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diff --git a/kernel/sched/loadavg.c b/kernel/sched/loadavg.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ef7159012cf3 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/sched/loadavg.c @@ -0,0 +1,394 @@ +/* + * kernel/sched/loadavg.c + * + * This file contains the magic bits required to compute the global loadavg + * figure. Its a silly number but people think its important. We go through + * great pains to make it work on big machines and tickless kernels. + */ + +#include <linux/export.h> + +#include "sched.h" + +/* + * Global load-average calculations + * + * We take a distributed and async approach to calculating the global load-avg + * in order to minimize overhead. + * + * The global load average is an exponentially decaying average of nr_running + + * nr_uninterruptible. + * + * Once every LOAD_FREQ: + * + * nr_active = 0; + * for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) + * nr_active += cpu_of(cpu)->nr_running + cpu_of(cpu)->nr_uninterruptible; + * + * avenrun[n] = avenrun[0] * exp_n + nr_active * (1 - exp_n) + * + * Due to a number of reasons the above turns in the mess below: + * + * - for_each_possible_cpu() is prohibitively expensive on machines with + * serious number of cpus, therefore we need to take a distributed approach + * to calculating nr_active. + * + * \Sum_i x_i(t) = \Sum_i x_i(t) - x_i(t_0) | x_i(t_0) := 0 + * = \Sum_i { \Sum_j=1 x_i(t_j) - x_i(t_j-1) } + * + * So assuming nr_active := 0 when we start out -- true per definition, we + * can simply take per-cpu deltas and fold those into a global accumulate + * to obtain the same result. See calc_load_fold_active(). + * + * Furthermore, in order to avoid synchronizing all per-cpu delta folding + * across the machine, we assume 10 ticks is sufficient time for every + * cpu to have completed this task. + * + * This places an upper-bound on the IRQ-off latency of the machine. Then + * again, being late doesn't loose the delta, just wrecks the sample. + * + * - cpu_rq()->nr_uninterruptible isn't accurately tracked per-cpu because + * this would add another cross-cpu cacheline miss and atomic operation + * to the wakeup path. Instead we increment on whatever cpu the task ran + * when it went into uninterruptible state and decrement on whatever cpu + * did the wakeup. This means that only the sum of nr_uninterruptible over + * all cpus yields the correct result. + * + * This covers the NO_HZ=n code, for extra head-aches, see the comment below. + */ + +/* Variables and functions for calc_load */ +atomic_long_t calc_load_tasks; +unsigned long calc_load_update; +unsigned long avenrun[3]; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(avenrun); /* should be removed */ + +/** + * get_avenrun - get the load average array + * @loads: pointer to dest load array + * @offset: offset to add + * @shift: shift count to shift the result left + * + * These values are estimates at best, so no need for locking. + */ +void get_avenrun(unsigned long *loads, unsigned long offset, int shift) +{ + loads[0] = (avenrun[0] + offset) << shift; + loads[1] = (avenrun[1] + offset) << shift; + loads[2] = (avenrun[2] + offset) << shift; +} + +long calc_load_fold_active(struct rq *this_rq) +{ + long nr_active, delta = 0; + + 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; + } + + return delta; +} + +/* + * a1 = a0 * e + a * (1 - e) + */ +static unsigned long +calc_load(unsigned long load, unsigned long exp, unsigned long active) +{ + load *= exp; + load += active * (FIXED_1 - exp); + load += 1UL << (FSHIFT - 1); + return load >> FSHIFT; +} + +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON +/* + * Handle NO_HZ for the global load-average. + * + * Since the above described distributed algorithm to compute the global + * load-average relies on per-cpu sampling from the tick, it is affected by + * NO_HZ. + * + * The basic idea is to fold the nr_active delta into a global idle-delta upon + * entering NO_HZ state such that we can include this as an 'extra' cpu delta + * when we read the global state. + * + * Obviously reality has to ruin such a delightfully simple scheme: + * + * - When we go NO_HZ idle during the window, we can negate our sample + * contribution, causing under-accounting. + * + * We avoid this by keeping two idle-delta counters and flipping them + * when the window starts, thus separating old and new NO_HZ load. + * + * The only trick is the slight shift in index flip for read vs write. + * + * 0s 5s 10s 15s + * +10 +10 +10 +10 + * |-|-----------|-|-----------|-|-----------|-| + * r:0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 + * w:0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 + * + * This ensures we'll fold the old idle contribution in this window while + * accumlating the new one. + * + * - When we wake up from NO_HZ idle during the window, we push up our + * contribution, since we effectively move our sample point to a known + * busy state. + * + * This is solved by pushing the window forward, and thus skipping the + * sample, for this cpu (effectively using the idle-delta for this cpu which + * was in effect at the time the window opened). This also solves the issue + * of having to deal with a cpu having been in NOHZ idle for multiple + * LOAD_FREQ intervals. + * + * When making the ILB scale, we should try to pull this in as well. + */ +static atomic_long_t calc_load_idle[2]; +static int calc_load_idx; + +static inline int calc_load_write_idx(void) +{ + int idx = calc_load_idx; + + /* + * See calc_global_nohz(), if we observe the new index, we also + * need to observe the new update time. + */ + smp_rmb(); + + /* + * If the folding window started, make sure we