From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,T_DKIM_INVALID, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6522C4321D for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 980A52150C for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="BBBLrIeN" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 980A52150C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728424AbeHVMkv (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:40:51 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:57732 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727396AbeHVMkv (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:40:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=LuOvCEgwGsH/kKcIW3uG3WLfnGS0BKIJoNEFGYBxAkM=; b=BBBLrIeNjL/Amptv3C8Ba5ejf DkRnXMvX2eB8hXqJbRmMyXfyfp/ScG+mBVmW2GWsyAo5ErX+yI74gNtk46+DHabAEtEhetYt2ygH9 DtZOuQZft2gQ35kw1wRZqkRZ1u+mCJhTUcn4qEucHgy4KdV+5gxGEbuL0LAcxixY2n6X6Tmm5FfYV WhRQ/aRbxiMxeSDb/Br65EgSCoT91HW0YLMiJqaehk2/anwJDxLBmMXoM60MFkd2esPuUUDq1GFBM iOYxF9vWoivleKz5jv0HjDBwm4pgafWlXTCsnj2cwQ9l33F/9TCiHbo016mrrhbI3mtm1+4JEM/nw t2f8xzXLw==; Received: from j217100.upc-j.chello.nl ([24.132.217.100] helo=hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1fsPFq-0005Td-FF; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:16:42 +0000 Received: by hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F262C2025D75D; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:16:40 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:16:40 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Johannes Weiner Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Tejun Heo , Suren Baghdasaryan , Daniel Drake , Vinayak Menon , Christopher Lameter , Mike Galbraith , Shakeel Butt , Peter Enderborg , linux-mm@kvack.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] psi: pressure stall information for CPU, memory, and IO Message-ID: <20180822091640.GV24124@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <20180801151958.32590-1-hannes@cmpxchg.org> <20180801151958.32590-9-hannes@cmpxchg.org> <20180803165641.GA2476@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20180821194413.GA24538@cmpxchg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180821194413.GA24538@cmpxchg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.0 (2018-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 03:44:13PM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > > + for (s = PSI_NONIDLE; s >= 0; s--) { > > > + u32 time, delta; > > > + > > > + time = READ_ONCE(groupc->times[s]); > > > + /* > > > + * In addition to already concluded states, we > > > + * also incorporate currently active states on > > > + * the CPU, since states may last for many > > > + * sampling periods. > > > + * > > > + * This way we keep our delta sampling buckets > > > + * small (u32) and our reported pressure close > > > + * to what's actually happening. > > > + */ > > > + if (test_state(groupc->tasks, cpu, s)) { > > > + /* > > > + * We can race with a state change and > > > + * need to make sure the state_start > > > + * update is ordered against the > > > + * updates to the live state and the > > > + * time buckets (groupc->times). > > > + * > > > + * 1. If we observe task state that > > > + * needs to be recorded, make sure we > > > + * see state_start from when that > > > + * state went into effect or we'll > > > + * count time from the previous state. > > > + * > > > + * 2. If the time delta has already > > > + * been added to the bucket, make sure > > > + * we don't see it in state_start or > > > + * we'll count it twice. > > > + * > > > + * If the time delta is out of > > > + * state_start but not in the time > > > + * bucket yet, we'll miss it entirely > > > + * and handle it in the next period. > > > + */ > > > + smp_rmb(); > > > + time += cpu_clock(cpu) - groupc->state_start; > > > + } > > > > The alternative is adding an update to scheduler_tick(), that would > > ensure you're never more than nr_cpu_ids * TICK_NSEC behind. > > I wasn't able to convert *all* states to tick updates like this. > > The reason is that, while testing rq->curr for PF_MEMSTALL is cheap, > other tasks associated with the rq could be from any cgroup in the > system. That means we'd have to do for_each_cgroup() on every tick to > keep the groupc->times that closely uptodate, and that wouldn't scale. > We tend to have hundreds of them, some setups have thousands. > > Since we don't need to be *that* current, I left the on-demand update > inside the aggregator for now. It's a bit trickier, but much cheaper. ARGH indeed; I was thinking we only need to update current. But because we're tracking blocked state that doesn't work. Sorry for that :/