linux-stable.git/kernel/sched, branch v3.16.52

sched/topology: Optimize build_group_mask()

2018-01-01T20:52:07+00:00

commit f32d782e31bf079f600dcec126ed117b0577e85c upstream.

The group mask is always used in intersection with the group CPUs. So,
when building the group mask, we don't have to care about CPUs that are
not part of the group.

Signed-off-by: Lauro Ramos Venancio 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: lwang@redhat.com
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1492717903-5195-2-git-send-email-lvenanci@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - Update another reference to 'span' introduced by an earlier backport of
   sched/topology changes
 - Adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched/topology: Simplify build_overlap_sched_groups()

2018-01-01T20:52:07+00:00

commit 91eaed0d61319f58a9f8e43d41a8cbb069b4f73d upstream.

Now that the first group will always be the previous domain of this
@cpu this can be simplified.

In fact, writing the code now removed should've been a big clue I was
doing it wrong :/

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename, context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched/topology: Remove FORCE_SD_OVERLAP

2018-01-01T20:52:07+00:00

commit af85596c74de2fd9abb87501ae280038ac28a3f4 upstream.

Its an obsolete debug mechanism and future code wants to rely on
properties this undermines.

Namely, it would be good to assume that SD_OVERLAP domains have
children, but if we build the entire hierarchy with SD_OVERLAP this is
obviously false.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

perf: Avoid horrible stack usage

2017-11-11T13:34:02+00:00

commit 86038c5ea81b519a8a1fcfcd5e4599aab0cdd119 upstream.

Both Linus (most recent) and Steve (a while ago) reported that perf
related callbacks have massive stack bloat.

The problem is that software events need a pt_regs in order to
properly report the event location and unwind stack. And because we
could not assume one was present we allocated one on stack and filled
it with minimal bits required for operation.

Now, pt_regs is quite large, so this is undesirable. Furthermore it
turns out that most sites actually have a pt_regs pointer available,
making this even more onerous, as the stack space is pointless waste.

This patch addresses the problem by observing that software events
have well defined nesting semantics, therefore we can use static
per-cpu storage instead of on-stack.

Linus made the further observation that all but the scheduler callers
of perf_sw_event() have a pt_regs available, so we change the regular
perf_sw_event() to require a valid pt_regs (where it used to be
optional) and add perf_sw_event_sched() for the scheduler.

We have a scheduler specific call instead of a more generic _noregs()
like construct because we can assume non-recursion from the scheduler
and thereby simplify the code further (_noregs would have to put the
recursion context call inline in order to assertain which __perf_regs
element to use).

One last note on the implementation of perf_trace_buf_prepare(); we
allow .regs = NULL for those cases where we already have a pt_regs
pointer available and do not need another.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds 
Reported-by: Steven Rostedt 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Javi Merino 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers 
Cc: Oleg Nesterov 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Petr Mladek 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: Tom Zanussi 
Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141216115041.GW3337@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann 
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched/topology: Fix overlapping sched_group_capacity

2017-10-12T14:27:43+00:00

commit 1676330ecfa840113a37b25a49afda068380d19c upstream.

When building the overlapping groups we need to attach a consistent
sched_group_capacity structure. That is, all 'identical' sched_group's
should have the _same_ sched_group_capacity.

This can (once again) be demonstrated with a topology like:

  node   0   1   2   3
    0:  10  20  30  20
    1:  20  10  20  30
    2:  30  20  10  20
    3:  20  30  20  10

But we need at least 2 CPUs per node for this to show up, after all,
if there is only one CPU per node, our CPU @i is per definition a
unique CPU that reaches this domain (aka balance-cpu).

