linux-stable.git/kernel/sched_fair.c, branch v3.2-rc2

sched: Wrap scheduler p->cpus_allowed access

2011-10-06T10:46:56+00:00

This task is preparatory for the migrate_disable() implementation, but
stands on its own and provides a cleanup.

It currently only converts those sites required for task-placement.
Kosaki-san once mentioned replacing cpus_allowed with a proper
cpumask_t instead of the NR_CPUS sized array it currently is, that
would also require something like this.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-e42skvaddos99psip0vce41o@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Request for idle balance during nohz idle load balance

2011-10-06T10:46:27+00:00

rq's idle_at_tick is set to idle/busy during the timer tick
depending on the cpu was idle or not. This will be used later in the load
balance that will be done in the softirq context (which is a process
context in -RT kernels).

For nohz kernels, for the cpu doing nohz idle load balance on behalf of
all the idle cpu's, its rq->idle_at_tick might have a stale value (which is
recorded when it got the timer tick presumably when it is busy).

As the nohz idle load balancing is also being done at the same place
as the regular load balancing, nohz idle load balancing was bailing out
when it sees rq's idle_at_tick not set.

Thus leading to poor system utilization.

Rename rq's idle_at_tick to idle_balance and set it when someone requests
for nohz idle balance on an idle cpu.

Reported-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri 
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111003220934.892350549@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Use resched IPI to kick off the nohz idle balance

2011-10-06T10:46:23+00:00

Current use of smp call function to kick the nohz idle balance can deadlock
in this scenario.

1. cpu-A did a generic_exec_single() to cpu-B and after queuing its call single
data (csd) to the call single queue, cpu-A took a timer interrupt.  Actual IPI
to cpu-B to process the call single queue is not yet sent.

2. As part of the timer interrupt handler, cpu-A decided to kick cpu-B
for the idle load balancing (sets cpu-B's rq->nohz_balance_kick to 1)
and __smp_call_function_single() with nowait will queue the csd to the
cpu-B's queue. But the generic_exec_single() won't send an IPI to cpu-B
as the call single queue was not empty.

3. cpu-A is busy with lot of interrupts

4. Meanwhile cpu-B is entering and exiting idle and noticed that it has
it's rq->nohz_balance_kick set to '1'. So it will go ahead and do the
idle load balancer and clear its rq->nohz_balance_kick.

5. At this point, csd queued as part of the step-2 above is still locked
and waiting to be serviced on cpu-B.

6. cpu-A is still busy with interrupt load and now it got another timer
interrupt and as part of it decided to kick cpu-B for another idle load
balancing (as it finds cpu-B's rq->nohz_balance_kick cleared in step-4
above) and does __smp_call_function_single() with the same csd that is
still locked.

7. And we get a deadlock waiting for the csd_lock() in the
__smp_call_function_single().

Main issue here is that cpu-B can service the idle load balancer kick
request from cpu-A even with out receiving the IPI and this lead to
doing multiple __smp_call_function_single() on the same csd leading to
deadlock.

To kick a cpu, scheduler already has the reschedule vector reserved. Use
that mechanism (kick_process()) instead of using the generic smp call function
mechanism to kick off the nohz idle load balancing and avoid the deadlock.

   [ This issue is present from 2.6.35+ kernels, but marking it -stable
     only from v3.0+ as the proposed fix depends on the scheduler_ipi()
     that is introduced recently. ]

Reported-by: Prarit Bhargava 
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha 
Cc: stable@kernel.org # v3.0+
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111003220934.834943260@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Remove redundant test in check_preempt_tick()

2011-09-26T11:25:49+00:00

The caller already checks for nr_running > 1, therefore we don't have
to do so again.

Signed-off-by: Wang Xingchao 
Reviewed-by: Paul Turner 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1316194552-12019-1-git-send-email-xingchao.wang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Return unused runtime on group dequeue

2011-08-14T10:03:54+00:00

When a local cfs_rq blocks we return the majority of its remaining quota to the
global bandwidth pool for use by other runqueues.

We do this only when the quota is current and there is more than
min_cfs_rq_quota [1ms by default] of runtime remaining on the rq.

