Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] powerpc/smp: Generalize 2nd sched domain

Gautham R Shenoy
2020-07-22T06:57:01Z

Hello Srikar,

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 05:08:10PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> Currently "CACHE" domain happens to be the 2nd sched domain as per
> powerpc_topology. This domain will collapse if cpumask of l2-cache is
> same as SMT domain. However we could generalize this domain such that it
> could mean either be a "CACHE" domain or a "BIGCORE" domain.
>
> While setting up the "CACHE" domain, check if shared_cache is already
> set.
>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <michaele@au1.ibm.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@au1.ibm.com>
> Cc: Oliver OHalloran <oliveroh@au1.ibm.com>
> Cc: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@au1.ibm.com>
> Cc: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> Changelog v1 -> v2:
> powerpc/smp: Generalize 2nd sched domain
> Moved shared_cache topology fixup to fixup_topology (Gautham)
>

Just one comment below.

> arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> index 57468877499a..933ebdf97432 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_l2_cache_map);
> EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_core_map);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(has_big_cores);
>
> +enum {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
> + smt_idx,
> +#endif
> + bigcore_idx,
> + die_idx,
> +};
> +

[..snip..]

> @@ -1339,14 +1345,20 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
> /* Update topology CPU masks */
> add_cpu_to_masks(cpu);
>
> - if (has_big_cores)
> - sibling_mask = cpu_smallcore_mask;
> /*
> * Check for any shared caches. Note that this must be done on a
> * per-core basis because one core in the pair might be disabled.
> */
> - if (!cpumask_equal(cpu_l2_cache_mask(cpu), sibling_mask(cpu)))
> - shared_caches = true;
> + if (!shared_caches) {
> + struct cpumask *(*sibling_mask)(int) = cpu_sibling_mask;
> + struct cpumask *mask = cpu_l2_cache_mask(cpu);
> +
> + if (has_big_cores)
> + sibling_mask = cpu_smallcore_mask;
> +
> + if (cpumask_weight(mask) > cpumask_weight(sibling_mask(cpu)))
> + shared_caches = true;

At the risk of repeating my comment to the v1 version of the patch, we
have shared caches only l2_cache_mask(cpu) is a strict superset of
sibling_mask(cpu).

"cpumask_weight(mask) > cpumask_weight(sibling_mask(cpu))" does not
capture this.

Could we please use

if (!cpumask_equal(sibling_mask(cpu), mask) &&
cpumask_subset(sibling_mask(cpu), mask) {
}

?

> + }
>
> set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
> set_numa_mem(local_memory_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]));
> @@ -1374,10 +1386,19 @@ int setup_profiling_timer(unsigned int multiplier)
>
> static void fixup_topology(void)
> {
> + if (shared_caches) {
> + pr_info("Using shared cache scheduler topology\n");
> + powerpc_topology[bigcore_idx].mask = shared_cache_mask;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
> + powerpc_topology[bigcore_idx].name = "CACHE";
> +#endif
> + powerpc_topology[bigcore_idx].sd_flags = powerpc_shared_cache_flags;
> + }
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
> if (has_big_cores) {
> pr_info("Big cores detected but using small core scheduling\n");
> - powerpc_topology[0].mask = smallcore_smt_mask;
> + powerpc_topology[smt_idx].mask = smallcore_smt_mask;
> }
> #endif

Otherwise the patch looks good to me.

--
Thanks and Regards
gautham.