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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
To: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
	peterz@infradead.org, pauld@redhat.com,
	valentin.schneider@arm.com, srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	quentin.perret@arm.com, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com,
	Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com, hdanton@sina.com, parth@linux.ibm.com,
	riel@surriel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/11] sched/fair: use load instead of runnable load in load_balance
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:58:29 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191030155829.GL3016@techsingularity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1571405198-27570-7-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org>

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:26:33PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> runnable load has been introduced to take into account the case
> where blocked load biases the load balance decision which was selecting
> underutilized group with huge blocked load whereas other groups were
> overloaded.
> 
> The load is now only used when groups are overloaded. In this case,
> it's worth being conservative and taking into account the sleeping
> tasks that might wakeup on the cpu.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>

Hmm.... ok. Superficially I get what you're doing but worry slightly
about groups that have lots of tasks that are frequently idling on short
periods of IO.

Unfortuntely when I queued this series for testing I did not queue a load
that idles rapidly for short durations that would highlight problems in
that area.

I cannot convince myself it's ok enough for an ack but I have no reason
to complain either.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-30 15:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-18 13:26 [PATCH v4 00/10] sched/fair: rework the CFS load balance Vincent Guittot
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] sched/fair: clean up asym packing Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Clean " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 14:51   ` [PATCH v4 01/11] sched/fair: clean " Mel Gorman
2019-10-30 16:03     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] sched/fair: rename sum_nr_running to sum_h_nr_running Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Rename sg_lb_stats::sum_nr_running " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 14:53   ` [PATCH v4 02/11] sched/fair: rename sum_nr_running " Mel Gorman
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] sched/fair: remove meaningless imbalance calculation Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Remove " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] sched/fair: rework load_balance Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Rework load_balance() tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 15:45   ` [PATCH v4 04/11] sched/fair: rework load_balance Mel Gorman
2019-10-30 16:16     ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-31  9:09     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-31 10:15       ` Mel Gorman
2019-10-31 11:13         ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-31 11:40           ` Mel Gorman
2019-11-08 16:35             ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-08 18:37               ` Mel Gorman
2019-11-12 10:58                 ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-12 15:06                   ` Mel Gorman
2019-11-12 15:40                     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-12 17:45                       ` Mel Gorman
2019-11-18 13:50     ` Ingo Molnar
2019-11-18 13:57       ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-18 14:51       ` Mel Gorman
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] sched/fair: use rq->nr_running when balancing load Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Use " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 15:54   ` [PATCH v4 05/11] sched/fair: use " Mel Gorman
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] sched/fair: use load instead of runnable load in load_balance Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Use load instead of runnable load in load_balance() tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 15:58   ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] sched/fair: evenly spread tasks when not overloaded Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Spread out tasks evenly " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 16:03   ` [PATCH v4 07/11] sched/fair: evenly spread tasks " Mel Gorman
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] sched/fair: use utilization to select misfit task Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Use " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] sched/fair: use load instead of runnable load in wakeup path Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Use " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] sched/fair: optimize find_idlest_group Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Optimize find_idlest_group() tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] sched/fair: rework find_idlest_group Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21  9:12   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Rework find_idlest_group() tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-10-22 16:46   ` [PATCH] sched/fair: fix rework of find_idlest_group() Vincent Guittot
2019-10-23  7:50     ` Chen, Rong A
2019-10-30 16:07     ` Mel Gorman
2019-11-18 17:42     ` [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Fix " tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
2019-11-22 14:37     ` [PATCH] sched/fair: fix " Valentin Schneider
2019-11-25  9:16       ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-25 11:03         ` Valentin Schneider
2019-11-20 11:58   ` [PATCH v4 11/11] sched/fair: rework find_idlest_group Qais Yousef
2019-11-20 13:21     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-20 16:53       ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-20 17:34         ` Qais Yousef
2019-11-20 17:43           ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-20 18:10             ` Qais Yousef
2019-11-20 18:20               ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-20 18:27                 ` Qais Yousef
2019-11-20 19:28                   ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-20 19:55                     ` Qais Yousef
2019-11-21 14:58                       ` Qais Yousef
2019-11-22 14:34   ` Valentin Schneider
2019-11-25  9:59     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-25 11:13       ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-21  7:50 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] sched/fair: rework the CFS load balance Ingo Molnar
2019-10-21  8:44   ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-21 12:56     ` Phil Auld
2019-10-24 12:38     ` Phil Auld
2019-10-24 13:46       ` Phil Auld
2019-10-24 14:59         ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-25 13:33           ` Phil Auld
2019-10-28 13:03             ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 14:39               ` Phil Auld
2019-10-30 16:24                 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-10-30 16:35                   ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-30 17:19                     ` Phil Auld
2019-10-30 17:25                       ` Valentin Schneider
2019-10-30 17:29                         ` Phil Auld
2019-10-30 17:28                       ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 17:44                         ` Phil Auld
2019-10-30 17:25                 ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-31 13:57                   ` Phil Auld
2019-10-31 16:41                     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-10-30 16:24   ` Mel Gorman
2019-10-30 16:35     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-18 13:15     ` Ingo Molnar
2019-11-25 12:48 ` Valentin Schneider
2020-01-03 16:39   ` Valentin Schneider

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