sched, timers: move calc_load() to scheduler
Dimitri Sivanich noticed that xtime_lock is held write locked across
calc_load() which iterates over all online CPUs. That can cause long
latencies for xtime_lock readers on large SMP systems.
The load average calculation is an rough estimate anyway so there is
no real need to protect the readers vs. the update. It's not a problem
when the avenrun array is updated while a reader copies the values.
Instead of iterating over all online CPUs let the scheduler_tick code
update the number of active tasks shortly before the avenrun update
happens. The avenrun update itself is handled by the CPU which calls
do_timer().
[ Impact: reduce xtime_lock write locked section ]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 8908d19..f4eb881 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@
struct list_head migration_queue;
#endif
+ /* calc_load related fields */
+ unsigned long calc_load_update;
+ long calc_load_active;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
int hrtick_csd_pending;
@@ -1728,6 +1732,8 @@
}
#endif
+static void calc_load_account_active(struct rq *this_rq);
+
#include "sched_stats.h"
#include "sched_idletask.c"
#include "sched_fair.c"
@@ -2856,19 +2862,57 @@
return sum;
}
-unsigned long nr_active(void)
+/* Variables and functions for calc_load */
+static atomic_long_t calc_load_tasks;
+static unsigned long calc_load_update;
+unsigned long avenrun[3];
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(avenrun);
+
+static unsigned long
+calc_load(unsigned long load, unsigned long exp, unsigned long active)
{
- unsigned long i, running = 0, uninterruptible = 0;
+ load *= exp;
+ load += active * (FIXED_1 - exp);
+ return load >> FSHIFT;
+}
- for_each_online_cpu(i) {
- running += cpu_rq(i)->nr_running;
- uninterruptible += cpu_rq(i)->nr_uninterruptible;
+/*
+ * calc_load - update the avenrun load estimates 10 ticks after the
+ * CPUs have updated calc_load_tasks.
+ */
+void calc_global_load(void)
+{
+ unsigned long upd = calc_load_update + 10;
+ long active;
+
+ if (time_before(jiffies, upd))
+ return;
+
+ active = atomic_long_read(&calc_load_tasks);
+ active = active > 0 ? active * FIXED_1 : 0;
+
+ avenrun[0] = calc_load(avenrun[0], EXP_1, active);
+ avenrun[1] = calc_load(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active);
+ avenrun[2] = calc_load(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active);
+
+ calc_load_update += LOAD_FREQ;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Either called from update_cpu_load() or from a cpu going idle
+ */
+static void calc_load_account_active(struct rq *this_rq)
+{
+ long nr_active, delta;
+
+ nr_active = this_rq->nr_running;
+ nr_active += (long) this_rq->nr_uninterruptible;
+
+ if (nr_active != this_rq->calc_load_active) {
+ delta = nr_active - this_rq->calc_load_active;
+ this_rq->calc_load_active = nr_active;
+ atomic_long_add(delta, &calc_load_tasks);
}
-
- if (unlikely((long)uninterruptible < 0))
- uninterruptible = 0;
-
- return running + uninterruptible;
}
/*
@@ -2899,6 +2943,11 @@
new_load += scale-1;
this_rq->cpu_load[i] = (old_load*(scale-1) + new_load) >> i;
}
+
+ if (time_after_eq(jiffies, this_rq->calc_load_update)) {
+ this_rq->calc_load_update += LOAD_FREQ;
+ calc_load_account_active(this_rq);
+ }
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -7091,6 +7140,14 @@
}
}
+
+/*
+ * remove the tasks which were accounted by rq from calc_load_tasks.
+ */
+static void calc_global_load_remove(struct rq *rq)
+{
+ atomic_long_sub(rq->calc_load_active, &calc_load_tasks);
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
#if defined(CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG) && defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
@@ -7325,6 +7382,8 @@
/* Update our root-domain */
rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+ rq->calc_load_update = calc_load_update;
+ rq->calc_load_active = 0;
if (rq->rd) {
BUG_ON(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, rq->rd->span));
@@ -7364,7 +7423,7 @@
cpuset_unlock();
migrate_nr_uninterruptible(rq);
BUG_ON(rq->nr_running != 0);
-
+ calc_global_load_remove(rq);
/*
* No need to migrate the tasks: it was best-effort if
* they didn't take sched_hotcpu_mutex. Just wake up
@@ -9059,6 +9118,8 @@
rq = cpu_rq(i);
spin_lock_init(&rq->lock);
rq->nr_running = 0;
+ rq->calc_load_active = 0;
+ rq->calc_load_update = jiffies + LOAD_FREQ;
init_cfs_rq(&rq->cfs, rq);
init_rt_rq(&rq->rt, rq);
#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
@@ -9166,6 +9227,9 @@
* when this runqueue becomes "idle".
*/
init_idle(current, smp_processor_id());
+
+ calc_load_update = jiffies + LOAD_FREQ;
+
/*
* During early bootup we pretend to be a normal task:
*/
