[PATCH v4 0/5] powerpc/smp: Topology and shared processor optimizations

Srikar Dronamraju
2023-11-09T05:50:39Z

PowerVM systems configured in shared processors mode have some unique
challenges. Some device-tree properties will be missing on a shared
processor. Hence some sched domains may not make sense for shared processor
systems.

Most shared processor systems are over-provisioned. Underlying PowerVM
Hypervisor would schedule at a Big Core granularity. The most recent power
processors support two almost independent cores. In a lightly loaded
condition, it helps the overall system performance if we pack to lesser
number of Big Cores.

System Configuration
type=Shared mode=Uncapped smt=8 lcpu=96 mem=1066409344 kB cpus=96 ent=64.00
So *64 Entitled cores/ 96 Virtual processor* Scenario

lscpu
Architecture: ppc64le
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 768
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-767
Model name: POWER10 (architected), altivec supported
Model: 2.0 (pvr 0080 0200)
Thread(s) per core: 8
Core(s) per socket: 16
Socket(s): 6
Hypervisor vendor: pHyp
Virtualization type: para
L1d cache: 6 MiB (192 instances)
L1i cache: 9 MiB (192 instances)
NUMA node(s): 6
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7,32-39,80-87,128-135,176-183,224-231,272-279,320-327,368-375,416-423,464-471,512-519,560-567,608-615,656-663,704-711,752-759
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 8-15,40-47,88-95,136-143,184-191,232-239,280-287,328-335,376-383,424-431,472-479,520-527,568-575,616-623,664-671,712-719,760-767
NUMA node4 CPU(s): 64-71,112-119,160-167,208-215,256-263,304-311,352-359,400-407,448-455,496-503,544-551,592-599,640-647,688-695,736-743
NUMA node5 CPU(s): 16-23,48-55,96-103,144-151,192-199,240-247,288-295,336-343,384-391,432-439,480-487,528-535,576-583,624-631,672-679,720-727
NUMA node6 CPU(s): 72-79,120-127,168-175,216-223,264-271,312-319,360-367,408-415,456-463,504-511,552-559,600-607,648-655,696-703,744-751
NUMA node7 CPU(s): 24-31,56-63,104-111,152-159,200-207,248-255,296-303,344-351,392-399,440-447,488-495,536-543,584-591,632-639,680-687,728-735

ebizzy -t 32 -S 200 (5 iterations) Records per second. (Higher is better)
Kernel N Min Max Median Avg Stddev %Change
6.6.0-rc3 5 3840178 4059268 3978042 3973936.6 84264.456
+patch 5 3768393 3927901 3874994 3854046 71532.926 -3.01692

>From lparstat (when the workload stabilized)
Kernel %user %sys %wait %idle physc %entc lbusy app vcsw phint
6.6.0-rc3 4.16 0.00 0.00 95.84 26.06 40.72 4.16 69.88 276906989 578
+patch 4.16 0.00 0.00 95.83 17.70 27.66 4.17 78.26 70436663 119

ebizzy -t 128 -S 200 (5 iterations) Records per second. (Higher is better)
Kernel N Min Max Median Avg Stddev %Change
6.6.0-rc3 5 5520692 5981856 5717709 5727053.2 176093.2
+patch 5 5305888 6259610 5854590 5843311 375917.03 2.02998

>From lparstat (when the workload stabilized)
Kernel %user %sys %wait %idle physc %entc lbusy app vcsw phint
6.6.0-rc3 16.66 0.00 0.00 83.33 45.49 71.08 16.67 50.50 288778533 581
+patch 16.65 0.00 0.00 83.35 30.15 47.11 16.65 65.76 85196150 133

ebizzy -t 512 -S 200 (5 iterations) Records per second. (Higher is better)
Kernel N Min Max Median Avg Stddev %Change
6.6.0-rc3 5 19563921 20049955 19701510 19728733 198295.18
+patch 5 19455992 20176445 19718427 19832017 304094.05 0.523521

>From lparstat (when the workload stabilized)
%Kernel user %sys %wait %idle physc %entc lbusy app vcsw phint
66.6.0-rc3 6.44 0.01 0.00 33.55 94.14 147.09 66.45 1.33 313345175 621
6+patch 6.44 0.01 0.00 33.55 94.15 147.11 66.45 1.33 109193889 309

