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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 08/12] sched/core: uclamp: extend cpu's cgroup controller
On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 7:37 PM, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 1:29 AM, Patrick Bellasi
> <patrick.bellasi@arm.com> wrote:
>> The cgroup's CPU controller allows to assign a specified (maximum)
>> bandwidth to the tasks of a group. However this bandwidth is defined and
>> enforced only on a temporal base, without considering the actual
>> frequency a CPU is running on. Thus, the amount of computation completed
>> by a task within an allocated bandwidth can be very different depending
>> on the actual frequency the CPU is running that task.
>> The amount of computation can be affected also by the specific CPU a
>> task is running on, especially when running on asymmetric capacity
>> systems like Arm's big.LITTLE.
>>
>> With the availability of schedutil, the scheduler is now able
>> to drive frequency selections based on actual task utilization.
>> Moreover, the utilization clamping support provides a mechanism to
>> bias the frequency selection operated by schedutil depending on
>> constraints assigned to the tasks currently RUNNABLE on a CPU.
>>
>> Give the above mechanisms, it is now possible to extend the cpu
>> controller to specify what is the minimum (or maximum) utilization which
>> a task is expected (or allowed) to generate.
>> Constraints on minimum and maximum utilization allowed for tasks in a
>> CPU cgroup can improve the control on the actual amount of CPU bandwidth
>> consumed by tasks.
>>
>> Utilization clamping constraints are useful not only to bias frequency
>> selection, when a task is running, but also to better support certain
>> scheduler decisions regarding task placement. For example, on
>> asymmetric capacity systems, a utilization clamp value can be
>> conveniently used to enforce important interactive tasks on more capable
>> CPUs or to run low priority and background tasks on more energy
>> efficient CPUs.
>>
>> The ultimate goal of utilization clamping is thus to enable:
>>
>> - boosting: by selecting an higher capacity CPU and/or higher execution
>> frequency for small tasks which are affecting the user
>> interactive experience.
>>
>> - capping: by selecting more energy efficiency CPUs or lower execution
>> frequency, for big tasks which are mainly related to
>> background activities, and thus without a direct impact on
>> the user experience.
>>
>> Thus, a proper extension of the cpu controller with utilization clamping
>> support will make this controller even more suitable for integration
>> with advanced system management software (e.g. Android).
>> Indeed, an informed user-space can provide rich information hints to the
>> scheduler regarding the tasks it's going to schedule.
>>
>> This patch extends the CPU controller by adding a couple of new
>> attributes, util_min and util_max, which can be used to enforce task's
>> utilization boosting and capping. Specifically:
>>
>> - util_min: defines the minimum utilization which should be considered,
>> e.g. when schedutil selects the frequency for a CPU while a
>> task in this group is RUNNABLE.
>> i.e. the task will run at least at a minimum frequency which
>> corresponds to the min_util utilization
>>
>> - util_max: defines the maximum utilization which should be considered,
>> e.g. when schedutil selects the frequency for a CPU while a
>> task in this group is RUNNABLE.
>> i.e. the task will run up to a maximum frequency which
>> corresponds to the max_util utilization
>>
>> These attributes:
>>
>> a) are available only for non-root nodes, both on default and legacy
>> hierarchies
>> b) do not enforce any constraints and/or dependency between the parent
>> and its child nodes, thus relying on the delegation model and
>> permission settings defined by the system management software
>> c) allow to (eventually) further restrict task-specific clamps defined
>> via sched_setattr(2)
>>
>> This patch provides the basic support to expose the two new attributes
>> and to validate their run-time updates.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@arm.com>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
>> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
>> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
>> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
>> ---
>> Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 25 ++++
>> init/Kconfig | 22 +++
>> kernel/sched/core.c | 186 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> kernel/sched/sched.h | 5 +
>> 4 files changed, 238 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>> index 8a2c52d5c53b..328c011cc105 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>> @@ -904,6 +904,12 @@ controller implements weight and absolute bandwidth limit models for
>> normal scheduling policy and absolute bandwidth allocation model for
>> realtime scheduling policy.
>>
>> +Cycles distribution is based, by default, on a temporal base and it
>> +does not account for the frequency at which tasks are executed.
>> +The (optional) utilization clamping support allows to enforce a minimum
>> +bandwidth, which should always be provided by a CPU, and a maximum bandwidth,
>> +which should never be exceeded by a CPU.
>> +
>> WARNING: cgroup2 doesn't yet support control of realtime processes and
>> the cpu controller can only be enabled when all RT processes are in
>> the root cgroup. Be aware that system management software may already
>> @@ -963,6 +969,25 @@ All time durations are in microseconds.
>> $PERIOD duration. "max" for $MAX indicates no limit. If only
>> one number is written, $MAX is updated.
>>
>> + cpu.util_min
>> + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups.
>> + The default is "0", i.e. no bandwidth boosting.
>> +
>> + The minimum utilization in the range [0, 1023].
>> +
>> + This interface allows reading and setting minimum utilization clamp
>> + values similar to the sched_setattr(2). This minimum utilization
>> + value is used to clamp the task specific minimum utilization clamp.
>> +
>> + cpu.util_max
>> + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups.
>> + The default is "1023". i.e. no bandwidth clamping
>> +
>> + The maximum utilization in the range [0, 1023].
>> +
>> + This interface allows reading and setting maximum utilization clamp
>> + values similar to the sched_setattr(2). This maximum utilization
>> + value is used to clamp the task specific maximum utilization clamp.
>>
>> Memory
>> ------
>> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
>> index 0a377ad7c166..d7e2b74637ff 100644
>> --- a/init/Kconfig
>> +++ b/init/Kconfig
>> @@ -792,6 +792,28 @@ config RT_GROUP_SCHED
>>
>> endif #CGROUP_SCHED
>>
>> +config UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP
>> + bool "Utilization clamping per group of tasks"
>> + depends on CGROUP_SCHED
>> + depends on UCLAMP_TASK
>> + default n
>> + help
>> + This feature enables the scheduler to track the clamped utilization
>> + of each CPU based on RUNNABLE tasks currently scheduled on that CPU.
>> +
>> + When this option is enabled, the user can specify a min and max
>> + CPU bandwidth which is allowed for each single task in a group.
>> + The max bandwidth allows to clamp the maximum frequency a task
>> + can use, while the min bandwidth allows to define a minimum
>> + frequency a task will always use.
>> +
>> + When task group based utilization clamping is enabled, an eventually
>> + specified task-specific clamp value is constrained by the cgroup
>> + specified clamp value. Both minimum and maximum task clamping cannot
>> + be bigger than the corresponding clamping defined at task group level.
>> +
>> + If in doubt, say N.
>> +
>> config CGROUP_PIDS
>> bool "PIDs controller"
>> help
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
>> index 0cb6e0aa4faa..30b1d894f978 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
>> @@ -1227,6 +1227,74 @@ static inline int uclamp_group_get(struct task_struct *p,
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP
>> +/**
>> + * init_uclamp_sched_group: initialize data structures required for TG's
>> + * utilization clamping
>> + */
>> +static inline void init_uclamp_sched_group(void)
>> +{
>> + struct uclamp_map *uc_map;
>> + struct uclamp_se *uc_se;
>> + int group_id;
>> + int clamp_id;
>> +
>> + /* Root TG's is statically assigned to the first clamp group */
>> + group_id = 0;
>> +
>> + /* Initialize root TG's to default (none) clamp values */
>> + for (clamp_id = 0; clamp_id < UCLAMP_CNT; ++clamp_id) {
>> + uc_map = &uclamp_maps[clamp_id][0];
>> +
>> + /* Map root TG's clamp value */
>> + uclamp_group_init(clamp_id, group_id, uclamp_none(clamp_id));
>> +
>> + /* Init root TG's clamp group */
>> + uc_se = &root_task_group.uclamp[clamp_id];
>> + uc_se->value = uclamp_none(clamp_id);
>> + uc_se->group_id = group_id;
>> +
>> + /* Attach root TG's clamp group */
>> + uc_map[group_id].se_count = 1;
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * alloc_uclamp_sched_group: initialize a new TG's for utilization clamping
>> + * @tg: the newly created task group
>> + * @parent: its parent task group
>> + *
>> + * A newly created task group inherits its utilization clamp values, for all
>> + * clamp indexes, from its parent task group.
>> + * This ensures that its values are properly initialized and that the task
>> + * group is accounted in the same parent's group index.