Given the above NUMA topo and 2 CPUs per node:

  [] CPU0 attaching sched-domain(s):
  []  domain-0: span=0,4 level=DIE
  []   groups: 0:{ span=0 }, 4:{ span=4 }
  []   domain-1: span=0-1,3-5,7 level=NUMA
  []    groups: 0:{ span=0,4 mask=0,4 cap=2048 }, 1:{ span=1,5 mask=1,5 cap=2048 }, 3:{ span=3,7 mask=3,7 cap=2048 }
  []    domain-2: span=0-7 level=NUMA
  []     groups: 0:{ span=0-1,3-5,7 mask=0,4 cap=6144 }, 2:{ span=1-3,5-7 mask=2,6 cap=6144 }
  [] CPU1 attaching sched-domain(s):
  []  domain-0: span=1,5 level=DIE
  []   groups: 1:{ span=1 }, 5:{ span=5 }
  []   domain-1: span=0-2,4-6 level=NUMA
  []    groups: 1:{ span=1,5 mask=1,5 cap=2048 }, 2:{ span=2,6 mask=2,6 cap=2048 }, 4:{ span=0,4 mask=0,4 cap=2048 }
  []    domain-2: span=0-7 level=NUMA
  []     groups: 1:{ span=0-2,4-6 mask=1,5 cap=6144 }, 3:{ span=0,2-4,6-7 mask=3,7 cap=6144 }

Observe how CPU0-domain1-group0 and CPU1-domain1-group4 are the
'same' but have a different id (0 vs 4).

To fix this, use the group balance CPU to select the SGC. This means
we have to compute the full mask for each CPU and require a second
temporary mask to store the group mask in (it otherwise lives in the
SGC).

The fixed topology looks like:

  [] CPU0 attaching sched-domain(s):
  []  domain-0: span=0,4 level=DIE
  []   groups: 0:{ span=0 }, 4:{ span=4 }
  []   domain-1: span=0-1,3-5,7 level=NUMA
  []    groups: 0:{ span=0,4 mask=0,4 cap=2048 }, 1:{ span=1,5 mask=1,5 cap=2048 }, 3:{ span=3,7 mask=3,7 cap=2048 }
  []    domain-2: span=0-7 level=NUMA
  []     groups: 0:{ span=0-1,3-5,7 mask=0,4 cap=6144 }, 2:{ span=1-3,5-7 mask=2,6 cap=6144 }
  [] CPU1 attaching sched-domain(s):
  []  domain-0: span=1,5 level=DIE
  []   groups: 1:{ span=1 }, 5:{ span=5 }
  []   domain-1: span=0-2,4-6 level=NUMA
  []    groups: 1:{ span=1,5 mask=1,5 cap=2048 }, 2:{ span=2,6 mask=2,6 cap=2048 }, 0:{ span=0,4 mask=0,4 cap=2048 }
  []    domain-2: span=0-7 level=NUMA
  []     groups: 1:{ span=0-2,4-6 mask=1,5 cap=6144 }, 3:{ span=0,2-4,6-7 mask=3,7 cap=6144 }

Debugged-by: Lauro Ramos Venancio 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e3589f6c81e4 ("sched: Allow for overlapping sched_domain spans")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename, context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched/topology: Fix overlapping sched_group_mask

2017-10-12T14:27:42+00:00

commit 73bb059f9b8a00c5e1bf2f7ca83138c05d05e600 upstream.

The point of sched_group_mask is to select those CPUs from
sched_group_cpus that can actually arrive at this balance domain.

The current code gets it wrong, as can be readily demonstrated with a
topology like:

  node   0   1   2   3
    0:  10  20  30  20
    1:  20  10  20  30
    2:  30  20  10  20
    3:  20  30  20  10

Where (for example) domain 1 on CPU1 ends up with a mask that includes
CPU0:

  [] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
  []  domain 0: span 0-2 level NUMA
  []   groups: 1 (mask: 1), 2, 0
  []   domain 1: span 0-3 level NUMA
  []    groups: 0-2 (mask: 0-2) (cpu_capacity: 3072), 0,2-3 (cpu_capacity: 3072)

This causes sched_balance_cpu() to compute the wrong CPU and
consequently should_we_balance() will terminate early resulting in
missed load-balance opportunities.

