linux.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c, branch v4.11 Linux kernel source tree Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-07T22:42:34+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2017-03-07T22:42:34+00:00 609b07b72d3caaa8eed3a238886467946b78fa5e Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar: "A fix for KVM's scheduler clock which (erroneously) was always marked unstable, a fix for RT/DL load balancing, plus latency fixes" * 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched/clock, x86/tsc: Rework the x86 'unstable' sched_clock() interface sched/core: Fix pick_next_task() for RT,DL sched/fair: Make select_idle_cpu() more aggressive 
Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "A fix for KVM's scheduler clock which (erroneously) was always marked
  unstable, a fix for RT/DL load balancing, plus latency fixes"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/clock, x86/tsc: Rework the x86 'unstable' sched_clock() interface
  sched/core: Fix pick_next_task() for RT,DL
  sched/fair: Make select_idle_cpu() more aggressive
sched/headers: Move task->mm handling methods to <linux/sched/mm.h> 2017-03-03T00:43:28+00:00 Ingo Molnar mingo@kernel.org 2017-02-01T18:08:20+00:00 68e21be2916b359fd8afb536c1911dc014cfd03e Move the following task->mm helper APIs into a new header file, <linux/sched/mm.h>, to further reduce the size and complexity of <linux/sched.h>. Here are how the APIs are used in various kernel files: # mm_alloc(): arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c fs/exec.c include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/fork.c # __mmdrop(): arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/fork.c # mmdrop(): arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c arch/m68k/sun3/mmu_emu.c arch/x86/mm/tlb.c drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_spapr_tce.c fs/exec.c fs/proc/base.c fs/proc/task_mmu.c fs/proc/task_nommu.c fs/userfaultfd.c include/linux/mmu_notifier.h include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/fork.c kernel/futex.c kernel/sched/core.c mm/khugepaged.c mm/ksm.c mm/mmu_context.c mm/mmu_notifier.c mm/oom_kill.c virt/kvm/kvm_main.c # mmdrop_async_fn(): include/linux/sched/mm.h # mmdrop_async(): include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/fork.c # mmget_not_zero(): fs/userfaultfd.c include/linux/sched/mm.h mm/oom_kill.c # mmput(): arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c arch/frv/mm/mmu-context.c arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/context.c arch/sparc/include/asm/mmu_context_32.h drivers/android/binder.c drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c drivers/infiniband/core/umem_odp.c drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c drivers/misc/cxl/fault.c drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_rma.c drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c drivers/vhost/vhost.c drivers/xen/gntdev.c fs/exec.c fs/proc/array.c fs/proc/base.c fs/proc/task_mmu.c fs/proc/task_nommu.c fs/userfaultfd.c include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/cpuset.c kernel/events/core.c kernel/events/uprobes.c kernel/exit.c kernel/fork.c kernel/ptrace.c kernel/sys.c kernel/trace/trace_output.c kernel/tsacct.c mm/memcontrol.c mm/memory.c mm/mempolicy.c mm/migrate.c mm/mmu_notifier.c mm/nommu.c mm/oom_kill.c mm/process_vm_access.c mm/rmap.c mm/swapfile.c mm/util.c virt/kvm/async_pf.c # mmput_async(): include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/fork.c mm/oom_kill.c # get_task_mm(): arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/context.c drivers/android/binder.c drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c drivers/infiniband/core/umem_odp.c drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c drivers/misc/cxl/fault.c drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_rma.c drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c drivers/vhost/vhost.c drivers/xen/gntdev.c fs/proc/array.c fs/proc/base.c fs/proc/task_mmu.c include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/cpuset.c kernel/events/core.c kernel/exit.c kernel/fork.c kernel/ptrace.c kernel/sys.c kernel/trace/trace_output.c kernel/tsacct.c mm/memcontrol.c mm/memory.c mm/mempolicy.c mm/migrate.c mm/mmu_notifier.c mm/nommu.c mm/util.c # mm_access(): fs/proc/base.c include/linux/sched/mm.h kernel/fork.c mm/process_vm_access.c # mm_release(): arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h fs/exec.c include/linux/sched/mm.h include/uapi/linux/sched.h kernel/exit.c kernel/fork.c Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 
Move the following task->mm helper APIs into a new header file,
<linux/sched/mm.h>, to further reduce the size and complexity
of <linux/sched.h>.

