Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc: support dynamic preemption

[Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>]

Le 25/11/2024 à 05:22, Shrikanth Hegde a écrit :
> Once the lazy preemption is supported, it would be desirable to change
> the preemption models at runtime. So this change adds support for dynamic
> preemption using DYNAMIC_KEY.
> 
> In irq-exit to kernel path, use preempt_model_preemptible for decision.
> Other way would be using static key based decision. Keeping it
> simpler since key based change didn't show performance improvement.
> 
> Tested lightly on Power10 LPAR. Performance numbers indicate that,
> preempt=none(no dynamic) and preempt=none(dynamic) are similar.
> Only hackbench pipe shows a regression. There is slight overhead of code
> check if it is preemptible kernel. hackbench pipe is prone to such
> patterns[1]
> 
> cat /sys/kernel/debug/sched/preempt
> (none) voluntary full lazy
> perf stat -e probe:__cond_resched -a sleep 1
>   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>               1,253      probe:__cond_resched
> 
> echo full > /sys/kernel/debug/sched/preempt
> cat /sys/kernel/debug/sched/preempt
> none voluntary (full) lazy
> perf stat -e probe:__cond_resched -a sleep 1
>   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>                   0      probe:__cond_resched
> 
> echo lazy > /sys/kernel/debug/sched/preempt
> cat /sys/kernel/debug/sched/preempt
> none voluntary full (lazy)
> perf stat -e probe:__cond_resched -a sleep 1
>   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>                   0      probe:__cond_resched
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1a973dda-c79e-4d95-935b-e4b93eb077b8@linux.ibm.com/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/Kconfig               | 1 +
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h | 1 +
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c    | 6 +++++-
>   arch/powerpc/lib/vmx-helper.c      | 2 +-
>   4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index 6d6bbd93abab..01c58f5258c9 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ config PPC
>   	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI		if PPC64
>   	select HAVE_PERF_REGS
>   	select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
> +	select HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_KEY
>   	select HAVE_RETHOOK			if KPROBES
>   	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
>   	select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h
> index 51f8f3881523..c0a19ff3f78c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h
> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ extern asmlinkage void preempt_schedule_notrace(void);
>   
>   #if defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_KEY)
>   
> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(sk_dynamic_irqentry_exit_cond_resched);
>   void dynamic_preempt_schedule(void);
>   void dynamic_preempt_schedule_notrace(void);
>   #define __preempt_schedule()		dynamic_preempt_schedule()
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> index 8f4acc55407b..0fb01019d7e0 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ static inline bool exit_must_hard_disable(void)
>   }
>   #endif
>   
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(sk_dynamic_irqentry_exit_cond_resched);
> +#endif

Why is that needed at all ? It isn't used.

> +
>   /*
>    * local irqs must be disabled. Returns false if the caller must re-enable
>    * them, check for new work, and try again.
> @@ -396,7 +400,7 @@ notrace unsigned long interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
>   		/* Returning to a kernel context with local irqs enabled. */
>   		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(regs->msr & MSR_EE));
>   again:
> -		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPTION)) {
> +		if (preempt_model_preemptible()) {
>   			/* Return to preemptible kernel context */
>   			if (unlikely(read_thread_flags() & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)) {
>   				if (preempt_count() == 0)
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/vmx-helper.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/vmx-helper.c
> index 58ed6bd613a6..7b069c832ce2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/vmx-helper.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/vmx-helper.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int exit_vmx_usercopy(void)
>   	 * set and we are preemptible. The hack here is to schedule a
>   	 * decrementer to fire here and reschedule for us if necessary.
>   	 */
> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPTION) && need_resched())
> +	if (preempt_model_preemptible() && need_resched())
>   		set_dec(1);
>   	return 0;
>   }