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SubjectRe: [tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Multi-LLC select_idle_sibling()
On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 02:00:01PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 01:56:43PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 01:13:26PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > >
> > > This DeathStarBench thing seems to suggest that scanning up to 4 CCDs
> > > isn't too much of a bother; so perhaps something like so?
> > >
> > > (on top of tip/sched/core from just a few hours ago, as I had to 'fix'
> > > this patch and force pushed the thing)
> > >
> > > And yeah, random hacks and heuristics here :/ Does there happen to be
> > > additional topology that could aid us here? Does the CCD fabric itself
> > > have a distance metric we can use?
> >
> > https://www.anandtech.com/show/16529/amd-epyc-milan-review/4
> >
> > Specifically:
> >
> > https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16529/Bounce-7763.png
> >
> > That seems to suggest there are some very minor distance effects in the
> > CCD fabric. I didn't read the article too closely, but you'll note that
> > the first 4 CCDs have inter-CCD latency < 100 while the rest has > 100.
> >
> > Could you also test on a Zen2 Epyc, does that require nr=8 instead of 4?
> > Should we perhaps write it like: 32 / llc_size ?
> >
> > The Zen2 picture:
> >
> > https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16315/Bounce-7742.png
> >
> > Shows a more pronounced CCD fabric topology, you can really see the 2
> > CCX inside the CCD but also there's two ligher green squares around the
> > CCDs themselves.
>
> I can't seem to find pretty pictures for Zen4 Epyc; what does that want?
> That's even bigger at 96/8=12 LLCs afaict.

Going by random pictures on the interweb again, it looks like this Zen4
thing wants either 2 groups of 6 each, or 4 groups of 3.

But you have the hardware, so I'll let you figure it out.

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