Here are how the APIs are used in various kernel files:

  # mm_alloc():
  arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c
  fs/exec.c
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/fork.c

  # __mmdrop():
  arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/fork.c

  # mmdrop():
  arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c
  arch/m68k/sun3/mmu_emu.c
  arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
  drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
  drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_spapr_tce.c
  fs/exec.c
  fs/proc/base.c
  fs/proc/task_mmu.c
  fs/proc/task_nommu.c
  fs/userfaultfd.c
  include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/fork.c
  kernel/futex.c
  kernel/sched/core.c
  mm/khugepaged.c
  mm/ksm.c
  mm/mmu_context.c
  mm/mmu_notifier.c
  mm/oom_kill.c
  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c

  # mmdrop_async_fn():
  include/linux/sched/mm.h

  # mmdrop_async():
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/fork.c

  # mmget_not_zero():
  fs/userfaultfd.c
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  mm/oom_kill.c

  # mmput():
  arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
  arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
  arch/frv/mm/mmu-context.c
  arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/context.c
  arch/sparc/include/asm/mmu_context_32.h
  drivers/android/binder.c
  drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
  drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
  drivers/infiniband/core/umem_odp.c
  drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
  drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c
  drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c
  drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c
  drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
  drivers/misc/cxl/fault.c
  drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_rma.c
  drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
  drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
  drivers/vhost/vhost.c
  drivers/xen/gntdev.c
  fs/exec.c
  fs/proc/array.c
  fs/proc/base.c
  fs/proc/task_mmu.c
  fs/proc/task_nommu.c
  fs/userfaultfd.c
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/cpuset.c
  kernel/events/core.c
  kernel/events/uprobes.c
  kernel/exit.c
  kernel/fork.c
  kernel/ptrace.c
  kernel/sys.c
  kernel/trace/trace_output.c
  kernel/tsacct.c
  mm/memcontrol.c
  mm/memory.c
  mm/mempolicy.c
  mm/migrate.c
  mm/mmu_notifier.c
  mm/nommu.c
  mm/oom_kill.c
  mm/process_vm_access.c
  mm/rmap.c
  mm/swapfile.c
  mm/util.c
  virt/kvm/async_pf.c

  # mmput_async():
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/fork.c
  mm/oom_kill.c

  # get_task_mm():
  arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
  arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/context.c
  drivers/android/binder.c
  drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
  drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
  drivers/infiniband/core/umem_odp.c
  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
  drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c
  drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c
  drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c
  drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
  drivers/misc/cxl/fault.c
  drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_rma.c
  drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
  drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
  drivers/vhost/vhost.c
  drivers/xen/gntdev.c
  fs/proc/array.c
  fs/proc/base.c
  fs/proc/task_mmu.c
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/cpuset.c
  kernel/events/core.c
  kernel/exit.c
  kernel/fork.c
  kernel/ptrace.c
  kernel/sys.c
  kernel/trace/trace_output.c
  kernel/tsacct.c
  mm/memcontrol.c
  mm/memory.c
  mm/mempolicy.c
  mm/migrate.c
  mm/mmu_notifier.c
  mm/nommu.c
  mm/util.c

  # mm_access():
  fs/proc/base.c
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  kernel/fork.c
  mm/process_vm_access.c

  # mm_release():
  arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
  fs/exec.c
  include/linux/sched/mm.h
  include/uapi/linux/sched.h
  kernel/exit.c
  kernel/fork.c

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
sched/clock, x86/tsc: Rework the x86 'unstable' sched_clock() interface 2017-03-02T07:50:49+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2017-03-01T14:53:38+00:00 f94c8d116997597fc00f0812b0ab9256e7b0c58f Wanpeng Li reported that since the following commit: acb04058de49 ("sched/clock: Fix hotplug crash") ... KVM always runs with unstable sched-clock even though KVM's kvm_clock _is_ stable. The problem is that we've tied clear_sched_clock_stable() to the TSC state, and overlooked that sched_clock() is a paravirt function. Solve this by doing two things: - tie the sched_clock() stable state more clearly to the TSC stable state for the normal (!paravirt) case. - only call clear_sched_clock_stable() when we mark TSC unstable when we use native_sched_clock(). The first means we can actually run with stable sched_clock in more situations then before, which is good. And since commit: 12907fbb1a69 ("sched/clock, clocksource: Add optional cs::mark_unstable() method") ... this should be reliable. Since any detection of TSC fail now results in marking the TSC unstable. Reported-by: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Fixes: acb04058de49 ("sched/clock: Fix hotplug crash") Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 
Wanpeng Li reported that since the following commit:

  acb04058de49 ("sched/clock: Fix hotplug crash")

... KVM always runs with unstable sched-clock even though KVM's
kvm_clock _is_ stable.