In the case where there are throttled runqueues and we have sufficient
bandwidth to meter out a slice, a second timer is kicked off to handle this
delivery, unthrottling where appropriate.

Using a 'worst case' antagonist which executes on each cpu
for 1ms before moving onto the next on a fairly large machine:

no quota generations:

 197.47 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 199.46 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 205.46 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 198.46 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 208.39 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage

Since we are allowed to use "stale" quota our usage is effectively bounded by
the rate of input into the global pool and performance is relatively stable.

with quota generations [1s increments]:

 119.58 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 119.65 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 119.64 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 119.63 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 119.60 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage

The large deficit here is due to quota generations (/intentionally/) preventing
us from now using previously stranded slack quota.  The cost is that this quota
becomes unavailable.

with quota generations and quota return:

 200.09 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 200.09 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 198.09 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 200.09 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage
 200.06 ms       /cgroup/a/cpuacct.usage

By returning unused quota we're able to both stably consume our desired quota
and prevent unintentional overages due to the abuse of slack quota from
previous quota periods (especially on a large machine).

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110721184758.306848658@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Add exports tracking cfs bandwidth control statistics

2011-08-14T10:03:49+00:00

This change introduces statistics exports for the cpu sub-system, these are
added through the use of a stat file similar to that exported by other
subsystems.

The following exports are included:

nr_periods:	number of periods in which execution occurred
nr_throttled:	the number of periods above in which execution was throttle
throttled_time:	cumulative wall-time that any cpus have been throttled for
this group

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner 
Signed-off-by: Nikhil Rao 
Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao 
Reviewed-by: Hidetoshi Seto 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110721184758.198901931@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Throttle entities exceeding their allowed bandwidth

2011-08-14T10:03:47+00:00

With the machinery in place to throttle and unthrottle entities, as well as
handle their participation (or lack there of) we can now enable throttling.

There are 2 points that we must check whether it's time to set throttled state:
 put_prev_entity() and enqueue_entity().

- put_prev_entity() is the typical throttle path, we reach it by exceeding our
  allocated run-time within update_curr()->account_cfs_rq_runtime() and going
  through a reschedule.

- enqueue_entity() covers the case of a wake-up into an already throttled
  group.  In this case we know the group cannot be on_rq and can throttle
  immediately.  Checks are added at time of put_prev_entity() and
  enqueue_entity()

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110721184758.091415417@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Prevent buddy interactions with throttled entities

2011-08-14T10:03:42+00:00

Buddies allow us to select "on-rq" entities without actually selecting them
from a cfs_rq's rb_tree.  As a result we must ensure that throttled entities
are not falsely nominated as buddies.  The fact that entities are dequeued
within throttle_entity is not sufficient for clearing buddy status as the
nomination may occur after throttling.

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110721184757.886850167@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Prevent interactions with throttled entities

2011-08-14T10:03:40+00:00

From the perspective of load-balance and shares distribution, throttled
entities should be invisible.

However, both of these operations work on 'active' lists and are not
inherently aware of what group hierarchies may be present.  In some cases this
may be side-stepped (e.g. we could sideload via tg_load_down in load balance)
while in others (e.g. update_shares()) it is more difficult to compute without
incurring some O(n^2) costs.

Instead, track hierarchicaal throttled state at time of transition.  This
allows us to easily identify whether an entity belongs to a throttled hierarchy
and avoid incorrect interactions with it.

Also, when an entity leaves a throttled hierarchy we need to advance its
time averaging for shares averaging so that the elapsed throttled time is not
considered as part of the cfs_rq's operation.

We also use this information to prevent buddy interactions in the wakeup and
yield_to() paths.

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner 
Reviewed-by: Hidetoshi Seto 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110721184757.777916795@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Add support for unthrottling group entities

2011-08-14T10:03:36+00:00

At the start of each period we refresh the global bandwidth pool.  At this time
we must also unthrottle any cfs_rq entities who are now within bandwidth once
more (as quota permits).

Unthrottled entities have their corresponding cfs_rq->throttled flag cleared
and their entities re-enqueued.

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner 
Reviewed-by: Hidetoshi Seto 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110721184757.574628950@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar