Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:30:07 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] sched/uclamp: Set max_spare_cap_cpu even if max_spare_cap is 0 | From | Dietmar Eggemann <> |
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On 22/08/2023 00:45, Qais Yousef wrote: > When uclamp_max is being used, the util of the task could be higher than > the spare capacity of the CPU, but due to uclamp_max value we force fit > it there. > > The way the condition for checking for max_spare_cap in > find_energy_efficient_cpu() was constructed; it ignored any CPU that has > its spare_cap less than or _equal_ to max_spare_cap. Since we initialize > max_spare_cap to 0; this lead to never setting max_spare_cap_cpu and > hence ending up never performing compute_energy() for this cluster and > missing an opportunity for a better energy efficient placement to honour > uclamp_max setting. > > max_spare_cap = 0; > cpu_cap = capacity_of(cpu) - task_util(p); // 0 if task_util(p) is high
Nitpick:
s/task_util(p)/cpu_util(cpu, p, cpu, ...) which is
max(cpu_util + task_util, cpu_util_est + task_util_est)
> > ... > > util_fits_cpu(...); // will return true if uclamp_max forces it to fit > > ... > > // this logic will fail to update max_spare_cap_cpu if cpu_cap is 0 > if (cpu_cap > max_spare_cap) { > max_spare_cap = cpu_cap; > max_spare_cap_cpu = cpu; > } > > prev_spare_cap suffers from a similar problem. > > Fix the logic by converting the variables into long and treating -1 > value as 'not populated' instead of 0 which is a viable and correct > spare capacity value. We need to be careful signed comparison is used > when comparing with cpu_cap in one of the conditions. > > Fixes: 1d42509e475c ("sched/fair: Make EAS wakeup placement consider uclamp restrictions") > Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> > Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef (Google) <qyousef@layalina.io> > --- > kernel/sched/fair.c | 11 +++++------ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c > index 0b7445cd5af9..5da6538ed220 100644 > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c > @@ -7707,11 +7707,10 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu) > for (; pd; pd = pd->next) { > unsigned long util_min = p_util_min, util_max = p_util_max; > unsigned long cpu_cap, cpu_thermal_cap, util; > - unsigned long cur_delta, max_spare_cap = 0; > + long prev_spare_cap = -1, max_spare_cap = -1; > unsigned long rq_util_min, rq_util_max; > - unsigned long prev_spare_cap = 0; > + unsigned long cur_delta, base_energy; > int max_spare_cap_cpu = -1; > - unsigned long base_energy; > int fits, max_fits = -1; > > cpumask_and(cpus, perf_domain_span(pd), cpu_online_mask); > @@ -7774,7 +7773,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu) > prev_spare_cap = cpu_cap; > prev_fits = fits; > } else if ((fits > max_fits) || > - ((fits == max_fits) && (cpu_cap > max_spare_cap))) { > + ((fits == max_fits) && ((long)cpu_cap > max_spare_cap))) { > /* > * Find the CPU with the maximum spare capacity > * among the remaining CPUs in the performance > @@ -7786,7 +7785,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu) > } > } > > - if (max_spare_cap_cpu < 0 && prev_spare_cap == 0) > + if (max_spare_cap_cpu < 0 && prev_spare_cap < 0) > continue; > > eenv_pd_busy_time(&eenv, cpus, p); > @@ -7794,7 +7793,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu) > base_energy = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p, -1); > > /* Evaluate the energy impact of using prev_cpu. */ > - if (prev_spare_cap > 0) { > + if (prev_spare_cap > -1) { > prev_delta = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p, > prev_cpu); > /* CPU utilization has changed */
We still need a solution to deal with situations in which `pd + task contribution` > `pd_capacity`:
compute_energy()
if (dst_cpu >= 0) busy_time = min(pd_capacity, pd_busy_time + task_busy_time); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pd + task contribution
busy_time is based on util (ENERGY_UTIL), not on the uclamp values (FREQUENCY_UTIL) we try to fit into a PD (and finally onto a CPU).
With that as a reminder for us and the change in the cover letter:
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
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