The problem is that we've tied clear_sched_clock_stable() to the TSC
state, and overlooked that sched_clock() is a paravirt function.

Solve this by doing two things:

 - tie the sched_clock() stable state more clearly to the TSC stable
   state for the normal (!paravirt) case.

 - only call clear_sched_clock_stable() when we mark TSC unstable
   when we use native_sched_clock().

The first means we can actually run with stable sched_clock in more
situations then before, which is good. And since commit:

  12907fbb1a69 ("sched/clock, clocksource: Add optional cs::mark_unstable() method")

... this should be reliable. Since any detection of TSC fail now results
in marking the TSC unstable.

Reported-by: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: acb04058de49 ("sched/clock: Fix hotplug crash")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
sched/headers: Prepare to move 'init_task' and 'init_thread_union' from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02T07:42:38+00:00 Ingo Molnar mingo@kernel.org 2017-02-04T00:20:53+00:00 9164bb4a18dfa592cd0aca455ea57abf89ca4526 Update all usage sites first. Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 
Update all usage sites first.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/clock.h> 2017-03-02T07:42:27+00:00 Ingo Molnar mingo@kernel.org 2017-02-01T15:36:40+00:00 e601757102cfd3eeae068f53b3bc1234f3a2b2e9 We are going to split <linux/sched/clock.h> out of <linux/sched.h>, which will have to be picked up from other headers and .c files. Create a trivial placeholder <linux/sched/clock.h> file that just maps to <linux/sched.h> to make this patch obviously correct and bisectable. Include the new header in the files that are going to need it. Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 
We are going to split <linux/sched/clock.h> out of <linux/sched.h>, which
will have to be picked up from other headers and .c files.

Create a trivial placeholder <linux/sched/clock.h> file that just
maps to <linux/sched.h> to make this patch obviously correct and
bisectable.

Include the new header in the files that are going to need it.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
mm: add new mmgrab() helper 2017-02-28T02:43:48+00:00 Vegard Nossum vegard.nossum@oracle.com 2017-02-27T22:30:07+00:00 f1f1007644ffc8051a4c11427d58b1967ae7b75a Apart from adding the helper function itself, the rest of the kernel is converted mechanically using: git grep -l 'atomic_inc.*mm_count' | xargs sed -i 's/atomic_inc(&\(.*\)->mm_count);/mmgrab\(\1\);/' git grep -l 'atomic_inc.*mm_count' | xargs sed -i 's/atomic_inc(&\(.*\)\.mm_count);/mmgrab\(\&\1\);/' This is needed for a later patch that hooks into the helper, but might be a worthwhile cleanup on its own. (Michal Hocko provided most of the kerneldoc comment.) Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161218123229.22952-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
Apart from adding the helper function itself, the rest of the kernel is
converted mechanically using:

  git grep -l 'atomic_inc.*mm_count' | xargs sed -i 's/atomic_inc(&\(.*\)->mm_count);/mmgrab\(\1\);/'
  git grep -l 'atomic_inc.*mm_count' | xargs sed -i 's/atomic_inc(&\(.*\)\.mm_count);/mmgrab\(\&\1\);/'

This is needed for a later patch that hooks into the helper, but might
be a worthwhile cleanup on its own.

