On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 02:22:11PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:51:35 +0000 Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This patch adds three tracepoints > > o trace_sched_move_numa when a task is moved to a node > > o trace_sched_swap_numa when a task is swapped with another task > > o trace_sched_stick_numa when a numa-related migration fails > > > > The tracepoints allow the NUMA scheduler activity to be monitored and the > > following high-level metrics can be calculated > > > > o NUMA migrated stuck nr trace_sched_stick_numa > > o NUMA migrated idle nr trace_sched_move_numa > > o NUMA migrated swapped nr trace_sched_swap_numa > > o NUMA local swapped trace_sched_swap_numa src_nid == dst_nid (should never happen) > > o NUMA remote swapped trace_sched_swap_numa src_nid != dst_nid (should == NUMA migrated swapped) > > o NUMA group swapped trace_sched_swap_numa src_ngid == dst_ngid > > Maybe a small number of these are acceptable > > but a high number would be a major surprise. > > It would be even worse if bounces are frequent. > > o NUMA avg task migs. Average number of migrations for tasks > > o NUMA stddev task mig Self-explanatory > > o NUMA max task migs. Maximum number of migrations for a single task > > > > In general the intent of the tracepoints is to help diagnose problems > > where automatic NUMA balancing appears to be doing an excessive amount of > > useless work. > > > > ... > > > > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c > > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c > > @@ -1272,11 +1272,13 @@ static int task_numa_migrate(struct task_struct *p) > > p->numa_scan_period = task_scan_min(p); > > > > if (env.best_task == NULL) { > > - int ret = migrate_task_to(p, env.best_cpu); > > + if ((ret = migrate_task_to(p, env.best_cpu)) != 0) > > + trace_sched_stick_numa(p, env.src_cpu, env.best_cpu); > > return ret; > > } > > > > - ret = migrate_swap(p, env.best_task); > > + if ((ret = migrate_swap(p, env.best_task)) != 0); > > I'll zap that semicolon... > Thanks -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>