Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] sched/schedutil: Rework performance estimation

[Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>]

On 11/23/23 14:32, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 at 14:15, Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/23/23 08:47, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> >
> > > > > > And is it right to mix irq and uclamp_min with bw_min which is for DL? We might
> > > > >
> > > > > cpu_bw_dl() is not the actual utilization by DL task but the computed
> > > > > bandwidth which can be seen as min performance level
> > > >
> > > > Yep. That's why I am not in favour of a dvfs headroom for DL.
> > > >
> > > > But what I meant here is that in effective_cpu_util(), where we populate min
> > > > and max we have
> > > >
> > > >         if (min) {
> > > >                 /*
> > > >                  * The minimum utilization returns the highest level between:
> > > >                  * - the computed DL bandwidth needed with the irq pressure which
> > > >                  *   steals time to the deadline task.
> > > >                  * - The minimum performance requirement for CFS and/or RT.
> > > >                  */
> > > >                 *min = max(irq + cpu_bw_dl(rq), uclamp_rq_get(rq, UCLAMP_MIN));
> > > >
> > > > So if there was an RT/CFS task requesting a UCLAMP_MIN of 1024 for example,
> > > > bw_min will end up being too high, no?
> > >
> > > But at the end, we want at least uclamp_min for cfs or rt just like we
> > > want at least DL bandwidth for DL tasks
> >
> > The issue I see is that we do
> >
> > static void sugov_get_util()
> > {
> > ..
> >         util = effective_cpu_util(.., &min, ..); // min = max(irq + cpu_bw_dl(), rq_uclamp_min)
> >         ..
> >         sg_cpu->bw_min = min; // bw_min can pick the rq_uclamp_min. Shouldn't it be irq + cpu_bw_dl() only?
> >         ..
> > }
> >
> > If yes, why the comparison in ignore_dl_rate_limit() is still correct then?
> >
> >         if (cpu_bw_dl(cpu_rq(sg_cpu->cpu)) > sg_cpu->bw_min)
> 
> yes, this is to ensure enough performance for the deadline task when
> the dl bandwidth increases without waiting the rate limit period which
> would prevent the system from providing enough bandwidth to the
> deadline scheduler. This remains true because it's still at least
> above cpu_bw_dl()

Okay I think I get it now. I think renaming bw_min to perf_min or something
along those lines in the next opportunity would be a good thing.

> 
> >
> > And does cpufreq_driver_adjust_perf() still need the sg_cpu->bw_min arg
> > actually? sg_cpu->util already calculated based on sugov_effective_cpu_perf()
> > which takes all constraints (including bw_min) into account.
> 
> cpufreq_driver_adjust_perf() is used for systems on which you can't
> actually set an operating frequency but only a min and a desired
> performance level and let the hw move freely in this range.

I see. Thanks for the explanation.


Cheers

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Qais Yousef