start writing in the + * next idle-delta. + */ + if (!time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update)) + idx++; + + return idx & 1; +} + +static inline int calc_load_read_idx(void) +{ + return calc_load_idx & 1; +} + +void calc_load_enter_idle(void) +{ + struct rq *this_rq = this_rq(); + long delta; + + /* + * We're going into NOHZ mode, if there's any pending delta, fold it + * into the pending idle delta. + */ + delta = calc_load_fold_active(this_rq); + if (delta) { + int idx = calc_load_write_idx(); + + atomic_long_add(delta, &calc_load_idle[idx]); + } +} + +void calc_load_exit_idle(void) +{ + struct rq *this_rq = this_rq(); + + /* + * If we're still before the sample window, we're done. + */ + if (time_before(jiffies, this_rq->calc_load_update)) + return; + + /* + * We woke inside or after the sample window, this means we're already + * accounted through the nohz accounting, so skip the entire deal and + * sync up for the next window. + */ + this_rq->calc_load_update = calc_load_update; + if (time_before(jiffies, this_rq->calc_load_update + 10)) + this_rq->calc_load_update += LOAD_FREQ; +} + +static long calc_load_fold_idle(void) +{ + int idx = calc_load_read_idx(); + long delta = 0; + + if (atomic_long_read(&calc_load_idle[idx])) + delta = atomic_long_xchg(&calc_load_idle[idx], 0); + + return delta; +} + +/** + * fixed_power_int - compute: x^n, in O(log n) time + * + * @x: base of the power + * @frac_bits: fractional bits of @x + * @n: power to raise @x to. + * + * By exploiting the relation between the definition of the natural power + * function: x^n := x*x*...*x (x multiplied by itself for n times), and + * the binary encoding of numbers used by computers: n := \Sum n_i * 2^i, + * (where: n_i \elem {0, 1}, the binary vector representing n), + * we find: x^n := x^(\Sum n_i * 2^i) := \Prod x^(n_i * 2^i), which is + * of course trivially computable in O(log_2 n), the length of our binary + * vector. + */ +static unsigned long +fixed_power_int(unsigned long x, unsigned int frac_bits, unsigned int n) +{ + unsigned long result = 1UL << frac_bits; + + if (n) { + for (;;) { + if (n & 1) { + result *= x; + result += 1UL << (frac_bits - 1); + result >>= frac_bits; + } + n >>= 1; + if (!n) + break; + x *= x; + x += 1UL << (frac_bits - 1); + x >>= frac_bits; + } + } + + return result; +} + +/* + * a1 = a0 * e + a * (1 - e) + * + * a2 = a1 * e + a * (1 - e) + * = (a0 * e + a * (1 - e)) * e + a * (1 - e) + * = a0 * e^2 + a * (1 - e) * (1 + e) + * + * a3 = a2 * e + a * (1 - e) + * = (a0 * e^2 + a * (1 - e) * (1 + e)) * e + a * (1 - e) + * = a0 * e^3 + a * (1 - e) * (1 + e + e^2) + * + * ... + * + * an = a0 * e^n + a * (1 - e) * (1 + e + ... + e^n-1) [1] + * = a0 * e^n + a * (1 - e) * (1 - e^n)/(1 - e) + * = a0 * e^n + a * (1 - e^n) + * + * [1] application of the geometric series: + * + * n 1 - x^(n+1) + * S_n := \Sum x^i = ------------- + * i=0 1 - x + */ +static unsigned long +calc_load_n(unsigned long load, unsigned long exp, + unsigned long active, unsigned int n) +{ + return calc_load(load, fixed_power_int(exp, FSHIFT, n), active); +} + +/* + * NO_HZ can leave us missing all per-cpu ticks calling + * calc_load_account_active(), but since an idle CPU folds its delta into + * calc_load_tasks_idle per calc_load_account_idle(), all we need to do is fold + * in the pending idle delta if our idle period crossed a load cycle boundary. + * + * Once we've updated the global active value, we need to apply the exponential + * weights adjusted to the number of cycles missed. + */ +static void calc_global_nohz(void) +{ + long delta, active, n; + + if (!time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update + 10)) { + /* + * Catch-up, fold however many we are behind still + */ + delta = jiffies - calc_load_update - 10; + n = 1 + (delta / LOAD_FREQ); + + active = atomic_long_read(&calc_load_tasks); + active = active > 0 ? active * FIXED_1 : 0; + + avenrun[0] = calc_load_n(avenrun[0], EXP_1, active, n); + avenrun[1] = calc_load_n(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active, n); + avenrun[2] = calc_load_n(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active, n); + + calc_load_update += n * LOAD_FREQ; + } + + /* + * Flip the idle index... + * + * Make sure we first write the new time then flip the index, so that + * calc_load_write_idx() will see the new time when it reads the new + * index, this avoids a double flip messing things up. + */ + smp_wmb(); + calc_load_idx++; +} +#else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */ + +static inline long calc_load_fold_idle(void) { return 0; } +static inline void calc_global_nohz(void) { } + +#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */ + +/* + * calc_load - update the avenrun load estimates 10 ticks after the + * CPUs have updated calc_load_tasks. + * + * Called from the global timer code. + */ +void calc_global_load(unsigned long ticks) +{ + long active, delta; + + if (time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update + 10)) + return; + + /* + * Fold the 'old' idle-delta to include all NO_HZ cpus. + */ + delta = calc_load_fold_idle(); + if (delta) + atomic_long_add(delta, &calc_load_tasks); + + 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; + + /* + * In case we idled for multiple LOAD_FREQ intervals, catch up in bulk. + */ + calc_global_nohz(); +} + +/* + * Called from scheduler_tick() to periodically update this CPU's + * active count. + */ +void calc_global_load_tick(struct rq *this_rq) +{ + long delta; + + if (time_before(jiffies, this_rq->calc_load_update)) + return; + + delta = calc_load_fold_active(this_rq); + if (delta) + atomic_long_add(delta, &calc_load_tasks); + + this_rq->calc_load_update += LOAD_FREQ; +} |