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From: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
To: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>,
	Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Quentin Perret <quentin.perret@arm.com>,
	Morten Rasmussen <Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com>,
	Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] sched/fair: rework load_balance
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 18:57:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <36d904ff-44fa-a561-677d-4858d5921b69@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKfTPtA7E5p1VZ+Ujbw4Sgp2fw8+TmSiLR-fGuUAdk=R8cQ9VQ@mail.gmail.com>



On 01/10/2019 11:14, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> group_asym_packing
> 
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 10:15, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 19/09/2019 09:33, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> @@ -8042,14 +8104,24 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
>>>               }
>>>       }
>>>
>>> -     /* Adjust by relative CPU capacity of the group */
>>> +     /* Check if dst cpu is idle and preferred to this group */
>>> +     if (env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING &&
>>> +         env->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE &&
>>> +         sgs->sum_h_nr_running &&
>>> +         sched_asym_prefer(env->dst_cpu, group->asym_prefer_cpu)) {
>>> +             sgs->group_asym_packing = 1;
>>> +     }
>>> +
>>
>> Since asym_packing check is done per-sg rather per-CPU (like misfit_task), can you
>> not check for asym_packing in group_classify() directly (like for overloaded) and
>> so get rid of struct sg_lb_stats::group_asym_packing?
> 
> asym_packing uses a lot of fields of env to set group_asym_packing but
> env is not statistics and i'd like to remove env from
> group_classify() argument so it will use only statistics.
> At now, env is an arg of group_classify only for imbalance_pct field
> and I have replaced env by imabalnce_pct in a patch that is under
> preparation.
> With this change, I can use group_classify outside load_balance()

OK, I see. This relates to the 'update find_idlest_group() to be more
aligned with load_balance()' point mentioned in the cover letter I
assume. To make sure we can use load instead of runnable_load there as well.

[...]

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-01 16:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-19  7:33 [PATCH v3 0/8] sched/fair: rework the CFS load balance Vincent Guittot
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] sched/fair: clean up asym packing Vincent Guittot
2019-09-27 23:57   ` Rik van Riel
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] sched/fair: rename sum_nr_running to sum_h_nr_running Vincent Guittot
2019-09-27 23:59   ` Rik van Riel
2019-10-01 17:11   ` Valentin Schneider
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] sched/fair: remove meaningless imbalance calculation Vincent Guittot
2019-09-28  0:05   ` Rik van Riel
2019-10-01 17:12   ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-02  6:28     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] sched/fair: rework load_balance Vincent Guittot
2019-09-30  1:12   ` Rik van Riel
2019-09-30  7:44     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-09-30 16:24   ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-10-01  8:14     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-01 16:52       ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-10-02  6:44         ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-02  9:21           ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-10-08 13:02             ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-02  8:23         ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-02  9:24           ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-10-01  8:15   ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-10-01  9:14     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-01 16:57       ` Dietmar Eggemann [this message]
2019-10-01 17:47   ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-02  8:30     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-02 10:47       ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-08 14:16         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-08 14:34           ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-08 15:30             ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-08 15:48               ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-08 17:39               ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-08 18:45                 ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-08 16:33             ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-08 16:39               ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-08 17:36                 ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-08 17:55   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-08 18:47     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-16  7:21   ` Parth Shah
2019-10-16 11:56     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-18  5:34       ` Parth Shah
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] sched/fair: use rq->nr_running when balancing load Vincent Guittot
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] sched/fair: use load instead of runnable load in load_balance Vincent Guittot
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] sched/fair: evenly spread tasks when not overloaded Vincent Guittot
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] sched/fair: use utilization to select misfit task Vincent Guittot
2019-10-01 17:12   ` Valentin Schneider
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] sched/fair: use load instead of runnable load in wakeup path Vincent Guittot
2019-10-07 15:14   ` Rik van Riel
2019-10-07 15:27     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-07 18:06       ` Rik van Riel
2019-09-19  7:33 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] sched/fair: optimize find_idlest_group Vincent Guittot
2019-10-08 14:32 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] sched/fair: rework the CFS load balance Phil Auld
2019-10-08 15:53   ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-09 19:33     ` Phil Auld
2019-10-10  8:20       ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-16  7:21 ` Parth Shah
2019-10-16 11:51   ` Vincent Guittot

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