(Michal Hocko provided most of the kerneldoc comment.)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161218123229.22952-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Merge branch 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-20T23:03:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2017-02-20T23:03:51+00:00 280d7a1edef214eefb1cb34915c73767355dd1b3 Pull x86 fpu updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes relate to fixes between (lack of) CPUID and FPU detection that should only affect old or weird CPUs, by Andy Lutomirski" * 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/fpu: Fix the "Giving up, no FPU found" test x86/fpu: Fix CPUID-less FPU detection x86/fpu: Fix "x86/fpu: Legacy x87 FPU detected" message x86/cpu: Re-apply forced caps every time CPU caps are re-read x86/cpu: Factor out application of forced CPU caps x86/cpu: Add X86_FEATURE_CPUID x86/fpu/xstate: Move XSAVES state init to a function 
Pull x86 fpu updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes relate to fixes between (lack of) CPUID and FPU
  detection that should only affect old or weird CPUs, by Andy
  Lutomirski"

* 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/fpu: Fix the "Giving up, no FPU found" test
  x86/fpu: Fix CPUID-less FPU detection
  x86/fpu: Fix "x86/fpu: Legacy x87 FPU detected" message
  x86/cpu: Re-apply forced caps every time CPU caps are re-read
  x86/cpu: Factor out application of forced CPU caps
  x86/cpu: Add X86_FEATURE_CPUID
  x86/fpu/xstate: Move XSAVES state init to a function
Merge branch 'x86-cpufeature-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-20T22:37:08+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2017-02-20T22:37:08+00:00 8a9365a4725a4d6265a416dd63bff937e300308e Pull x86 cpufeature updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes in this cycle were related to enable ring-3 MONITOR/MWAIT instructions support on supported CPUs, by Grzegorz Andrejczuk and Piotr Luc" * 'x86-cpufeature-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/cpufeature: Move RING3MWAIT feature to avoid conflicts x86/cpufeature: Enable RING3MWAIT for Knights Mill x86/cpufeature: Enable RING3MWAIT for Knights Landing x86/cpufeature: Add RING3MWAIT to CPU features x86/elf: Add HWCAP2 to expose ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT x86/msr: Add MSR_MISC_FEATURE_ENABLES and RING3MWAIT bit x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ feature 
Pull x86 cpufeature updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were related to enable ring-3
  MONITOR/MWAIT instructions support on supported CPUs, by Grzegorz
  Andrejczuk and Piotr Luc"

* 'x86-cpufeature-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/cpufeature: Move RING3MWAIT feature to avoid conflicts
  x86/cpufeature: Enable RING3MWAIT for Knights Mill
  x86/cpufeature: Enable RING3MWAIT for Knights Landing
  x86/cpufeature: Add RING3MWAIT to CPU features
  x86/elf: Add HWCAP2 to expose ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT
  x86/msr: Add MSR_MISC_FEATURE_ENABLES and RING3MWAIT bit
  x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ feature
Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-20T20:52:55+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2017-02-20T20:52:55+00:00 828cad8ea05d194d8a9452e0793261c2024c23a2 Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes in this (fairly busy) cycle were: - There was a class of scheduler bugs related to forgetting to update the rq-clock timestamp which can cause weird and hard to debug problems, so there's a new debug facility for this: which uncovered a whole lot of bugs which convinced us that we want to keep the debug facility. (Peter Zijlstra, Matt Fleming) - Various cputime related updates: eliminate cputime and use u64 nanoseconds directly, simplify and improve the arch interfaces, implement delayed accounting more widely, etc. - (Frederic Weisbecker) - Move code around for better structure plus cleanups (Ingo Molnar) - Move IO schedule accounting deeper into the scheduler plus related changes to improve the situation (Tejun Heo) - ... plus a round of sched/rt and sched/deadline fixes, plus other fixes, updats and cleanups" * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (85 commits) sched/core: Remove unlikely() annotation from sched_move_task() sched/autogroup: Rename auto_group.[ch] to autogroup.[ch] sched/topology: Split out scheduler topology code from core.c into topology.c sched/core: Remove unnecessary #include headers sched/rq_clock: Consolidate the ordering of the rq_clock methods delayacct: Include <uapi/linux/taskstats.h> sched/core: Clean up comments sched/rt: Show the 'sched_rr_timeslice' SCHED_RR timeslice tuning knob in milliseconds sched/clock: Add dummy clear_sched_clock_stable() stub function sched/cputime: Remove generic asm headers sched/cputime: Remove unused nsec_to_cputime() s390, sched/cputime: Remove unused cputime definitions powerpc, sched/cputime: Remove unused cputime definitions s390, sched/cputime: Make arch_cpu_idle_time() to return nsecs ia64, sched/cputime: Remove unused cputime definitions ia64: Convert vtime to use nsec units directly ia64, sched/cputime: Move the nsecs based cputime headers to the last arch using it sched/cputime: Remove jiffies based cputime sched/cputime, vtime: Return nsecs instead of cputime_t to account sched/cputime: Complete nsec conversion of tick based accounting ... 
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this (fairly busy) cycle were:

   - There was a class of scheduler bugs related to forgetting to update
     the rq-clock timestamp which can cause weird and hard to debug
     problems, so there's a new debug facility for this: which uncovered
     a whole lot of bugs which convinced us that we want to keep the
     debug facility.

