diff mbox

[v4,8/9] KVM-GST: adjust scheduler cpu power

Message ID 1309555369-16867-9-git-send-email-glommer@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Headers show

Commit Message

Glauber Costa July 1, 2011, 9:22 p.m. UTC
This patch makes update_rq_clock() aware of steal time.
The mechanism of operation is not different from irq_time,
and follows the same principles. This lives in a CONFIG
option itself, and can be compiled out independently of
the rest of steal time reporting. The effect of disabling it
is that the scheduler will still report steal time (that cannot be
disabled), but won't use this information for cpu power adjustments.

Everytime update_rq_clock_task() is invoked, we query information
about how much time was stolen since last call, and feed it into
sched_rt_avg_update().

Although steal time reporting in account_process_tick() keeps
track of the last time we read the steal clock, in prev_steal_time,
this patch do it independently using another field,
prev_steal_time_rq. This is because otherwise, information about time
accounted in update_process_tick() would never reach us in update_rq_clock().

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
CC: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
CC: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CC: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
CC: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
CC: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig        |   12 ++++++++++++
 kernel/sched.c          |   47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 kernel/sched_features.h |    4 ++--
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Comments

Peter Zijlstra July 2, 2011, 10:24 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 17:22 -0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> @@ -1971,8 +1974,14 @@ static inline u64 steal_ticks(u64 steal)
>  
>  static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
>  {
> -       s64 irq_delta;
> -
> +/*
> + * In theory, the compile should just see 0 here, and optimize out the call
> + * to sched_rt_avg_update. But I don't trust it...
> + */
> +#if defined(CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) || defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING)
> +       s64 steal = 0, irq_delta = 0;
> +#endif

So I wanted to ask a GCC person (Hi Jeff) about this.

> +#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
>         irq_delta = irq_time_read(cpu_of(rq)) - rq->prev_irq_time;
>  
>         /*
> @@ -1995,12 +2004,35 @@ static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
>  
>         rq->prev_irq_time += irq_delta;
>         delta -= irq_delta;
> +#endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
> +       if (static_branch((&paravirt_steal_rq_enabled))) {
> +               u64 st;
> +
> +               steal = paravirt_steal_clock(cpu_of(rq));
> +               steal -= rq->prev_steal_time_rq;
> +
> +               if (unlikely(steal > delta))
> +                       steal = delta;
> +
> +               st = steal_ticks(steal);
> +               steal = st * TICK_NSEC;
> +
> +               rq->prev_steal_time_rq += steal;
> +
> +               delta -= steal;
> +       }
> +#endif
> +
>         rq->clock_task += delta;
>  
> -       if (irq_delta && sched_feat(NONIRQ_POWER))
> -               sched_rt_avg_update(rq, irq_delta);
> +#if defined(CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) || defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING)
> +       if ((irq_delta + steal) && sched_feat(NONTASK_POWER))
> +               sched_rt_avg_update(rq, irq_delta + steal);
> +#endif
>  } 

In case of !CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING && !
CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING, irq_delta and steal will both always be
0.

The function will basically look like:

static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
{
	s64 irq_delta = 0, steal = 0;

	rq->clock_task += delta;

	if ((irq_delta + steal) && sched_feat(NONTASK_POWER))
		sched_rt_avg_update(rq, irq_delta + steal);
}

And we want it to emit the equivalent of:

static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
{
	rq->clock_task += delta;
}

Now Glauber is properly paranoid and doesn't trust his compiler (this is
very hot code in the kernel so any extra code emitted here is sad) and
chose the heavy handed CPP solution.

Now without checking a all relevant gcc versions on all relevant
architectures (see you in a few weeks etc..) can we actually rely on gcc
doing such relatively simple things correct, or should we stick with CPP
just to make sure?
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Peter Zijlstra July 2, 2011, 10:31 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 17:22 -0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> This patch makes update_rq_clock() aware of steal time.
> The mechanism of operation is not different from irq_time,
> and follows the same principles. This lives in a CONFIG
> option itself, and can be compiled out independently of
> the rest of steal time reporting. The effect of disabling it
> is that the scheduler will still report steal time (that cannot be
> disabled), but won't use this information for cpu power adjustments.
> 
> Everytime update_rq_clock_task() is invoked, we query information
> about how much time was stolen since last call, and feed it into
> sched_rt_avg_update().
> 
> Although steal time reporting in account_process_tick() keeps
> track of the last time we read the steal clock, in prev_steal_time,
> this patch do it independently using another field,
> prev_steal_time_rq. This is because otherwise, information about time
> accounted in update_process_tick() would never reach us in update_rq_clock().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
> CC: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
> CC: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> CC: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
> CC: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
> CC: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net>

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>

Cleaning up that CPP mess when the GCC people come back saying their
compiler will properly do that optimization can always be done in a
follow up patch.

Thanks!
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Avi Kivity July 3, 2011, 1:20 p.m. UTC | #3
On 07/02/2011 01:24 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
> {
> 	s64 irq_delta = 0, steal = 0;
>
> 	rq->clock_task += delta;
>
> 	if ((irq_delta + steal)&&  sched_feat(NONTASK_POWER))
> 		sched_rt_avg_update(rq, irq_delta + steal);
> }
>
> And we want it to emit the equivalent of:
>
> static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
> {
> 	rq->clock_task += delta;
> }
>
> Now Glauber is properly paranoid and doesn't trust his compiler (this is
> very hot code in the kernel so any extra code emitted here is sad) and
> chose the heavy handed CPP solution.
>
> Now without checking a all relevant gcc versions on all relevant
> architectures (see you in a few weeks etc..) can we actually rely on gcc
> doing such relatively simple things correct, or should we stick with CPP
> just to make sure?

I'm pretty sure any relevant version of gcc will do the right optimizations.
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index da34972..b26f312 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -512,6 +512,18 @@  menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
 
 if PARAVIRT_GUEST
 
+config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
+	bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
+	select PARAVIRT
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time 
+	  accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
+	  the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
+	  that, there can be a small performance impact.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N here.
+
 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
 
 config KVM_CLOCK
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 247dd51..c40b118 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -532,6 +532,9 @@  struct rq {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
 	u64 prev_steal_time;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
+	u64 prev_steal_time_rq;
+#endif
 
 	/* calc_load related fields */
 	unsigned long calc_load_update;
@@ -1971,8 +1974,14 @@  static inline u64 steal_ticks(u64 steal)
 
 static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
 {
-	s64 irq_delta;
-
+/*
+ * In theory, the compile should just see 0 here, and optimize out the call
+ * to sched_rt_avg_update. But I don't trust it...
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) || defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING)
+	s64 steal = 0, irq_delta = 0;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 	irq_delta = irq_time_read(cpu_of(rq)) - rq->prev_irq_time;
 
 	/*
@@ -1995,12 +2004,35 @@  static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
 
 	rq->prev_irq_time += irq_delta;
 	delta -= irq_delta;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
+	if (static_branch((&paravirt_steal_rq_enabled))) {
+		u64 st;
+
+		steal = paravirt_steal_clock(cpu_of(rq));
+		steal -= rq->prev_steal_time_rq;
+
+		if (unlikely(steal > delta))
+			steal = delta;
+
+		st = steal_ticks(steal);
+		steal = st * TICK_NSEC;
+
+		rq->prev_steal_time_rq += steal;
+
+		delta -= steal;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	rq->clock_task += delta;
 
-	if (irq_delta && sched_feat(NONIRQ_POWER))
-		sched_rt_avg_update(rq, irq_delta);
+#if defined(CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) || defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING)
+	if ((irq_delta + steal) && sched_feat(NONTASK_POWER))
+		sched_rt_avg_update(rq, irq_delta + steal);
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 static int irqtime_account_hi_update(void)
 {
 	struct cpu_usage_stat *cpustat = &kstat_this_cpu.cpustat;
@@ -2035,12 +2067,7 @@  static int irqtime_account_si_update(void)
 
 #define sched_clock_irqtime	(0)
 
-static void update_rq_clock_task(struct rq *rq, s64 delta)
-{
-	rq->clock_task += delta;
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING */
+#endif
 
 #include "sched_idletask.c"
 #include "sched_fair.c"
diff --git a/kernel/sched_features.h b/kernel/sched_features.h
index be40f73..ca3b025 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_features.h
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@  SCHED_FEAT(LB_BIAS, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(OWNER_SPIN, 1)
 
 /*
- * Decrement CPU power based on irq activity
+ * Decrement CPU power based on time not spent running tasks
  */
-SCHED_FEAT(NONIRQ_POWER, 1)
+SCHED_FEAT(NONTASK_POWER, 1)
 
 /*
  * Queue remote wakeups on the target CPU and process them