>> + *
>> + * Return: !0 on error
>> + */
>> +static inline int alloc_uclamp_sched_group(struct task_group *tg,
>> + struct task_group *parent)
>> +{
>> + struct uclamp_se *uc_se;
>> + int clamp_id;
>> +
>> + for (clamp_id = 0; clamp_id < UCLAMP_CNT; ++clamp_id) {
>> + uc_se = &tg->uclamp[clamp_id];
>> +
>> + uc_se->value = parent->uclamp[clamp_id].value;
>> + uc_se->group_id = UCLAMP_NONE;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return 1;
>> +}
>> +#else /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP */
>> +static inline void init_uclamp_sched_group(void) { }
>> +static inline int alloc_uclamp_sched_group(struct task_group *tg,
>> + struct task_group *parent)
>> +{
>> + return 1;
>> +}
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP */
>> +
>> static inline int __setscheduler_uclamp(struct task_struct *p,
>> const struct sched_attr *attr)
>> {
>> @@ -1289,11 +1357,18 @@ static void __init init_uclamp(void)
>> raw_spin_lock_init(&uc_map[group_id].se_lock);
>> }
>> }
>> +
>> + init_uclamp_sched_group();
>> }
>>
>> #else /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK */
>> static inline void uclamp_cpu_get(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) { }
>> static inline void uclamp_cpu_put(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) { }
>> +static inline int alloc_uclamp_sched_group(struct task_group *tg,
>> + struct task_group *parent)
>> +{
>> + return 1;
>> +}
>> static inline int __setscheduler_uclamp(struct task_struct *p,
>> const struct sched_attr *attr)
>> {
>> @@ -6890,6 +6965,9 @@ struct task_group *sched_create_group(struct task_group *parent)
>> if (!alloc_rt_sched_group(tg, parent))
>> goto err;
>>
>> + if (!alloc_uclamp_sched_group(tg, parent))
>> + goto err;
>> +
>> return tg;
>>
>> err:
>> @@ -7110,6 +7188,88 @@ static void cpu_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
>> sched_move_task(task);
>> }
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP
>> +static int cpu_util_min_write_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
>> + struct cftype *cftype, u64 min_value)
>> +{
>> + struct task_group *tg;
>> + int ret = -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + if (min_value > SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE)
>> + return -ERANGE;
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&uclamp_mutex);
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> +
>> + tg = css_tg(css);
>> + if (tg->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN].value == min_value) {
>> + ret = 0;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> + if (tg->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX].value < min_value)
>> + goto out;
>> +
>
> + tg->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN].value = min_value;
> + ret = 0;
>
> Are these assignments missing or am I missing something? Same for
> cpu_util_max_write_u64().
>

Ah, I see the assignments now in [9/12] patch...

>> +out:
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> + mutex_unlock(&uclamp_mutex);
>> +
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int cpu_util_max_write_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
>> + struct cftype *cftype, u64 max_value)
>> +{
>> + struct task_group *tg;
>> + int ret = -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + if (max_value > SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE)
>> + return -ERANGE;
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&uclamp_mutex);
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> +
>> + tg = css_tg(css);
>> + if (tg->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX].value == max_value) {
>> + ret = 0;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> + if (tg->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN].value > max_value)
>> + goto out;
>> +
>> +out:
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> + mutex_unlock(&uclamp_mutex);
>> +
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline u64 cpu_uclamp_read(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
>> + enum uclamp_id clamp_id)
>> +{
>> + struct task_group *tg;
>> + u64 util_clamp;
>> +
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> + tg = css_tg(css);
>> + util_clamp = tg->uclamp[clamp_id].value;
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> +
>> + return util_clamp;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static u64 cpu_util_min_read_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
>> + struct cftype *cft)
>> +{
>> + return cpu_uclamp_read(css, UCLAMP_MIN);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static u64 cpu_util_max_read_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
>> + struct cftype *cft)
>> +{
>> + return cpu_uclamp_read(css, UCLAMP_MAX);
>> +}
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP */
>> +
>> #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
>> static int cpu_shares_write_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
>> struct cftype *cftype, u64 shareval)
>> @@ -7437,6 +7597,18 @@ static struct cftype cpu_legacy_files[] = {
>> .read_u64 = cpu_rt_period_read_uint,
>> .write_u64 = cpu_rt_period_write_uint,
>> },
>> +#endif
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP
>> + {
>> + .name = "util_min",
>> + .read_u64 = cpu_util_min_read_u64,
>> + .write_u64 = cpu_util_min_write_u64,
>> + },
>> + {
>> + .name = "util_max",
>> + .read_u64 = cpu_util_max_read_u64,
>> + .write_u64 = cpu_util_max_write_u64,
>> + },
>> #endif
>> { } /* Terminate */
>> };
>> @@ -7604,6 +7776,20 @@ static struct cftype cpu_files[] = {
>> .seq_show = cpu_max_show,
>> .write = cpu_max_write,
>> },
>> +#endif
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP
>> + {
>> + .name = "util_min",
>> + .flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
>> + .read_u64 = cpu_util_min_read_u64,
>> + .write_u64 = cpu_util_min_write_u64,
>> + },
>> + {
>> + .name = "util_max",
>> + .flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
>> + .read_u64 = cpu_util_max_read_u64,
>> + .write_u64 = cpu_util_max_write_u64,
>> + },
>> #endif
>> { } /* terminate */
>> };
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
>> index 7e4f10c507b7..1471a23e8f57 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
>> @@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ struct task_group {
>> #endif
>>
>> struct cfs_bandwidth cfs_bandwidth;
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK_GROUP
>> + struct uclamp_se uclamp[UCLAMP_CNT];
>> +#endif
>> +
>> };
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>

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