     (Peter Zijlstra, Matt Fleming)

   - Various cputime related updates: eliminate cputime and use u64
     nanoseconds directly, simplify and improve the arch interfaces,
     implement delayed accounting more widely, etc. - (Frederic
     Weisbecker)

   - Move code around for better structure plus cleanups (Ingo Molnar)

   - Move IO schedule accounting deeper into the scheduler plus related
     changes to improve the situation (Tejun Heo)

   - ... plus a round of sched/rt and sched/deadline fixes, plus other
     fixes, updats and cleanups"

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (85 commits)
  sched/core: Remove unlikely() annotation from sched_move_task()
  sched/autogroup: Rename auto_group.[ch] to autogroup.[ch]
  sched/topology: Split out scheduler topology code from core.c into topology.c
  sched/core: Remove unnecessary #include headers
  sched/rq_clock: Consolidate the ordering of the rq_clock methods
  delayacct: Include <uapi/linux/taskstats.h>
  sched/core: Clean up comments
  sched/rt: Show the 'sched_rr_timeslice' SCHED_RR timeslice tuning knob in milliseconds
  sched/clock: Add dummy clear_sched_clock_stable() stub function
  sched/cputime: Remove generic asm headers
  sched/cputime: Remove unused nsec_to_cputime()
  s390, sched/cputime: Remove unused cputime definitions
  powerpc, sched/cputime: Remove unused cputime definitions
  s390, sched/cputime: Make arch_cpu_idle_time() to return nsecs
  ia64, sched/cputime: Remove unused cputime definitions
  ia64: Convert vtime to use nsec units directly
  ia64, sched/cputime: Move the nsecs based cputime headers to the last arch using it
  sched/cputime: Remove jiffies based cputime
  sched/cputime, vtime: Return nsecs instead of cputime_t to account
  sched/cputime: Complete nsec conversion of tick based accounting
  ...
x86/CPU/AMD: Bring back Compute Unit ID 2017-02-05T11:18:45+00:00 Borislav Petkov bp@suse.de 2017-02-05T10:50:21+00:00 79a8b9aa388b0620cc1d525d7c0f0d9a8a85e08e Commit: a33d331761bc ("x86/CPU/AMD: Fix Bulldozer topology") restored the initial approach we had with the Fam15h topology of enumerating CU (Compute Unit) threads as cores. And this is still correct - they're beefier than HT threads but still have some shared functionality. Our current approach has a problem with the Mad Max Steam game, for example. Yves Dionne reported a certain "choppiness" while playing on v4.9.5. That problem stems most likely from the fact that the CU threads share resources within one CU and when we schedule to a thread of a different compute unit, this incurs latency due to migrating the working set to a different CU through the caches. When the thread siblings mask mirrors that aspect of the CUs and threads, the scheduler pays attention to it and tries to schedule within one CU first. Which takes care of the latency, of course. Reported-by: Yves Dionne <yves.dionne@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9 Cc: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@inria.fr> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170205105022.8705-1-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 
Commit:

  a33d331761bc ("x86/CPU/AMD: Fix Bulldozer topology")

restored the initial approach we had with the Fam15h topology of
enumerating CU (Compute Unit) threads as cores. And this is still
correct - they're beefier than HT threads but still have some
shared functionality.

Our current approach has a problem with the Mad Max Steam game, for
example. Yves Dionne reported a certain "choppiness" while playing on
v4.9.5.

That problem stems most likely from the fact that the CU threads share
resources within one CU and when we schedule to a thread of a different
compute unit, this incurs latency due to migrating the working set to a
different CU through the caches.

When the thread siblings mask mirrors that aspect of the CUs and
threads, the scheduler pays attention to it and tries to schedule within
one CU first. Which takes care of the latency, of course.

Reported-by: Yves Dionne <yves.dionne@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9
Cc: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@inria.fr>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170205105022.8705-1-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>