System Configuration
type=Shared mode=Uncapped smt=8 lcpu=40 mem=1067539392 kB cpus=96 ent=40.00
So *40 Entitled cores/ 40 Virtual processor* Scenario

lscpu
Architecture: ppc64le
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 320
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-319
Model name: POWER10 (architected), altivec supported
Model: 2.0 (pvr 0080 0200)
Thread(s) per core: 8
Core(s) per socket: 10
Socket(s): 4
Hypervisor vendor: pHyp
Virtualization type: para
L1d cache: 2.5 MiB (80 instances)
L1i cache: 3.8 MiB (80 instances)
NUMA node(s): 4
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7,32-39,64-71,96-103,128-135,160-167,192-199,224-231,256-263,288-295
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 8-15,40-47,72-79,104-111,136-143,168-175,200-207,232-239,264-271,296-303
NUMA node4 CPU(s): 16-23,48-55,80-87,112-119,144-151,176-183,208-215,240-247,272-279,304-311
NUMA node5 CPU(s): 24-31,56-63,88-95,120-127,152-159,184-191,216-223,248-255,280-287,312-319

ebizzy -t 32 -S 200 (5 iterations) Records per second. (Higher is better)
Kernel N Min Max Median Avg Stddev %Change
6.6.0-rc3 5 3535518 3864532 3745967 3704233.2 130216.76
+patch 5 3608385 3708026 3649379 3651596.6 37862.163 -1.42099

%Kernel user %sys %wait %idle physc %entc lbusy app vcsw phint
6.6.0-rc3 10.00 0.01 0.00 89.99 22.98 57.45 10.01 41.01 1135139 262
+patch 10.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 16.95 42.37 10.00 47.05 925561 19

ebizzy -t 64 -S 200 (5 iterations) Records per second. (Higher is better)
Kernel N Min Max Median Avg Stddev %Change
6.6.0-rc3 5 4434984 4957281 4548786 4591298.2 211770.2
+patch 5 4461115 4835167 4544716 4607795.8 151474.85 0.359323

%Kernel user %sys %wait %idle physc %entc lbusy app vcsw phint
6.6.0-rc3 20.01 0.00 0.00 79.99 38.22 95.55 20.01 25.77 1287553 265
+patch 19.99 0.00 0.00 80.01 25.55 63.88 19.99 38.44 1077341 20

ebizzy -t 256 -S 200 (5 iterations) Records per second. (Higher is better)
Kernel N Min Max Median Avg Stddev %Change
6.6.0-rc3 5 8850648 8982659 8951911 8936869.2 52278.031
+patch 5 8751038 9060510 8981409 8942268.4 117070.6 0.0604149

%Kernel user %sys %wait %idle physc %entc lbusy app vcsw phint
6.6.0-rc3 80.02 0.01 0.01 19.96 40.00 100.00 80.03 24.00 1597665 276
+patch 80.02 0.01 0.01 19.96 40.00 100.00 80.03 23.99 1383921 63

Observation:
We are able to see Improvement in ebizzy throughput even with lesser
core utilization (almost half the core utilization) in low utilization
scenarios while still retaining throughput in mid and higher utilization
scenarios.
Note: The numbers are with Uncapped + no-noise case. In the Capped and/or
noise case, due to contention on the Cores, the numbers are expected to
further improve.

Note: The numbers included (sched/fair: Enable group_asym_packing in find_idlest_group)
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231018155036.2314342-1-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com/

Changelog
v3 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231026101843.56784-1-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com) ->v4:
1. SPLAR specific Asym packing only for MC and DIE domains.
2. Changes due to rebase (DIE became PKG)

v2 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231018163751.2423181-1-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com) ->v3:
1. Handle comments from Peter Zijlstra / Michael Ellerman
2. Use __ro_after_init attribute instead of read_mostly
3. Use cpu_has_feature static_key instead of a new one.
4. Build topology dynamically patch added to this patchset.

v1 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230830105244.62477-1-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com) -> v2:
1. Last two patches were added in this version
2. This version uses static keys

Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rohan McLure <rmclure@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>

Srikar Dronamraju (5):
powerpc/smp: Enable Asym packing for cores on shared processor
powerpc/smp: Disable MC domain for shared processor
powerpc/smp: Add __ro_after_init attribute
powerpc/smp: Avoid asym packing within thread_group of a core
powerpc/smp: Dynamically build Powerpc topology

arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

base-commit: efdcf91a2158294ea1af97e7d592c00e7a97c5b5
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