On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 05:50 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Sun, 2014-02-16 at 08:41 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > So maybe start with Kevin's patch, but augment with something else for > > the !NO_HZ_FULL case? > > Sure (hm, does it work without workqueue.disable_numa ?). I took patch out for a spin on a 40 core box +SMT, with CPUs 4-79 isolated via exclusive cpuset with load balancing off. Worker bees ignored patch either way. -Mike Perturbation measurement hog pinned to CPU4. With patch: # TASK-PID CPU# |||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||||| | | pert-9949 [004] ....113 405.120164: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a5c4ecc08 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=4 pert-9949 [004] ....113 405.120166: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a5c4ecc08 pert-9949 [004] d.L.313 405.120169: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/4:2 pid=2119 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=004 pert-9949 [004] d.Lh213 405.120170: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-9949 [004] d.L.213 405.120172: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-9949 [004] d...3.. 405.120173: sched_switch: prev_comm=pert prev_pid=9949 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R+ ==> next_comm=kworker/4:2 next_pid=2119 next_prio=120 kworker/4:2-2119 [004] ....1.. 405.120174: workqueue_execute_start: work struct ffff880a5c4ecc08: function flush_to_ldisc kworker/4:2-2119 [004] d...311 405.120176: sched_wakeup: comm=sshd pid=6620 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=000 kworker/4:2-2119 [004] ....1.. 405.120176: workqueue_execute_end: work struct ffff880a5c4ecc08 kworker/4:2-2119 [004] d...3.. 405.120177: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/4:2 prev_pid=2119 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=pert next_pid=9949 next_prio=120 pert-9949 [004] ....113 405.120178: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a5c4ecc08 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=4 pert-9949 [004] ....113 405.120179: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a5c4ecc08 pert-9949 [004] d.L.313 405.120179: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/4:2 pid=2119 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=004 pert-9949 [004] d.L.213 405.120181: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-9949 [004] d...3.. 405.120181: sched_switch: prev_comm=pert prev_pid=9949 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R+ ==> next_comm=kworker/4:2 next_pid=2119 next_prio=120 kworker/4:2-2119 [004] ....1.. 405.120182: workqueue_execute_start: work struct ffff880a5c4ecc08: function flush_to_ldisc kworker/4:2-2119 [004] ....1.. 405.120183: workqueue_execute_end: work struct ffff880a5c4ecc08 kworker/4:2-2119 [004] d...3.. 405.120183: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/4:2 prev_pid=2119 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=pert next_pid=9949 next_prio=120 pert-9949 [004] d...1.. 405.120736: tick_stop: success=yes msg= pert-9949 [004] ....113 410.121082: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a5c4ecc08 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=4 pert-9949 [004] ....113 410.121082: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a5c4ecc08 pert-9949 [004] d.L.313 410.121084: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/4:2 pid=2119 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=004 pert-9949 [004] d.Lh213 410.121085: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-9949 [004] d.L.213 410.121087: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue ...and so on until tick time (extra cheezy) hack kinda sorta works iff workqueue.disable_numa: --- kernel/workqueue.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -1328,8 +1328,11 @@ static void __queue_work(int cpu, struct rcu_read_lock(); retry: - if (req_cpu == WORK_CPU_UNBOUND) + if (req_cpu == WORK_CPU_UNBOUND) { cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); + if (runqueue_is_isolated(cpu)) + cpu = 0; + } /* pwq which will be used unless @work is executing elsewhere */ if (!(wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND)) # TASK-PID CPU# |||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||||| | | <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5555.889694: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a596eb008 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=0 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5555.889695: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a596eb008 <...>-33824 [004] d...313 5555.889697: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/0:2 pid=2105 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=000 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5560.890594: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a596eb008 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=0 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5560.890595: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a596eb008 <...>-33824 [004] d...313 5560.890596: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/0:2 pid=2105 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=000 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5565.891493: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a596eb008 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=0 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5565.891493: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a596eb008 <...>-33824 [004] d...313 5565.891494: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/0:2 pid=2105 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=000 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5570.892401: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a596eb008 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=0 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5570.892401: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a596eb008 <...>-33824 [004] d...313 5570.892403: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/0:2 pid=2105 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=000 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5575.893300: workqueue_queue_work: work struct=ffff880a596eb008 function=flush_to_ldisc workqueue=ffff88046f40ba00 req_cpu=256 cpu=0 <...>-33824 [004] ....113 5575.893301: workqueue_activate_work: work struct ffff880a596eb008 <...>-33824 [004] d...313 5575.893302: sched_wakeup: comm=kworker/0:2 pid=2105 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=000 <...>-33824 [004] d..h1.. 5578.854979: softirq_raise: vec=1 [action=TIMER] <...>-33824 [004] dN..3.. 5578.854981: sched_wakeup: comm=sirq-timer/4 pid=319 prio=69 success=1 target_cpu=004 <...>-33824 [004] dN..1.. 5578.854982: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue <...>-33824 [004] dN.h1.. 5578.854983: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue <...>-33824 [004] dN..1.. 5578.854985: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue <...>-33824 [004] d...3.. 5578.854986: sched_switch: prev_comm=pert prev_pid=33824 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R+ ==> next_comm=sirq-timer/4 next_pid=319 next_prio=69 sirq-timer/4-319 [004] d..h3.. 5578.854987: softirq_raise: vec=1 [action=TIMER] sirq-timer/4-319 [004] d...3.. 5578.854989: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue sirq-timer/4-319 [004] ....111 5578.854990: softirq_entry: vec=1 [action=TIMER] sirq-timer/4-319 [004] ....111 5578.855194: softirq_exit: vec=1 [action=TIMER] <== 204us tick, not good... to_stare_at++ sirq-timer/4-319 [004] d...3.. 5578.855196: sched_switch: prev_comm=sirq-timer/4 prev_pid=319 prev_prio=69 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=pert next_pid=33824 next_prio=120 <...>-33824 [004] d...1.. 5578.855987: tick_stop: success=yes msg= ...etc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/