From: Huang Shijie <shijie@os.amperecomputing.com>
To: mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
vincent.guittot@linaro.org, vschneid@redhat.com
Cc: patches@amperecomputing.com, cl@linux.com,
Shubhang@os.amperecomputing.com, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com,
rostedt@goodmis.org, bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Huang Shijie <shijie@os.amperecomputing.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5] sched/fair: do not scan twice in detach_tasks()
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:26:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250722102600.25976-1-shijie@os.amperecomputing.com> (raw)
detach_tasks() uses struct lb_env.loop_max as an env.src_rq->cfs_tasks
iteration count limit. It is however set without the source RQ lock held.
This means that env.loop_max and the actual length of env.src_rq->cfs_tasks
as observed within detach_tasks() can differ. This can cause some tasks to
be unnecessarily iterated over more than once, for instance:
env.loop_max := 4
detach_tasks()
// Here env.src->cfs_tasks only contains two tasks which can't be
// migrated anywhere, so they're put back in the list each time.
env.src->cfs_tasks := [p1, p0]
// The iteration goes:
p0; cfs_tasks := [p0, p1]
p1; cfs_tasks := [p1, p0]
p0; cfs_tasks := [p0, p1]
p1; cfs_tasks := [p1, p0]
// IOW we iterate over each task twice
In the Specjbb test, the similar issues can be caught many times.
(Over 330,000 times in a 30-minites Specjbb test)
This patch sets env.loop_max only once RQ lock is taken,
and uses busiest->cfs.h_nr_queued for setting the env.loop_max.
After this patch, I cannot catch any above issue in the Specjbb test.
Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie@os.amperecomputing.com>
---
v4 --> v5:
Set the env.loop_max once the rq lock is taken.
v4:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250721023939.19703-1-shijie@os.amperecomputing.com/
v3 --> v4:
Changed the commit message suggested by Valentin Schneider.
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250718063523.9232-1-shijie@os.amperecomputing.com/
v2 --> v3:
Fix a typo in the commit message.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250718054709.8781-1-shijie@os.amperecomputing.com/
v1 --> v2:
Add more comment from Valentin Schneider
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250707083636.38380-1-shijie@os.amperecomputing.com/
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 7cc9d50e3e11..9c1f21d59b5c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11708,12 +11708,15 @@ static int sched_balance_rq(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
* still unbalanced. ld_moved simply stays zero, so it is
* correctly treated as an imbalance.
*/
- env.loop_max = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->nr_running);
-
more_balance:
rq_lock_irqsave(busiest, &rf);
update_rq_clock(busiest);
+ if (!env.loop_max)
+ env.loop_max = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->cfs.h_nr_queued);
+ else
+ env.loop_max = min(env.loop_max, busiest->cfs.h_nr_queued);
+
/*
* cur_ld_moved - load moved in current iteration
* ld_moved - cumulative load moved across iterations
--
2.40.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-07-22 10:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-22 10:26 Huang Shijie [this message]
2025-07-22 12:31 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-07-23 7:30 ` Vincent Guittot
2026-02-26 17:32 ` Eric Naim
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