Re: [PATCH RESEND] autonuma: Fix scan period updating

["Huang\, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>]

Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

>> >> 
>> >> if (lr_ratio >= NUMA_PERIOD_THRESHOLD)
>> >>     slow down scanning
>> >> else if (sp_ratio >= NUMA_PERIOD_THRESHOLD) {
>> >>     if (NUMA_PERIOD_SLOTS - lr_ratio >= NUMA_PERIOD_THRESHOLD)
>> >>         speed up scanning
>> 
>> Thought about this again.  For example, a multi-threads workload runs on
>> a 4-sockets machine, and most memory accesses are shared.  The optimal
>> situation will be pseudo-interleaving, that is, spreading memory
>> accesses evenly among 4 NUMA nodes.  Where "share" >> "private", and
>> "remote" > "local".  And we should slow down scanning to reduce the
>> overhead.
>> 
>> What do you think about this?
>
> If all 4 nodes have equal access, then all 4 nodes will be active nodes.
>
> From task_numa_fault()
>
> 	if (!priv && !local && ng && ng->active_nodes > 1 &&
> 				numa_is_active_node(cpu_node, ng) &&
> 				numa_is_active_node(mem_node, ng))
> 		local = 1;
>
> Hence all accesses will be accounted as local. Hence scanning would slow
> down.

Yes.  You are right!  Thanks a lot!

There may be another case.  For example, a workload with 9 threads runs
on a 2-sockets machine, and most memory accesses are shared.  7 threads
runs on the node 0 and 2 threads runs on the node 1 based on CPU load
balancing.  Then the 2 threads on the node 1 will have "share" >>
"private" and "remote" >> "local".  But it doesn't help to speed up
scanning.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying