Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:43:57 +0200 | From | Daniel Lezcano <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCHC 0/3] sched/idle : find the idlest cpu with cpuidle info |
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On 04/01/2014 09:16 AM, Vincent Guittot wrote: > On 31 March 2014 17:55, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote: >> On 03/31/2014 03:52 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote: >>> >>> On 28 March 2014 13:29, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> The following patchset provides an interaction between cpuidle and the >>>> scheduler. >>>> >>>> The first patch encapsulate the needed information for the scheduler in a >>>> separate cpuidle structure. The second one stores the pointer to this >>>> structure >>>> when entering idle. The third one, use this information to take the >>>> decision to >>>> find the idlest cpu. >>>> >>>> After some basic testing with hackbench, it appears there is an >>>> improvement for >>>> the performances (small) and for the duration of the idle states (which >>>> provides >>>> a better power saving). >>>> >>>> The measurement has been done with the 'idlestat' tool previously posted >>>> in this >>>> mailing list. >>>> >>>> So the benefit is good for both sides performance and power saving. >>> >>> >>> Hi Daniel, >>> >>> I have looked at your results and i'm a bit surprised that you have so >>> much time in C-state with a test that involved 400 tasks on a dual >>> cores HT system. You shouldn't have any CPUs in idle state when >>> running hackbench; the total time of core0state in C7-IVB is >>> 87932131.00(us), which is quite huge for a bench that runs 44sec. Or >>> i'm doing something wrong in the interpretation of the results ? >> >> >> No, actually I mixed the output of hackbench without being run with idlestat >> or with idlestat. >> >> The hackbench's results below are without idlestat. >> >> The idlestat results are consistent and effectively it adds a non >> negligeable overhead as it impacts the hackbench results. >> >> So to summarize, hackbench has been run 4 times. >> >> 1, 2 : without idlestat, with and without the patchset - hackbench results >> ~42 secs >> >> 3, 4 : with idlestat, with and without the patchset - hackbench results ~87 >> secs >> >> At the first the glance, the results are consistent but I will double check >> them. >> >> Do you have a suggestion for a benchmarking program ? > > We are working on a bench which can generate middle load pattern with > idle CPUs but it's not available yet. In the mean time, one bench that > plays with idle time is cyclictest, it will not give you performance > results but only scheduling latency which might be what you are > looking for.
Yeah, thanks. I believe I know what is in the rt-tests package :)
What I meant is what kind of values would you like to see with this patchset ?
>>>> The select_idle_sibling could be also improved in the same way. >>>> >>>> ====================== test with hackbench 3.14-rc8 >>>> ========================= >>>> >>>> /usr/bin/hackbench -l 10000 -s 4096 >>>> >>>> Running in process mode with 10 groups using 40 file descriptors each (== >>>> 400 tasks) >>>> Each sender will pass 10000 messages of 4096 bytes >>>> >>>> Time: 44.433 >>>> >>>> Total trace buffer: 1846688 kB >>>> clusterA@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-VB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> core0@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 1396 87932131.00 62988.63 0.00 >>>> 320146.00 >>>> cpu0@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 1 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 >>>> C1E-VB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 1 262.00 262.00 262.00 262.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 1180 87938177.00 74523.88 1.00 >>>> 320147.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu0 wakeups name count >>>> irq009 acpi 1 >>>> cpu1@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-VB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 475 87941356.00 185139.70 322.00 >>>> 1500690.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu1 wakeups name count >>>> irq009 acpi 3 >>>> core1@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu2@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 11 288157.00 26196.09 16.00 >>>> 200060.00 >>>> C1E-VB 6 221601.00 36933.50 79.00 >>>> 200066.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 950 87417466.00 92018.39 19.00 >>>> 200074.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 2 34.00 17.00 11.00 23.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 745 18800.00 25.23 2.00 156.00 >>>> cpu2 wakeups name count >>>> irq019 ahci 50 >>>> irq009 acpi 17 >>>> cpu3@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-VB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu3 wakeups name count >>>> >>>> ================ test with hackbench 3.14-rc8 + patchset >>>> ==================== >>>> >>>> /usr/bin/hackbench -l 10000 -s 4096 >>>> >>>> Running in process mode with 10 groups using 40 file descriptors each (== >>>> 400 tasks) >>>> Each sender will pass 10000 messages of 4096 bytes >>>> >>>> Time: 42.179 >>>> >>>> Total trace buffer: 1846688 kB >>>> clusterA@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-VB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> core0@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 880 89157590.00 101315.44 0.00 >>>> 400184.00 >>>> cpu0@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-VB 1 233.00 233.00 233.00 233.00 >>>> C3-IVB 1 260.00 260.00 260.00 260.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 700 89162006.00 127374.29 182.00 >>>> 400187.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu0 wakeups name count >>>> irq009 acpi 2 >>>> cpu1@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-VB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 334 89164805.00 266960.49 1.00 >>>> 1500677.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu1 wakeups name count >>>> irq009 acpi 6 >>>> core1@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu2@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 19 2169047.00 114160.37 18.00 >>>> 999129.00 >>>> C1E-IB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 376 86993307.00 231365.18 20.00 >>>> 1500682.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu2 wakeups name count >>>> irq009 acpi 32 >>>> irq019 ahci 45 >>>> cpu3@state hits total(us) avg(us) min(us) max(us) >>>> POLL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C1E-VB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C3-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C6-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> C7-IVB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1701 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1700 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1600 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1500 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1400 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1300 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1200 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1100 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 1000 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 900 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 800 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> 782 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 >>>> cpu3 wakeups name count >>>> >>>> >>>> Daniel Lezcano (3): >>>> cpuidle: encapsulate power info in a separate structure >>>> idle: store the idle state the cpu is >>>> sched/fair: use the idle state info to choose the idlest cpu >>>> >>>> arch/arm/include/asm/cpuidle.h | 6 +- >>>> arch/arm/mach-exynos/cpuidle.c | 4 +- >>>> drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 4 +- >>>> drivers/base/power/domain.c | 6 +- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-at91.c | 4 +- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c | 9 +-- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-calxeda.c | 6 +- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-kirkwood.c | 4 +- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c | 8 +-- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c | 12 ++-- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-ux500.c | 14 ++--- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-zynq.c | 4 +- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/driver.c | 6 +- >>>> drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c | 14 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