The following commit has been merged in the linux branch: commit f685ceacab07d3f6c236f04803e2f2f0dbcc5afb Author: Mike Galbraith efault@gmx.de Date: Fri Oct 23 23:09:22 2009 +0200
sched: Strengthen buddies and mitigate buddy induced latencies
This patch restores the effectiveness of LAST_BUDDY in preventing pgsql+oltp from collapsing due to wakeup preemption. It also switches LAST_BUDDY to exclusively do what it does best, namely mitigate the effects of aggressive wakeup preemption, which improves vmark throughput markedly, and restores mysql+oltp scalability.
Since buddies are about scalability, enable them beginning at the point where we begin expanding sched_latency, namely sched_nr_latency. Previously, buddies were cleared aggressively, which seriously reduced their effectiveness. Not clearing aggressively however, produces a small drop in mysql+oltp throughput immediately after peak, indicating that LAST_BUDDY is actually doing some harm. This is right at the point where X on the desktop in competition with another load wants low latency service. Ergo, do not enable until we need to scale.
To mitigate latency induced by buddies, or by a task just missing wakeup preemption, check latency at tick time.
Last hunk prevents buddies from stymieing BALANCE_NEWIDLE via CACHE_HOT_BUDDY.
Supporting performance tests:
tip = v2.6.32-rc5-1497-ga525b32 tipx = NO_GENTLE_FAIR_SLEEPERS NEXT_BUDDY granularity knobs = 31 knobs + 31 buddies tip+x = NO_GENTLE_FAIR_SLEEPERS granularity knobs = 31 knobs
(Three run averages except where noted.)
vmark: ------ tip 108466 messages per second tip+ 125307 messages per second tip+x 125335 messages per second tipx 117781 messages per second 2.6.31.3 122729 messages per second
mysql+oltp: ----------- clients 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 .......................................................................................... tip 9949.89 18690.20 34801.24 34460.04 32682.88 30765.97 28305.27 25059.64 19548.08 tip+ 10013.90 18526.84 34900.38 34420.14 33069.83 32083.40 30578.30 28010.71 25605.47 tipx 9698.71 18002.70 34477.56 33420.01 32634.30 31657.27 29932.67 26827.52 21487.18 2.6.31.3 8243.11 18784.20 34404.83 33148.38 31900.32 31161.90 29663.81 25995.94 18058.86
pgsql+oltp: ----------- clients 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 .......................................................................................... tip 13686.37 26609.25 51934.28 51347.81 49479.51 45312.65 36691.91 26851.57 24145.35 tip+ (1x) 13907.85 27135.87 52951.98 52514.04 51742.52 50705.43 49947.97 48374.19 46227.94 tip+x 13906.78 27065.81 52951.19 52542.59 52176.11 51815.94 50838.90 49439.46 46891.00 tipx 13742.46 26769.81 52351.99 51891.73 51320.79 50938.98 50248.65 48908.70 46553.84 2.6.31.3 13815.35 26906.46 52683.34 52061.31 51937.10 51376.80 50474.28 49394.47 47003.25
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith efault@gmx.de Cc: Peter Zijlstra a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar mingo@elte.hu
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 789001d..cae6700 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ task_hot(struct task_struct *p, u64 now, struct sched_domain *sd) /* * Buddy candidates are cache hot: */ - if (sched_feat(CACHE_HOT_BUDDY) && + if (sched_feat(CACHE_HOT_BUDDY) && this_rq()->nr_running && (&p->se == cfs_rq_of(&p->se)->next || &p->se == cfs_rq_of(&p->se)->last)) return 1; diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c index c32c3e6..37087a7 100644 --- a/kernel/sched_fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c @@ -822,6 +822,26 @@ check_preempt_tick(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *curr) * re-elected due to buddy favours. */ clear_buddies(cfs_rq, curr); + return; + } + + /* + * Ensure that a task that missed wakeup preemption by a + * narrow margin doesn't have to wait for a full slice. + * This also mitigates buddy induced latencies under load. + */ + if (!sched_feat(WAKEUP_PREEMPT)) + return; + + if (delta_exec < sysctl_sched_min_granularity) + return; + + if (cfs_rq->nr_running > 1) { + struct sched_entity *se = __pick_next_entity(cfs_rq); + s64 delta = curr->vruntime - se->vruntime; + + if (delta > ideal_runtime) + resched_task(rq_of(cfs_rq)->curr); } }
@@ -861,21 +881,18 @@ wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se); static struct sched_entity *pick_next_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq) { struct sched_entity *se = __pick_next_entity(cfs_rq); - struct sched_entity *buddy; + struct sched_entity *left = se;
- if (cfs_rq->next) { - buddy = cfs_rq->next; - cfs_rq->next = NULL; - if (wakeup_preempt_entity(buddy, se) < 1) - return buddy; - } + if (cfs_rq->next && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->next, left) < 1) + se = cfs_rq->next;
- if (cfs_rq->last) { - buddy = cfs_rq->last; - cfs_rq->last = NULL; - if (wakeup_preempt_entity(buddy, se) < 1) - return buddy; - } + /* + * Prefer last buddy, try to return the CPU to a preempted task. + */ + if (cfs_rq->last && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->last, left) < 1) + se = cfs_rq->last; + + clear_buddies(cfs_rq, se);
return se; } @@ -1577,6 +1594,7 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_ struct sched_entity *se = &curr->se, *pse = &p->se; struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = task_cfs_rq(curr); int sync = wake_flags & WF_SYNC; + int scale = cfs_rq->nr_running >= sched_nr_latency;
update_curr(cfs_rq);
@@ -1591,18 +1609,7 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_ if (unlikely(se == pse)) return;
- /* - * Only set the backward buddy when the current task is still on the - * rq. This can happen when a wakeup gets interleaved with schedule on - * the ->pre_schedule() or idle_balance() point, either of which can - * drop the rq lock. - * - * Also, during early boot the idle thread is in the fair class, for - * obvious reasons its a bad idea to schedule back to the idle thread. - */ - if (sched_feat(LAST_BUDDY) && likely(se->on_rq && curr != rq->idle)) - set_last_buddy(se); - if (sched_feat(NEXT_BUDDY) && !(wake_flags & WF_FORK)) + if (sched_feat(NEXT_BUDDY) && scale && !(wake_flags & WF_FORK)) set_next_buddy(pse);
/* @@ -1648,8 +1655,22 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_
BUG_ON(!pse);
- if (wakeup_preempt_entity(se, pse) == 1) + if (wakeup_preempt_entity(se, pse) == 1) { resched_task(curr); + /* + * Only set the backward buddy when the current task is still + * on the rq. This can happen when a wakeup gets interleaved + * with schedule on the ->pre_schedule() or idle_balance() + * point, either of which can * drop the rq lock. + * + * Also, during early boot the idle thread is in the fair class, + * for obvious reasons its a bad idea to schedule back to it. + */ + if (unlikely(!se->on_rq || curr == rq->idle)) + return; + if (sched_feat(LAST_BUDDY) && scale && entity_is_task(se)) + set_last_buddy(se); + } }
static struct task_struct *pick_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq)