[PATCH] sched/fair: Remove SIS_PROP

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Oct 20 2023 - 09:44:35 EST




Since this had me looking at all that code, I did the below.

Holler if there's objections etc..

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Subject: sched/fair: Remove SIS_PROP
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Oct 20 12:35:33 CEST 2023

SIS_UTIL seems to work well, lets remove the old thing.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched/topology.h | 2 -
kernel/sched/core.c | 5 ----
kernel/sched/fair.c | 48 -----------------------------------------
kernel/sched/features.h | 1
kernel/sched/sched.h | 3 --
5 files changed, 59 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/sched/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/topology.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ struct sched_domain {
u64 max_newidle_lb_cost;
unsigned long last_decay_max_lb_cost;

- u64 avg_scan_cost; /* select_idle_sibling */
-
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
/* load_balance() stats */
unsigned int lb_count[CPU_MAX_IDLE_TYPES];
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3792,9 +3792,6 @@ ttwu_do_activate(struct rq *rq, struct t
if (rq->avg_idle > max)
rq->avg_idle = max;

- rq->wake_stamp = jiffies;
- rq->wake_avg_idle = rq->avg_idle / 2;
-
rq->idle_stamp = 0;
}
#endif
@@ -9991,8 +9988,6 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
rq->online = 0;
rq->idle_stamp = 0;
rq->avg_idle = 2*sysctl_sched_migration_cost;
- rq->wake_stamp = jiffies;
- rq->wake_avg_idle = rq->avg_idle;
rq->max_idle_balance_cost = sysctl_sched_migration_cost;

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->cfs_tasks);
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7209,45 +7209,9 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_s
struct cpumask *cpus = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(select_rq_mask);
int i, cpu, idle_cpu = -1, nr = INT_MAX;
struct sched_domain_shared *sd_share;
- struct rq *this_rq = this_rq();
- int this = smp_processor_id();
- struct sched_domain *this_sd = NULL;
- u64 time = 0;

cpumask_and(cpus, sched_domain_span(sd), p->cpus_ptr);

- if (sched_feat(SIS_PROP) && !has_idle_core) {
- u64 avg_cost, avg_idle, span_avg;
- unsigned long now = jiffies;
-
- this_sd = rcu_dereference(*this_cpu_ptr(&sd_llc));
- if (!this_sd)
- return -1;
-
- /*
- * If we're busy, the assumption that the last idle period
- * predicts the future is flawed; age away the remaining
- * predicted idle time.
- */
- if (unlikely(this_rq->wake_stamp < now)) {
- while (this_rq->wake_stamp < now && this_rq->wake_avg_idle) {
- this_rq->wake_stamp++;
- this_rq->wake_avg_idle >>= 1;
- }
- }
-
- avg_idle = this_rq->wake_avg_idle;
- avg_cost = this_sd->avg_scan_cost + 1;
-
- span_avg = sd->span_weight * avg_idle;
- if (span_avg > 4*avg_cost)
- nr = div_u64(span_avg, avg_cost);
- else
- nr = 4;
-
- time = cpu_clock(this);
- }
-
if (sched_feat(SIS_UTIL)) {
sd_share = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc_shared, target));
if (sd_share) {
@@ -7301,18 +7265,6 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_s
if (has_idle_core)
set_idle_cores(target, false);

- if (sched_feat(SIS_PROP) && this_sd && !has_idle_core) {
- time = cpu_clock(this) - time;
-
- /*
- * Account for the scan cost of wakeups against the average
- * idle time.
- */
- this_rq->wake_avg_idle -= min(this_rq->wake_avg_idle, time);
-
- update_avg(&this_sd->avg_scan_cost, time);
- }
-
return idle_cpu;
}

--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ SCHED_FEAT(TTWU_QUEUE, true)
/*
* When doing wakeups, attempt to limit superfluous scans of the LLC domain.
*/
-SCHED_FEAT(SIS_PROP, false)
SCHED_FEAT(SIS_UTIL, true)

/*
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1059,9 +1059,6 @@ struct rq {
u64 idle_stamp;
u64 avg_idle;

- unsigned long wake_stamp;
- u64 wake_avg_idle;
-
/* This is used to determine avg_idle's max value */
u64 max_idle_balance_cost;