The fixed topology looks like:

  [] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
  []  domain 0: span 0-2 level NUMA
  []   groups: 1 (mask: 1), 2, 0
  []   domain 1: span 0-3 level NUMA
  []    groups: 0-2 (mask: 1) (cpu_capacity: 3072), 0,2-3 (cpu_capacity: 3072)

(note: this relies on OVERLAP domains to always have children, this is
 true because the regular topology domains are still here -- this is
 before degenerate trimming)

Debugged-by: Lauro Ramos Venancio 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e3589f6c81e4 ("sched: Allow for overlapping sched_domain spans")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - Use span, not sg_span
 - Adjust filename context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched/topology: Fix building of overlapping sched-groups

2017-10-12T14:27:42+00:00

commit 0372dd2736e02672ac6e189c31f7d8c02ad543cd upstream.

When building the overlapping groups, we very obviously should start
with the previous domain of _this_ @cpu, not CPU-0.

This can be readily demonstrated with a topology like:

  node   0   1   2   3
    0:  10  20  30  20
    1:  20  10  20  30
    2:  30  20  10  20
    3:  20  30  20  10

Where (for example) CPU1 ends up generating the following nonsensical groups:

  [] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
  []  domain 0: span 0-2 level NUMA
  []   groups: 1 2 0
  []   domain 1: span 0-3 level NUMA
  []    groups: 1-3 (cpu_capacity = 3072) 0-1,3 (cpu_capacity = 3072)

Where the fact that domain 1 doesn't include a group with span 0-2 is
the obvious fail.

With patch this looks like:

  [] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
  []  domain 0: span 0-2 level NUMA
  []   groups: 1 0 2
  []   domain 1: span 0-3 level NUMA
  []    groups: 0-2 (cpu_capacity = 3072) 0,2-3 (cpu_capacity = 3072)

Debugged-by: Lauro Ramos Venancio 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e3589f6c81e4 ("sched: Allow for overlapping sched_domain spans")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched/topology: Refactor function build_overlap_sched_groups()

2017-10-12T14:27:42+00:00

commit 8c0334697dc37eb3d6d7632304d3a3662248daac upstream.

Create functions build_group_from_child_sched_domain() and
init_overlap_sched_group(). No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Lauro Ramos Venancio 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Acked-by: Rik van Riel 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1492091769-19879-2-git-send-email-lvenanci@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - Ccode being moved is slightly different
 - Adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched: Rename a misleading variable in build_overlap_sched_groups()

2017-10-12T14:27:42+00:00

commit aaecac4ad46b35ad308245384d019633fb9bc21b upstream.

The child variable in build_overlap_sched_groups() actually refers to the
peer or sibling domain of the given CPU. Rename it to sibling to be consistent
with the naming in build_group_mask().

Signed-off-by: Zhihui Zhang 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1406942283-18249-1-git-send-email-zzhsuny@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

sched/loadavg: Avoid loadavg spikes caused by delayed NO_HZ accounting

2017-07-18T17:40:15+00:00

commit 6e5f32f7a43f45ee55c401c0b9585eb01f9629a8 upstream.

If we crossed a sample window while in NO_HZ we will add LOAD_FREQ to
the pending sample window time on exit, setting the next update not
one window into the future, but two.

This situation on exiting NO_HZ is described by:

  this_rq->calc_load_update < jiffies < calc_load_update

In this scenario, what we should be doing is:

  this_rq->calc_load_update = calc_load_update		     [ next window ]

But what we actually do is:

  this_rq->calc_load_update = calc_load_update + LOAD_FREQ   [ next+1 window ]

This has the effect of delaying load average updates for potentially
up to ~9seconds.

This can result in huge spikes in the load average values due to
per-cpu uninterruptible task counts being out of sync when accumulated
across all CPUs.

It's safe to update the per-cpu active count if we wake between sample
windows because any load that we left in 'calc_load_idle' will have
been zero'd when the idle load was folded in calc_global_load().

This issue is easy to reproduce before,

  commit 9d89c257dfb9 ("sched/fair: Rewrite runnable load and utilization average tracking")

just by forking short-lived process pipelines built from ps(1) and
grep(1) in a loop. I'm unable to reproduce the spikes after that
commit, but the bug still seems to be present from code review.

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Morten Rasmussen 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Vincent Guittot 
Fixes: commit 5167e8d ("sched/nohz: Rewrite and fix load-avg computation -- again")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170217120731.11868-2-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings