Re: [PATCH 5/5] sched/fair: Merge select_idle_core/cpu()

[Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:21:47AM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 at 10:12, Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 02:00:18PM +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> > > > @@ -6157,18 +6169,31 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int t
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > >     for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, cpus, target) {
> > > > -           if (!--nr)
> > > > -                   return -1;
> > > > -           if (available_idle_cpu(cpu) || sched_idle_cpu(cpu))
> > > > -                   break;
> > > > +           if (smt) {
> > > > +                   i = select_idle_core(p, cpu, cpus, &idle_cpu);
> > > > +                   if ((unsigned int)i < nr_cpumask_bits)
> > > > +                           return i;
> > > > +
> > > > +           } else {
> > > > +                   if (!--nr)
> > > > +                           return -1;
> > > > +                   i = __select_idle_cpu(cpu);
> > > > +                   if ((unsigned int)i < nr_cpumask_bits) {
> > > > +                           idle_cpu = i;
> > > > +                           break;
> > > > +                   }
> > > > +           }
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > > -   if (sched_feat(SIS_PROP)) {
> > > > +   if (smt)
> > > > +           set_idle_cores(this, false);
> > >
> > > Shouldn't we set_idle_cores(false) only if this was the last idle
> > > core in the LLC ?
> > >
> >
> > That would involve rechecking the cpumask bits that have not been
> > scanned to see if any of them are an idle core. As the existance of idle
> > cores can change very rapidly, it's not worth the cost.
> 
> But don't we reach this point only if we scanned all CPUs and didn't
> find an idle core ?

Yes, but my understanding of Gauthams suggestion was to check if an
idle core found was the last idle core available and set has_idle_cores
to false in that case. I think this would be relatively expensive and
possibly futile as returning the last idle core for this wakeup does not
mean there will be no idle core on the next wakeup as other cores may go
idle between wakeups.

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs