Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753443Ab3EIJbZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 May 2013 05:31:25 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f42.google.com ([74.125.82.42]:65506 "EHLO mail-wg0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752956Ab3EIJbX (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 May 2013 05:31:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <518B5EC9.1030605@intel.com> References: <1367804711-30308-1-git-send-email-alex.shi@intel.com> <1367804711-30308-4-git-send-email-alex.shi@intel.com> <5187760D.8060900@intel.com> <51886460.3020009@intel.com> <51887404.4060102@intel.com> <51888B2D.30901@intel.com> <518B5EC9.1030605@intel.com> From: Paul Turner Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 02:30:52 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] sched: set initial value of runnable avg for new forked task To: Alex Shi Cc: Ingo Molnar , Peter Zijlstra , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , Borislav Petkov , Namhyung Kim , Mike Galbraith , Morten Rasmussen , Vincent Guittot , Preeti U Murthy , Viresh Kumar , LKML , Mel Gorman , Rik van Riel , Michael Wang Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4711 Lines: 131 On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Alex Shi wrote: > >> >> Here is the patch according to Paul's opinions. >> just refer the __update_task_entity_contrib in sched.h looks ugly. >> comments are appreciated! > > Paul, > > With sched_slice, we need to set the runnable avg sum/period after new > task assigned to a specific CPU. > So, set them __sched_fork is meaningless. and then This is still a reasonable choice. Assuming the system is well balanced, sched_slice() on the current CPU should be reasonably indicative of the slice wherever we end up. The alternative is still to pick a constant. We should do one of these. > __update_task_entity_contrib(&p->se) also no reason to use. Surely we'd still want it so that the right load is added by enqueue_entity_load_avg()? > I am going > to pick up the old patch and drop this one. that also avoid to declare > it in sched.h. > What's your comment of this? > > Regards! >> >> --- >> From 647404447c996507b6a94110ed13fd122e4ee154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Alex Shi >> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:30:39 +0800 >> Subject: [PATCH 3/7] sched: set initial value of runnable avg for new forked >> task >> >> We need initialize the se.avg.{decay_count, load_avg_contrib} for a >> new forked task. >> Otherwise random values of above variables cause mess when do new task >> enqueue: >> enqueue_task_fair >> enqueue_entity >> enqueue_entity_load_avg >> >> and make forking balancing imbalance since incorrect load_avg_contrib. >> >> set avg.decay_count = 0, and give initial value of runnable_avg_sum/period >> to resolve such issues. >> >> Thanks for Pual's suggestions >> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi >> --- >> kernel/sched/core.c | 8 +++++++- >> kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++++ >> kernel/sched/sched.h | 1 + >> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c >> index c8db984..4e78de1 100644 >> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c >> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c >> @@ -1566,6 +1566,11 @@ static void __sched_fork(struct task_struct *p) >> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP >> p->se.avg.runnable_avg_period = 0; >> p->se.avg.runnable_avg_sum = 0; >> + p->se.avg.decay_count = 0; >> + /* New forked task assumed with full utilization */ >> + p->se.avg.runnable_avg_period = 1024; >> + p->se.avg.runnable_avg_sum = 1024; >> + __update_task_entity_contrib(&p->se); >> #endif >> #ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS >> memset(&p->se.statistics, 0, sizeof(p->se.statistics)); >> @@ -1619,7 +1624,6 @@ void sched_fork(struct task_struct *p) >> unsigned long flags; >> int cpu = get_cpu(); >> >> - __sched_fork(p); >> /* >> * We mark the process as running here. This guarantees that >> * nobody will actually run it, and a signal or other external >> @@ -1653,6 +1657,8 @@ void sched_fork(struct task_struct *p) >> p->sched_reset_on_fork = 0; >> } >> >> + __sched_fork(p); >> + >> if (!rt_prio(p->prio)) >> p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class; >> >> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c >> index 9c2f726..2881d42 100644 >> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c >> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c >> @@ -1508,6 +1508,10 @@ static inline void enqueue_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, >> * We track migrations using entity decay_count <= 0, on a wake-up >> * migration we use a negative decay count to track the remote decays >> * accumulated while sleeping. >> + * >> + * When enqueue a new forked task, the se->avg.decay_count == 0, so >> + * we bypass update_entity_load_avg(), use avg.load_avg_contrib initial >> + * value: se->load.weight. >> */ >> if (unlikely(se->avg.decay_count <= 0)) { >> se->avg.last_runnable_update = rq_of(cfs_rq)->clock_task; >> diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h >> index c6634f1..ec4cb9b 100644 >> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h >> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h >> @@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ extern const struct sched_class idle_sched_class; >> extern void trigger_load_balance(struct rq *rq, int cpu); >> extern void idle_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq); >> >> +extern inline void __update_task_entity_contrib(struct sched_entity *se); >> #else /* CONFIG_SMP */ >> >> static inline void idle_balance(int cpu, struct rq *rq) >> > > > -- > Thanks > Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/