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Subject[PATCH v3] sched: revise the initial value of the util_avg.
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According to the original code logic:
cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
sa->util_avg = -------------------- * se->load.weight
cfs_rq->avg.load_avg
but for fair_sched_class in 64bits platform:
se->load.weight = 1024 * sched_prio_to_weight[prio];
cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
so the -------------------- must be extremely small, the
cfs_rq->avg.load_avg
judgment condition "sa->util_avg < cap" could be established.
It's not fair for those tasks who has smaller nice value.

Signed-off-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@unisoc.com>
---
changes since V2:

*kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 +++++-
* 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
*
*diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
*index 290f9e3..079760b 100644
*--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
*+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
*@@ -794,7 +794,11 @@ void post_init_entity_util_avg(struct task_struct *p)
*
* if (cap > 0) {
* if (cfs_rq->avg.util_avg != 0) {
*- sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
*+ if (p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
*+ sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);
*+ else
*+ sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
*+
* sa->util_avg /= (cfs_rq->avg.load_avg + 1);
*
* if (sa->util_avg > cap)
*
---
comment from Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>:
>
> According to the original code logic:
> cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
> sa->util_avg = -------------------- * se->load.weight
> cfs_rq->avg.load_avg

this should have been scale_load_down(se->load.weight) from the beginning

> but for fair_sched_class:
> se->load.weight = 1024 * sched_prio_to_weight[prio];

This is only true for 64bits platform otherwise scale_load and
scale_load_down are nop

> cfs_rq->avg.util_avg
> so the -------------------- must be extremely small, the
> cfs_rq->avg.load_avg
> judgment condition "sa->util_avg < cap" could be established.
> It's not fair for those tasks who has smaller nice value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@unisoc.com>
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 290f9e3..079760b 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -794,7 +794,11 @@ void post_init_entity_util_avg(struct task_struct *p)
>
> if (cap > 0) {
> if (cfs_rq->avg.util_avg != 0) {

We should now use cpu_util() instead of cfs_rq->avg.util_avg which
takes into account other classes

> - sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
> + if (p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
> + sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);
> + else
> + sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;

Why this else keeps using se->load.weight ?

Either we uses sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);
for all classes

Or we want a different init value for other classes. But in this case
se->load.weight is meaningless and we should simply set them to 0
although we could probably compute a value based on bandwidth for
deadline class.

---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 290f9e3..c6186cc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ void post_init_entity_util_avg(struct task_struct *p)

if (cap > 0) {
if (cfs_rq->avg.util_avg != 0) {
- sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se->load.weight;
+ sa->util_avg = cfs_rq->avg.util_avg * se_weight(se);
sa->util_avg /= (cfs_rq->avg.load_avg + 1);

if (sa->util_avg > cap)
--
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