sched/tune: compute and keep track of per CPU boost value

When per task boosting is enabled, we could have multiple RUNNABLE tasks
which are concurrently scheduled on the same CPU but each one with a
different boost value.
For example, we could have a scenarios like this:

  Task   SchedTune CGroup   Boost Value
    T1               root            0
    T2       low-priority           10
    T3        interactive           90

In these conditions we expect a CPU to be configured according to a
proper "aggregation" of the required boost values for all the tasks
currently scheduled on this CPU.

A suitable aggregation function is the one which tracks the MAX boost
value for all the tasks RUNNABLE on a CPU. This approach allows to
always satisfy the most boost demanding task while at the same time:
 a) boosting all the concurrently scheduled tasks thus reducing
    potential co-scheduling side-effects on demanding tasks
 b) reduce the number of frequency switch requested towards SchedDVFS,
    thus being more friendly to architectures with slow frequency
    switching times

Every time a task enters/exits the RQ of a CPU the max boost value
should be updated considering all the boost groups currently "affecting"
that CPU, i.e. which have at least one RUNNABLE task currently allocated
on that CPU.

This patch introduces the required support to keep track of the boost
groups currently affecting CPUs. Thanks to the limited number of boost
groups, a small and memory efficient per-cpu array of boost groups
values (cpu_boost_groups) is used which is updated for each CPU entry by
schedtune_boostgroup_update() but only when a schedtune CGroup boost
value is updated. However, this is expected to be a rare operation,
perhaps done just one time at system boot time.

cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@arm.com>

diff --git a/kernel/sched/tune.c b/kernel/sched/tune.c
index c4b611424376d410efa6adc359d7bf61c03b0259..be60b8d97dc4de80957fb2e01a910c5dad308700 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/sched/tune.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/tune.c
@@ -97,6 +97,67 @@ struct boost_groups {
 /* Boost groups affecting each CPU in the system */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct boost_groups, cpu_boost_groups);
 
+static void
+schedtune_cpu_update(int cpu)
+{
+       struct boost_groups *bg;
+       unsigned boost_max;
+       int idx;
+
+       bg = &per_cpu(cpu_boost_groups, cpu);
+
+       /* The root boost group is always active */
+       boost_max = bg->group[0].boost;
+       for (idx = 1; idx < BOOSTGROUPS_COUNT; ++idx) {
+               /*
+                * A boost group affects a CPU only if it has
+                * RUNNABLE tasks on that CPU
+                */
+               if (bg->group[idx].tasks == 0)
+                       continue;
+               boost_max = max(boost_max, bg->group[idx].boost);
+       }
+
+       bg->boost_max = boost_max;
+}
+
+static int
+schedtune_boostgroup_update(int idx, int boost)
+{
+       struct boost_groups *bg;
+       int cur_boost_max;
+       int old_boost;
+       int cpu;
+
+       /* Update per CPU boost groups */
+       for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+               bg = &per_cpu(cpu_boost_groups, cpu);
+
+               /*
+                * Keep track of current boost values to compute the per CPU
+                * maximum only when it has been affected by the new value of
+                * the updated boost group
+                */
+               cur_boost_max = bg->boost_max;
+               old_boost = bg->group[idx].boost;
+
+               /* Update the boost value of this boost group */
+               bg->group[idx].boost = boost;
+
+               /* Check if this update increase current max */
+               if (boost > cur_boost_max && bg->group[idx].tasks) {
+                       bg->boost_max = boost;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               /* Check if this update has decreased current max */
+               if (cur_boost_max == old_boost && old_boost > boost)
+                       schedtune_cpu_update(cpu);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static u64
 boost_read(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft)
 {
@@ -118,6 +179,9 @@ boost_write(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft,
        if (css == &root_schedtune.css)
                sysctl_sched_cfs_boost = boost;
 
+       /* Update CPU boost */
+       schedtune_boostgroup_update(st->idx, st->boost);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -133,9 +197,19 @@ static struct cftype files[] = {
 static int
 schedtune_boostgroup_init(struct schedtune *st)
 {
+       struct boost_groups *bg;
+       int cpu;
+
        /* Keep track of allocated boost groups */
        allocated_group[st->idx] = st;
 
+       /* Initialize the per CPU boost groups */
+       for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+               bg = &per_cpu(cpu_boost_groups, cpu);
+               bg->group[st->idx].boost = 0;
+               bg->group[st->idx].tasks = 0;
+       }
+
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -203,6 +277,9 @@ out:
 static void
 schedtune_boostgroup_release(struct schedtune *st)
 {
+       /* Reset this boost group */
+       schedtune_boostgroup_update(st->idx, 0);
+
        /* Keep track of allocated boost groups */
        allocated_group[st->idx] = NULL;
 }