struct psi_group *group)
> >       }
> >
> >       if (now >= group->rtpoll_next_update) {
> > -             update_triggers(group, now, &update_total, PSI_POLL);
> >               group->rtpoll_next_update = now + group->rtpoll_min_period;
> > -             if (update_total)
> > +             if (changed_states & group->rtpoll_states) {
> > +                     update_triggers(group, now, &update_total, PSI_POLL);
> >                       memcpy(group->rtpoll_total, group->total[PSI_POLL],
> >                                  sizeof(group->rtpoll_total));
> > +             }
>
> Yeah, so I believe we may have been talking past each other for past
> versions of this patch: why is this patch modifying the order of the
> modification to group->rtpoll_next_update?
>
> It should do the below sequence, nothing more - see the patch attached
> below. This is basically a combination of patches #2 and #3.
>
> And then the final patch removes the now superfluous 'update_total'
> parameter, which is always true.
>
> Here are the commits I applied to tip:sched/core:
>
>   e03dc9fa0663 sched/psi: Change update_triggers() to a 'void' function
>   ...
>   80cc1d1d5ee3 sched/psi: Avoid updating PSI triggers and ->rtpoll_total when there are no state changes
>   3657680f38cd sched/psi: Delete the 'update_total' function parameter from update_triggers()
>
> I rewrote the changelogs for readability.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         Ingo
>
> ===================>
> From: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:41:07 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] sched/psi: Avoid updating PSI triggers and ->rtpoll_total when there are no state changes
>
> When psimon wakes up and there are no state changes for ->rtpoll_states,
> it's unnecessary to update triggers and ->rtpoll_total because the pressures
> being monitored by the user have not changed.
>
> This will help to slightly reduce unnecessary computations of PSI.
>
> [ mingo: Changelog updates ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Ziljstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202310101641075436843@xxxxxxxxxx

This version looks correct to me.

Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  kernel/sched/psi.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> index be853f227e40..79f8db0c6150 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> @@ -704,11 +704,12 @@ static void psi_rtpoll_work(struct psi_group *group)
>         }
>
>         if (now >= group->rtpoll_next_update) {
> -               update_triggers(group, now, &update_total, PSI_POLL);
> -               group->rtpoll_next_update = now + group->rtpoll_min_period;
> -               if (update_total)
> +               if (changed_states & group->rtpoll_states) {
> +                       update_triggers(group, now, &update_total, PSI_POLL);
>                         memcpy(group->rtpoll_total, group->total[PSI_POLL],
>                                    sizeof(group->rtpoll_total));
> +               }
> +               group->rtpoll_next_update = now + group->rtpoll_min_period;
>         }
>
>         psi_schedule_rtpoll_work(group,