[RFCv5 PATCH 31/46] sched: Consider spare cpu capacity at task wake-up

Morten Rasmussen
2015-07-07T18:58:47Z

In mainline find_idlest_group() selects the wake-up target group purely
based on group load which leads to suboptimal choices in low load
scenarios. An idle group with reduced capacity (due to RT tasks or
different cpu type) isn't necessarily a better target than a lightly
loaded group with higher capacity.

The patch adds spare capacity as an additional group selection
parameter. The target group is now selected based on the following
criteria listed by highest priority first:

1. If energy-aware scheduling is enabled the group with the lowest
capacity containing a cpu with enough spare capacity to accommodate the
task (with a bit to spare) is selected if such exists.

2. Return the group with the cpu with most spare capacity and this
capacity is significant if such group exists. Significant spare capacity
is currently at least 20% to spare.

3. Return the group with the lowest load, unless it is the local group
in which case NULL is returned and the search is continued at the next
(lower) level.

cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

Signed-off-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index b0294f0..0f7dbda4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5247,9 +5247,10 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
int this_cpu, int sd_flag)
{
struct sched_group *idlest = NULL, *group = sd->groups;
- struct sched_group *fit_group = NULL;
+ struct sched_group *fit_group = NULL, *spare_group = NULL;
unsigned long min_load = ULONG_MAX, this_load = 0;
unsigned long fit_capacity = ULONG_MAX;
+ unsigned long max_spare_capacity = capacity_margin - SCHED_LOAD_SCALE;
int load_idx = sd->forkexec_idx;
int imbalance = 100 + (sd->imbalance_pct-100)/2;

@@ -5257,7 +5258,7 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
load_idx = sd->wake_idx;

do {
- unsigned long load, avg_load;
+ unsigned long load, avg_load, spare_capacity;
int local_group;
int i;

@@ -5290,6 +5291,16 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
fit_capacity = capacity_of(i);
fit_group = group;
}
+
+ /*
+ * Look for group which has most spare capacity on a
+ * single cpu.
+ */
+ spare_capacity = capacity_of(i) - get_cpu_usage(i);
+ if (spare_capacity > max_spare_capacity) {
+ max_spare_capacity = spare_capacity;
+ spare_group = group;
+ }
}

/* Adjust by relative CPU capacity of the group */
@@ -5306,6 +5317,9 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
if (fit_group)
return fit_group;

+ if (spare_group)
+ return spare_group;
+
if (!idlest || 100*this_load < imbalance*min_load)
return NULL;
return idlest;
--
1.9.1