Only x86 and Power7 use ASYM_PACKING. They use it differently.
Power7 has cores of equal priority, but the SMT siblings of a core have
different priorities. Parent scheduling domains do not need (nor have) the
ASYM_PACKING flag. SHARED_CHILD is not needed. Using SHARED_PARENT would
cause the topology debug code to complain.
X86 has cores of different priority, but all the SMT siblings of the core
have equal priority. It needs ASYM_PACKING at the MC level, but not at the
SMT level (it also needs it at upper levels if they have scheduling groups
of different priority). Removing ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain causes
the topology debug code to complain.
Remove SHARED_CHILD for now. We still need a topology check that satisfies
both architectures.
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
---
Changes since v2:
* Introduced this patch.
Changes since v1:
* N/A
---
include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
index 57bde66d95f7..800238854ba5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
@@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
/*
* Place busy tasks earlier in the domain
*
- * SHARED_CHILD: Usually set on the SMT level. Technically could be set further
- * up, but currently assumed to be set from the base domain
- * upwards (see update_top_cache_domain()).
* NEEDS_GROUPS: Load balancing flag.
*/
-SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
+SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
/*
* Prefer to place tasks in a sibling domain
--
2.25.1Hi Ricardo, On Monday 06 Feb 2023 at 20:58:36 (-0800), Ricardo Neri wrote: > Only x86 and Power7 use ASYM_PACKING. They use it differently. > > Power7 has cores of equal priority, but the SMT siblings of a core have > different priorities. Parent scheduling domains do not need (nor have) the > ASYM_PACKING flag. SHARED_CHILD is not needed. Using SHARED_PARENT would > cause the topology debug code to complain. > > X86 has cores of different priority, but all the SMT siblings of the core > have equal priority. It needs ASYM_PACKING at the MC level, but not at the > SMT level (it also needs it at upper levels if they have scheduling groups > of different priority). Removing ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain causes > the topology debug code to complain. > > Remove SHARED_CHILD for now. We still need a topology check that satisfies > both architectures. > > Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com> > Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> > Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> > Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com> > Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com> > Cc: x86@kernel.org > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com> > --- > Changes since v2: > * Introduced this patch. > > Changes since v1: > * N/A > --- > include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h | 5 +---- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h > index 57bde66d95f7..800238854ba5 100644 > --- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h > +++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h > @@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS) > /* > * Place busy tasks earlier in the domain > * > - * SHARED_CHILD: Usually set on the SMT level. Technically could be set further > - * up, but currently assumed to be set from the base domain > - * upwards (see update_top_cache_domain()). > * NEEDS_GROUPS: Load balancing flag. > */ > -SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS) > +SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS) While this silences the warning one would have gotten when removing SD_ASYM_PACKING from SMT level, it will still result in sd_asym_packing being NULL for these systems, which breaks nohz balance. That is because highest_flag_domain() still stops searching at the first level without the flag set, in this case SMT, even if levels above have the flag set. Maybe highest_flag_domain() should be changed to take into account the metadata flags? Thanks, Ionela. > > /* > * Prefer to place tasks in a sibling domain > -- > 2.25.1 > >
On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 11:29:52AM +0000, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> Hi Ricardo,
Hi Ionela!
>
> On Monday 06 Feb 2023 at 20:58:36 (-0800), Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > Only x86 and Power7 use ASYM_PACKING. They use it differently.
> >
> > Power7 has cores of equal priority, but the SMT siblings of a core have
> > different priorities. Parent scheduling domains do not need (nor have) the
> > ASYM_PACKING flag. SHARED_CHILD is not needed. Using SHARED_PARENT would
> > cause the topology debug code to complain.
> >
> > X86 has cores of different priority, but all the SMT siblings of the core
> > have equal priority. It needs ASYM_PACKING at the MC level, but not at the
> > SMT level (it also needs it at upper levels if they have scheduling groups
> > of different priority). Removing ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain causes
> > the topology debug code to complain.
> >
> > Remove SHARED_CHILD for now. We still need a topology check that satisfies
> > both architectures.
> >
> > Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
> > Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
> > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com>
> > Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> > Cc: x86@kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > Changes since v2:
> > * Introduced this patch.
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> > * N/A
> > ---
> > include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h | 5 +----
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > index 57bde66d95f7..800238854ba5 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > @@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> > /*
> > * Place busy tasks earlier in the domain
> > *
> > - * SHARED_CHILD: Usually set on the SMT level. Technically could be set further
> > - * up, but currently assumed to be set from the base domain
> > - * upwards (see update_top_cache_domain()).
> > * NEEDS_GROUPS: Load balancing flag.
> > */
> > -SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> > +SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
>
> While this silences the warning one would have gotten when removing
> SD_ASYM_PACKING from SMT level, it will still result in sd_asym_packing
> being NULL for these systems, which breaks nohz balance. That is because
> highest_flag_domain() still stops searching at the first level without
> the flag set, in this case SMT, even if levels above have the flag set.
You are absolutely right! This how this whole discussion started. It
slipped my mind.
>
> Maybe highest_flag_domain() should be changed to take into account the
> metadata flags?
What about the patch below? Search will stop if the flag has
SDF_SHARED_CHILD as it does today. Otherwise it will search all the
domains.
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1773,6 +1773,12 @@ queue_balance_callback(struct rq *rq,
for (__sd = rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain(cpu_rq(cpu)->sd); \
__sd; __sd = __sd->parent)
+#define SD_FLAG(name, mflags) (name * !!((mflags) & SDF_SHARED_CHILD)) |
+static const unsigned int SD_SHARED_CHILD_MASK =
+#include <linux/sched/sd_flags.h>
+0;
+#undef SD_FLAG
+
/**
* highest_flag_domain - Return highest sched_domain containing flag.
* @cpu: The CPU whose highest level of sched domain is to
@@ -1781,15 +1787,19 @@ queue_balance_callback(struct rq *rq,
* for the given CPU.
*
* Returns the highest sched_domain of a CPU which contains the given flag.
- */
+*/
static inline struct sched_domain *highest_flag_domain(int cpu, int flag)
{
struct sched_domain *sd, *hsd = NULL;
for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
- if (!(sd->flags & flag))
+ if (sd->flags & flag) {
+ hsd = sd;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (flag & SD_SHARED_CHILD_MASK)
break;
- hsd = sd;
}
return hsd;
>
> Thanks,
> Ionela.
>
> >
> > /*
> > * Prefer to place tasks in a sibling domain
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
> >
Hey,
On Sunday 05 Mar 2023 at 11:08:11 (-0800), Ricardo Neri wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 11:29:52AM +0000, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> > Hi Ricardo,
>
> Hi Ionela!
>
> >
> > On Monday 06 Feb 2023 at 20:58:36 (-0800), Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > > Only x86 and Power7 use ASYM_PACKING. They use it differently.
> > >
> > > Power7 has cores of equal priority, but the SMT siblings of a core have
> > > different priorities. Parent scheduling domains do not need (nor have) the
> > > ASYM_PACKING flag. SHARED_CHILD is not needed. Using SHARED_PARENT would
> > > cause the topology debug code to complain.
> > >
> > > X86 has cores of different priority, but all the SMT siblings of the core
> > > have equal priority. It needs ASYM_PACKING at the MC level, but not at the
> > > SMT level (it also needs it at upper levels if they have scheduling groups
> > > of different priority). Removing ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain causes
> > > the topology debug code to complain.
> > >
> > > Remove SHARED_CHILD for now. We still need a topology check that satisfies
> > > both architectures.
> > >
> > > Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
> > > Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
> > > Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
> > > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> > > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
> > > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > > Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com>
> > > Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> > > Cc: x86@kernel.org
> > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > > Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > Changes since v2:
> > > * Introduced this patch.
> > >
> > > Changes since v1:
> > > * N/A
> > > ---
> > > include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h | 5 +----
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > > index 57bde66d95f7..800238854ba5 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > > @@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> > > /*
> > > * Place busy tasks earlier in the domain
> > > *
> > > - * SHARED_CHILD: Usually set on the SMT level. Technically could be set further
> > > - * up, but currently assumed to be set from the base domain
> > > - * upwards (see update_top_cache_domain()).
> > > * NEEDS_GROUPS: Load balancing flag.
> > > */
> > > -SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> > > +SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> >
> > While this silences the warning one would have gotten when removing
> > SD_ASYM_PACKING from SMT level, it will still result in sd_asym_packing
> > being NULL for these systems, which breaks nohz balance. That is because
> > highest_flag_domain() still stops searching at the first level without
> > the flag set, in this case SMT, even if levels above have the flag set.
>
> You are absolutely right! This how this whole discussion started. It
> slipped my mind.
>
> >
> > Maybe highest_flag_domain() should be changed to take into account the
> > metadata flags?
>
> What about the patch below? Search will stop if the flag has
> SDF_SHARED_CHILD as it does today. Otherwise it will search all the
> domains.
>
> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> @@ -1773,6 +1773,12 @@ queue_balance_callback(struct rq *rq,
> for (__sd = rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain(cpu_rq(cpu)->sd); \
> __sd; __sd = __sd->parent)
>
> +#define SD_FLAG(name, mflags) (name * !!((mflags) & SDF_SHARED_CHILD)) |
> +static const unsigned int SD_SHARED_CHILD_MASK =
> +#include <linux/sched/sd_flags.h>
> +0;
> +#undef SD_FLAG
> +
> /**
> * highest_flag_domain - Return highest sched_domain containing flag.
> * @cpu: The CPU whose highest level of sched domain is to
> @@ -1781,15 +1787,19 @@ queue_balance_callback(struct rq *rq,
> * for the given CPU.
> *
> * Returns the highest sched_domain of a CPU which contains the given flag.
