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author | Linus Torvalds | 2022-03-22 14:39:12 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2022-03-22 14:39:12 -0700 |
commit | 3fe2f7446f1e029b220f7f650df6d138f91651f2 (patch) | |
tree | bc6f9adc91f9e4fd4d78f49f1188388ebfa90bcb /Documentation | |
parent | ebd326ce724d5b2e5274724e6d6a46a046e28203 (diff) | |
parent | ffea9fb319360b9ead8befac6bb2db2b54fd53e6 (diff) |
Merge tag 'sched-core-2022-03-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
- Cleanups for SCHED_DEADLINE
- Tracing updates/fixes
- CPU Accounting fixes
- First wave of changes to optimize the overhead of the scheduler
build, from the fast-headers tree - including placeholder *_api.h
headers for later header split-ups.
- Preempt-dynamic using static_branch() for ARM64
- Isolation housekeeping mask rework; preperatory for further changes
- NUMA-balancing: deal with CPU-less nodes
- NUMA-balancing: tune systems that have multiple LLC cache domains per
node (eg. AMD)
- Updates to RSEQ UAPI in preparation for glibc usage
- Lots of RSEQ/selftests, for same
- Add Suren as PSI co-maintainer
* tag 'sched-core-2022-03-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (81 commits)
sched/headers: ARM needs asm/paravirt_api_clock.h too
sched/numa: Fix boot crash on arm64 systems
headers/prep: Fix header to build standalone: <linux/psi.h>
sched/headers: Only include <linux/entry-common.h> when CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY=y
cgroup: Fix suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage warning
sched/preempt: Tell about PREEMPT_DYNAMIC on kernel headers
sched/topology: Remove redundant variable and fix incorrect type in build_sched_domains
sched/deadline,rt: Remove unused parameter from pick_next_[rt|dl]_entity()
sched/deadline,rt: Remove unused functions for !CONFIG_SMP
sched/deadline: Use __node_2_[pdl|dle]() and rb_first_cached() consistently
sched/deadline: Merge dl_task_can_attach() and dl_cpu_busy()
sched/deadline: Move bandwidth mgmt and reclaim functions into sched class source file
sched/deadline: Remove unused def_dl_bandwidth
sched/tracing: Report TASK_RTLOCK_WAIT tasks as TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
sched/tracing: Don't re-read p->state when emitting sched_switch event
sched/rt: Plug rt_mutex_setprio() vs push_rt_task() race
sched/cpuacct: Remove redundant RCU read lock
sched/cpuacct: Optimize away RCU read lock
sched/cpuacct: Fix charge percpu cpuusage
sched/headers: Reorganize, clean up and optimize kernel/sched/sched.h dependencies
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 46 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scheduler/index.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst | 54 |
3 files changed, 56 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 5dd660aac0ae..2d1b8c1ea2e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -609,51 +609,7 @@ be migrated to a local memory node. The unmapping of pages and trapping faults incur additional overhead that ideally is offset by improved memory locality but there is no universal guarantee. If the target workload is already bound to NUMA nodes then this -feature should be disabled. Otherwise, if the system overhead from the -feature is too high then the rate the kernel samples for NUMA hinting -faults may be controlled by the `numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms, -numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms, numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms, -numa_balancing_scan_size_mb`_, and numa_balancing_settle_count sysctls. - - -numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms, numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms, numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms, numa_balancing_scan_size_mb -=============================================================================================================================== - - -Automatic NUMA balancing scans tasks address space and unmaps pages to -detect if pages are properly placed or if the data should be migrated to a -memory node local to where the task is running. Every "scan delay" the task -scans the next "scan size" number of pages in its address space. When the -end of the address space is reached the scanner restarts from the beginning. - -In combination, the "scan delay" and "scan size" determine the scan rate. -When "scan delay" decreases, the scan rate increases. The scan delay and -hence the scan rate of every task is adaptive and depends on historical -behaviour. If pages are properly placed then the scan delay increases, -otherwise the scan delay decreases. The "scan size" is not adaptive but -the higher the "scan size", the higher the scan rate. - -Higher scan rates incur higher system overhead as page faults must be -trapped and potentially data must be migrated. However, the higher the scan -rate, the more quickly a tasks memory is migrated to a local node if the -workload pattern changes and minimises performance impact due to remote -memory accesses. These sysctls control the thresholds for scan delays and -the number of pages scanned. - -``numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms`` is the minimum time in milliseconds to -scan a tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the maximum scanning -rate for each task. - -``numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms`` is the starting "scan delay" used for a task -when it initially forks. - -``numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms`` is the maximum time in milliseconds to -scan a tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the minimum scanning -rate for each task. - -``numa_balancing_scan_size_mb`` is how many megabytes worth of pages are -scanned for a given scan. - +feature should be disabled. oops_all_cpu_backtrace ====================== diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/index.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/index.rst index 693eaac769a7..b430d856056a 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/index.rst @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Linux Scheduler sched-nice-design sched-rt-group sched-stats + sched-debug text_files diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4d3d24f2a439 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-debug.rst @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +================= +Scheduler debugfs +================= + +Booting a kernel with CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG=y will give access to +scheduler specific debug files under /sys/kernel/debug/sched. Some of +those files are described below. + +numa_balancing +============== + +`numa_balancing` directory is used to hold files to control NUMA +balancing feature. If the system overhead from the feature is too +high then the rate the kernel samples for NUMA hinting faults may be +controlled by the `scan_period_min_ms, scan_delay_ms, +scan_period_max_ms, scan_size_mb` files. + + +scan_period_min_ms, scan_delay_ms, scan_period_max_ms, scan_size_mb +------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Automatic NUMA balancing scans tasks address space and unmaps pages to +detect if pages are properly placed or if the data should be migrated to a +memory node local to where the task is running. Every "scan delay" the task +scans the next "scan size" number of pages in its address space. When the +end of the address space is reached the scanner restarts from the beginning. + +In combination, the "scan delay" and "scan size" determine the scan rate. +When "scan delay" decreases, the scan rate increases. The scan delay and +hence the scan rate of every task is adaptive and depends on historical +behaviour. If pages are properly placed then the scan delay increases, +otherwise the scan delay decreases. The "scan size" is not adaptive but +the higher the "scan size", the higher the scan rate. + +Higher scan rates incur higher system overhead as page faults must be +trapped and potentially data must be migrated. However, the higher the scan +rate, the more quickly a tasks memory is migrated to a local node if the +workload pattern changes and minimises performance impact due to remote +memory accesses. These files control the thresholds for scan delays and +the number of pages scanned. + +``scan_period_min_ms`` is the minimum time in milliseconds to scan a +tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the maximum scanning +rate for each task. + +``scan_delay_ms`` is the starting "scan delay" used for a task when it +initially forks. + +``scan_period_max_ms`` is the maximum time in milliseconds to scan a +tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the minimum scanning +rate for each task. + +``scan_size_mb`` is how many megabytes worth of pages are scanned for +a given scan. |