| Message ID | 1594120299-31389-4-git-send-email-ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Not Applicable, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | cpuidle-pseries: Parse extended CEDE information for idle. | expand |
* Gautham R Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [2020-07-07 16:41:37]: > From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > We are currently assuming that CEDE(0) has exit latency 10us, since > there is no way for us to query from the platform. However, if the > wakeup latency of an Extended CEDE state is smaller than 10us, then we > can be sure that the exit latency of CEDE(0) cannot be more than that. > that. > > In this patch, we fix the exit latency of CEDE(0) if we discover an > Extended CEDE state with wakeup latency smaller than 10us. The new > value is 1us lesser than the smallest wakeup latency among the > Extended CEDE states. > > Benchmark results: > > ebizzy: > 2 ebizzy threads bound to the same big-core. 25% improvement in the > avg records/s with patch. > x without_patch > * with_patch > N Min Max Median Avg Stddev > x 10 2491089 5834307 5398375 4244335 1596244.9 > * 10 2893813 5834474 5832448 5327281.3 1055941.4 > > context_switch2 : > There is no major regression observed with this patch as seen from the > context_switch2 benchmark. > > context_switch2 across CPU0 CPU1 (Both belong to same big-core, but different > small cores). We observe a minor 0.14% regression in the number of > context-switches (higher is better). > x without_patch > * with_patch > N Min Max Median Avg Stddev > x 500 348872 362236 354712 354745.69 2711.827 > * 500 349422 361452 353942 354215.4 2576.9258 > > context_switch2 across CPU0 CPU8 (Different big-cores). We observe a 0.37% > improvement in the number of context-switches (higher is better). > x without_patch > * with_patch > N Min Max Median Avg Stddev > x 500 287956 294940 288896 288977.23 646.59295 > * 500 288300 294646 289582 290064.76 1161.9992 > > schbench: > No major difference could be seen until the 99.9th percentile. > > Without-patch > Latency percentiles (usec) > 50.0th: 29 > 75.0th: 39 > 90.0th: 49 > 95.0th: 59 > *99.0th: 13104 > 99.5th: 14672 > 99.9th: 15824 > min=0, max=17993 > > With-patch: > Latency percentiles (usec) > 50.0th: 29 > 75.0th: 40 > 90.0th: 50 > 95.0th: 61 > *99.0th: 13648 > 99.5th: 14768 > 99.9th: 15664 > min=0, max=29812 > > Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.ibm.com> > --- > drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c > index c13549b..502f906 100644 > --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c > +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c > @@ -353,12 +353,42 @@ static int pseries_cpuidle_driver_init(void) > static int add_pseries_idle_states(void) > { > int nr_states = 2; /* By default we have snooze, CEDE */ > + int i; > + u64 min_latency_us = dedicated_states[1].exit_latency; /* CEDE latency */ > > if (parse_cede_parameters()) > return nr_states; > > - pr_info("cpuidle : Skipping the %d Extended CEDE idle states\n", > - nr_xcede_records); > + for (i = 0; i < nr_xcede_records; i++) { > + u64 latency_tb = xcede_records[i].wakeup_latency_tb_ticks; > + u64 latency_us = tb_to_ns(latency_tb) / NSEC_PER_USEC; > + > + if (latency_us < min_latency_us) > + min_latency_us = latency_us; > + } > + > + /* > + * We are currently assuming that CEDE(0) has exit latency > + * 10us, since there is no way for us to query from the > + * platform. > + * > + * However, if the wakeup latency of an Extended CEDE state is > + * smaller than 10us, then we can be sure that CEDE(0) > + * requires no more than that. > + * > + * Perform the fix-up. > + */ > + if (min_latency_us < dedicated_states[1].exit_latency) { > + u64 cede0_latency = min_latency_us - 1; > + > + if (cede0_latency <= 0) > + cede0_latency = min_latency_us; > + > + dedicated_states[1].exit_latency = cede0_latency; > + dedicated_states[1].target_residency = 10 * (cede0_latency); > + pr_info("cpuidle : Fixed up CEDE exit latency to %llu us\n", > + cede0_latency); > + } As per PAPR spec the CEDE hints are in increasing order of exit latency. Hence a given state's exit latency cannot exceed the one following it. The quirk is such that the first one (hint 0) is implicit and hence we have to use the above logic to extract its characteristics. --Vaidy
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c index c13549b..502f906 100644 --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c @@ -353,12 +353,42 @@ static int pseries_cpuidle_driver_init(void) static int add_pseries_idle_states(void) { int nr_states = 2; /* By default we have snooze, CEDE */ + int i; + u64 min_latency_us = dedicated_states[1].exit_latency; /* CEDE latency */ if (parse_cede_parameters()) return nr_states; - pr_info("cpuidle : Skipping the %d Extended CEDE idle states\n", - nr_xcede_records); + for (i = 0; i < nr_xcede_records; i++) { + u64 latency_tb = xcede_records[i].wakeup_latency_tb_ticks; + u64 latency_us = tb_to_ns(latency_tb) / NSEC_PER_USEC; + + if (latency_us < min_latency_us) + min_latency_us = latency_us; + } + + /* + * We are currently assuming that CEDE(0) has exit latency + * 10us, since there is no way for us to query from the + * platform. + * + * However, if the wakeup latency of an Extended CEDE state is + * smaller than 10us, then we can be sure that CEDE(0) + * requires no more than that. + * + * Perform the fix-up. + */ + if (min_latency_us < dedicated_states[1].exit_latency) { + u64 cede0_latency = min_latency_us - 1; + + if (cede0_latency <= 0) + cede0_latency = min_latency_us; + + dedicated_states[1].exit_latency = cede0_latency; + dedicated_states[1].target_residency = 10 * (cede0_latency); + pr_info("cpuidle : Fixed up CEDE exit latency to %llu us\n", + cede0_latency); + } return nr_states; }