> - */
> +*/
^^^
likely an unintended change
> static inline struct sched_domain *highest_flag_domain(int cpu, int flag)
> {
> struct sched_domain *sd, *hsd = NULL;
>
> for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
> - if (!(sd->flags & flag))
> + if (sd->flags & flag) {
> + hsd = sd;
> + continue;
> + }
> +
There might be room for a comment here:
/*
* If the flag is not set and is known to be shared with lower
* domains, stop the search, as it won't be found further up.
*/
> + if (flag & SD_SHARED_CHILD_MASK)
> break;
> - hsd = sd;
> }
>
> return hsd;
It looks nice and sane to me - I've not compiled or tested it :).
Thanks,
Ionela.
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ionela.
> >
> > >
> > > /*
> > > * Prefer to place tasks in a sibling domain
> > > --
> > > 2.25.1
> > >
> > >
On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 01:10:37PM +0000, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> Hey,
>
> On Sunday 05 Mar 2023 at 11:08:11 (-0800), Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 11:29:52AM +0000, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> > > Hi Ricardo,
> >
> > Hi Ionela!
> >
> > >
> > > On Monday 06 Feb 2023 at 20:58:36 (-0800), Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > > > Only x86 and Power7 use ASYM_PACKING. They use it differently.
> > > >
> > > > Power7 has cores of equal priority, but the SMT siblings of a core have
> > > > different priorities. Parent scheduling domains do not need (nor have) the
> > > > ASYM_PACKING flag. SHARED_CHILD is not needed. Using SHARED_PARENT would
> > > > cause the topology debug code to complain.
> > > >
> > > > X86 has cores of different priority, but all the SMT siblings of the core
> > > > have equal priority. It needs ASYM_PACKING at the MC level, but not at the
> > > > SMT level (it also needs it at upper levels if they have scheduling groups
> > > > of different priority). Removing ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain causes
> > > > the topology debug code to complain.
> > > >
> > > > Remove SHARED_CHILD for now. We still need a topology check that satisfies
> > > > both architectures.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
> > > > Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
> > > > Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
> > > > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
> > > > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > > > Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> > > > Cc: x86@kernel.org
> > > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > Changes since v2:
> > > > * Introduced this patch.
> > > >
> > > > Changes since v1:
> > > > * N/A
> > > > ---
> > > > include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h | 5 +----
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > > > index 57bde66d95f7..800238854ba5 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
> > > > @@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> > > > /*
> > > > * Place busy tasks earlier in the domain
> > > > *
> > > > - * SHARED_CHILD: Usually set on the SMT level. Technically could be set further
> > > > - * up, but currently assumed to be set from the base domain
> > > > - * upwards (see update_top_cache_domain()).
> > > > * NEEDS_GROUPS: Load balancing flag.
> > > > */
> > > > -SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> > > > +SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
> > >
> > > While this silences the warning one would have gotten when removing
> > > SD_ASYM_PACKING from SMT level, it will still result in sd_asym_packing
> > > being NULL for these systems, which breaks nohz balance. That is because
> > > highest_flag_domain() still stops searching at the first level without
> > > the flag set, in this case SMT, even if levels above have the flag set.
> >
> > You are absolutely right! This how this whole discussion started. It
> > slipped my mind.
> >
> > >
> > > Maybe highest_flag_domain() should be changed to take into account the
> > > metadata flags?
> >
> > What about the patch below? Search will stop if the flag has
> > SDF_SHARED_CHILD as it does today. Otherwise it will search all the
> > domains.
> >
> > --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> > @@ -1773,6 +1773,12 @@ queue_balance_callback(struct rq *rq,
> > for (__sd = rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain(cpu_rq(cpu)->sd); \
> > __sd; __sd = __sd->parent)
> >
> > +#define SD_FLAG(name, mflags) (name * !!((mflags) & SDF_SHARED_CHILD)) |
> > +static const unsigned int SD_SHARED_CHILD_MASK =
> > +#include <linux/sched/sd_flags.h>
> > +0;
> > +#undef SD_FLAG
> > +
> > /**
> > * highest_flag_domain - Return highest sched_domain containing flag.
> > * @cpu: The CPU whose highest level of sched domain is to
> > @@ -1781,15 +1787,19 @@ queue_balance_callback(struct rq *rq,
> > * for the given CPU.
> > *
> > * Returns the highest sched_domain of a CPU which contains the given flag.
> > - */
> > +*/
> ^^^
> likely an unintended change
Yes! I will remove it in the patch I post.
> > static inline struct sched_domain *highest_flag_domain(int cpu, int flag)
> > {
> > struct sched_domain *sd, *hsd = NULL;
> >
> > for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
> > - if (!(sd->flags & flag))
> > + if (sd->flags & flag) {
> > + hsd = sd;
> > + continue;
> > + }
> > +
>
> There might be room for a comment here:
> /*
> * If the flag is not set and is known to be shared with lower
> * domains, stop the search, as it won't be found further up.
> */
Sure, I can and a comment to this effect.
> > + if (flag & SD_SHARED_CHILD_MASK)
> > break;
> > - hsd = sd;
> > }
> >
> > return hsd;
>
> It looks nice and sane to me - I've not compiled or tested it :).
Thank you very much for your feedback!
BR,
Ricardo
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