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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2] sched/fair: Fix task utilization accountability in compute_energy()
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 12:45:06PM +0100, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
> On 25/02/2021 09:36, vincent.donnefort@arm.com wrote:
> > From: Vincent Donnefort <vincent.donnefort@arm.com>
>
> [...]
>
> > cpu_util_next() estimates the CPU utilization that would happen if the
> > task was placed on dst_cpu as follows:
> >
> > max(cpu_util + task_util, cpu_util_est + _task_util_est)
> >
> > The task contribution to the energy delta can then be either:
> >
> > (1) _task_util_est, on a mostly idle CPU, where cpu_util is close to 0
> > and _task_util_est > cpu_util.
> > (2) task_util, on a mostly busy CPU, where cpu_util > _task_util_est.
> >
> > (cpu_util_est doesn't appear here. It is 0 when a CPU is idle and
> > otherwise must be small enough so that feec() takes the CPU as a
> > potential target for the task placement)
>
> I still don't quite get the reasoning for (2) why task_util is used as
> task contribution.
>
> So we use 'cpu_util + task_util' instead of 'cpu_util_est +
> _task_util_est' in (2).
>
> I.e. since _task_util_est is always >= task_util during wakeup, cpu_util
> must be > cpu_util_est (by more than _task_util_est - task_util).
>
> I can see it for a CPU whose cpu_util has a fair amount of contributions
> from blocked tasks which cpu_util_est wouldn't have.
>
> [...]

Yes exactly. I discovered this issue in a trace where an overutilized happened.
Many tasks were migrated to the biggest CPU, but once EAS was back on, it was too
late. The big CPU had a high util_avg and the task_util _task_util_est
unfairness kept placing tasks on that one, despite being inefficient. All the
tasks enqueued on that CPU were enough to keep util_avg high enough and that
situation wasn't resolving.

>
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > index 7043bb0f2621..146ac9fec4b6 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > @@ -6573,8 +6573,24 @@ compute_energy(struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu, struct perf_domain *pd)
> > * its pd list and will not be accounted by compute_energy().
> > */
> > for_each_cpu_and(cpu, pd_mask, cpu_online_mask) {
> > - unsigned long cpu_util, util_cfs = cpu_util_next(cpu, p, dst_cpu);
> > - struct task_struct *tsk = cpu == dst_cpu ? p : NULL;
> > + unsigned long util_freq = cpu_util_next(cpu, p, dst_cpu);
> > + unsigned long cpu_util, util_running = util_freq;
> > + struct task_struct *tsk = NULL;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * When @p is placed on @cpu:
> > + *
> > + * util_running = max(cpu_util, cpu_util_est) +
> > + * max(task_util, _task_util_est)
> > + *
> > + * while cpu_util_next is: max(cpu_util + task_util,
> > + * cpu_util_est + _task_util_est)
> > + */
>
> Nit pick:
>
> s/on @cpu/on @dst_cpu ?

I meant @cpu. When dst_cpu == cpu, it means that we simulate the task being
placed on cpu. That's what I wanted to highlight. But I can remove it if you
think this is not necessary.

>
> s/while cpu_util_next is/while cpu_util_next(cpu, p, cpu) would be
>
> If dst_cpu != cpu (including dst_cpu == -1) task_util and _task_util_est
> are not added to util resp. util_est.
>
> Not sure if this is clear from the source code here?
>
> [...]
>
> Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>

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