Re: [PATCH v5] sched/fair: Correctly insert cfs_rq's to list on unthrottle

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On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 13:31, Odin Ugedal <odin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This fixes an issue where fairness is decreased since cfs_rq's can
> end up not being decayed properly. For two sibling control groups with
> the same priority, this can often lead to a load ratio of 99/1 (!!).
>
> This happen because when a cfs_rq is throttled, all the descendant cfs_rq's

s/happen/happens/

> will be removed from the leaf list. When they initial cfs_rq is
> unthrottled, it will currently only re add descendant cfs_rq's if they
> have one or more entities enqueued. This is not a perfect heuristic.
>
> Instead, we insert all cfs_rq's that contain one or more enqueued
> entities, or it its load is not completely decayed.
>
> Can often lead to situations like this for equally weighted control
> groups:
>
> $ ps u -C stress
> USER         PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> root       10009 88.8  0.0   3676   100 pts/1    R+   11:04   0:13 stress --cpu 1
> root       10023  3.0  0.0   3676   104 pts/1    R+   11:04   0:00 stress --cpu 1
>
> Fixes: 31bc6aeaab1d ("sched/fair: Optimize update_blocked_averages()")
> Signed-off-by: Odin Ugedal <odin@xxxxxxx>

minor typo in the commit message otherwise

Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  - Replaced cfs_rq field with using tg_load_avg_contrib
>  - Went from 3 to 1 patches; one is merged and one is replaced
>    by a new patchset.
> Changes since v2:
>  - Use !cfs_rq_is_decayed() instead of tg_load_avg_contrib
>  - Moved cfs_rq_is_decayed to above its new use
> Changes since v3:
>  - (hopefully) Fix config for !CONFIG_SMP
> Changes since v4:
>  - Move cfs_rq_is_decayed again
>
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 794c2cb945f8..c48d1d409b20 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -3283,6 +3283,24 @@ static inline void cfs_rq_util_change(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, int flags)
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
> +
> +static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
> +{
> +       if (cfs_rq->load.weight)
> +               return false;
> +
> +       if (cfs_rq->avg.load_sum)
> +               return false;
> +
> +       if (cfs_rq->avg.util_sum)
> +               return false;
> +
> +       if (cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum)
> +               return false;
> +
> +       return true;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * update_tg_load_avg - update the tg's load avg
>   * @cfs_rq: the cfs_rq whose avg changed
> @@ -4719,8 +4737,8 @@ static int tg_unthrottle_up(struct task_group *tg, void *data)
>                 cfs_rq->throttled_clock_task_time += rq_clock_task(rq) -
>                                              cfs_rq->throttled_clock_task;
>
> -               /* Add cfs_rq with already running entity in the list */
> -               if (cfs_rq->nr_running >= 1)
> +               /* Add cfs_rq with load or one or more already running entities to the list */
> +               if (!cfs_rq_is_decayed(cfs_rq) || cfs_rq->nr_running)
>                         list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
>         }
>
> @@ -7895,23 +7913,6 @@ static bool __update_blocked_others(struct rq *rq, bool *done)
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
>
> -static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
> -{
> -       if (cfs_rq->load.weight)
> -               return false;
> -
> -       if (cfs_rq->avg.load_sum)
> -               return false;
> -
> -       if (cfs_rq->avg.util_sum)
> -               return false;
> -
> -       if (cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum)
> -               return false;
> -
> -       return true;
> -}
> -
>  static bool __update_blocked_fair(struct rq *rq, bool *done)
>  {
>         struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, *pos;
> --
> 2.31.1
>



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