linux-stable/kernel/sched
Dietmar Eggemann 7d0583cf9e sched/fair, cpufreq: Introduce 'runnable boosting'
The responsiveness of the Per Entity Load Tracking (PELT) util_avg in
mobile devices is still considered too low for utilization changes
during task ramp-up.

In Android this manifests in the fact that the first frames of a UI
activity are very prone to be jankframes (a frame which doesn't meet
the required frame rendering time, e.g. 16ms@60Hz) since the CPU
frequency is normally low at this point and has to ramp up quickly.

The beginning of an UI activity is also characterized by the occurrence
of CPU contention, especially on little CPUs. Current little CPUs can
have an original CPU capacity of only ~ 150 which means that the actual
CPU capacity at lower frequency can even be much smaller.

Schedutil maps CPU util_avg into CPU frequency request via:

  util = effective_cpu_util(..., cpu_util_cfs(cpu), ...) ->
  util = map_util_perf(util) -> freq = map_util_freq(util, ...)

CPU contention for CFS tasks can be detected by 'CPU runnable > CPU
utililization' in cpu_util_cfs_boost() -> cpu_util(..., boost = 1).
Schedutil uses 'runnable boosting' by calling cpu_util_cfs_boost().

To be in sync with schedutil's CPU frequency selection, Energy Aware
Scheduling (EAS) also calls cpu_util(..., boost = 1) during max util
detection.

Moreover, 'runnable boosting' is also used in load-balance for busiest
CPU selection when the migration type is 'migrate_util', i.e. only at
sched domains which don't have the SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES flag set.

Suggested-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230515115735.296329-3-dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
2023-06-05 21:13:44 +02:00
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autogroup.c sched/all: Change all BUG_ON() instances in the scheduler to WARN_ON_ONCE() 2022-08-12 11:25:10 +02:00
autogroup.h sched/headers: Add header guard to kernel/sched/stats.h and kernel/sched/autogroup.h 2022-02-23 08:22:00 +01:00
build_policy.c sched: Fix missing prototype warnings 2022-05-01 10:03:43 +02:00
build_utility.c sched: Fix missing prototype warnings 2022-05-01 10:03:43 +02:00
clock.c sched/clock: Provide local_clock_noinstr() 2023-06-05 21:11:09 +02:00
completion.c sched/completion: Add wait_for_completion_state() 2022-09-07 21:53:49 +02:00
core.c sched: Consider task_struct::saved_state in wait_task_inactive() 2023-06-05 21:11:03 +02:00
core_sched.c sched: Rename task_running() to task_on_cpu() 2022-09-07 21:53:47 +02:00
cpuacct.c Merge branch 'sched/fast-headers' into sched/core 2022-03-15 09:05:05 +01:00
cpudeadline.c sched/core: Introduce sched_asym_cpucap_active() 2022-08-02 12:32:45 +02:00
cpudeadline.h
cpufreq.c sched/headers: Introduce kernel/sched/build_utility.c and build multiple .c files there 2022-02-23 10:58:33 +01:00
cpufreq_schedutil.c sched/fair, cpufreq: Introduce 'runnable boosting' 2023-06-05 21:13:44 +02:00
cpupri.c sched/all: Change all BUG_ON() instances in the scheduler to WARN_ON_ONCE() 2022-08-12 11:25:10 +02:00
cpupri.h sched/cpupri: Add CPUPRI_HIGHER 2020-10-29 11:00:30 +01:00
cputime.c cputime: remove cputime_to_nsecs fallback 2022-12-27 12:52:17 +01:00
deadline.c sched/deadline: remove unused dl_bandwidth 2023-05-30 22:46:26 +02:00
debug.c sched/debug: Correct printing for rq->nr_uninterruptible 2023-05-08 10:58:39 +02:00
fair.c sched/fair, cpufreq: Introduce 'runnable boosting' 2023-06-05 21:13:44 +02:00
features.h sched/fair: Introduce SIS_UTIL to search idle CPU based on sum of util_avg 2022-06-28 09:08:30 +02:00
idle.c sched/idle: Mark arch_cpu_idle_dead() __noreturn 2023-03-08 08:44:28 -08:00
isolation.c sched/headers: Introduce kernel/sched/build_utility.c and build multiple .c files there 2022-02-23 10:58:33 +01:00
loadavg.c sched/headers: Introduce kernel/sched/build_utility.c and build multiple .c files there 2022-02-23 10:58:33 +01:00
Makefile sched/headers: Introduce kernel/sched/build_policy.c and build multiple .c files there 2022-02-23 10:58:33 +01:00
membarrier.c sched/membarrier: Introduce MEMBARRIER_CMD_GET_REGISTRATIONS 2023-01-07 11:29:29 +01:00
pelt.c sched/headers: Introduce kernel/sched/build_policy.c and build multiple .c files there 2022-02-23 10:58:33 +01:00
pelt.h sched/fair: Decay task PELT values during wakeup migration 2022-06-28 09:17:46 +02:00
psi.c sched/psi: Avoid resetting the min update period when it is unnecessary 2023-05-20 12:53:16 +02:00
rt.c sched/rt: Fix bad task migration for rt tasks 2023-04-21 13:24:21 +02:00
sched-pelt.h
sched.h sched/fair, cpufreq: Introduce 'runnable boosting' 2023-06-05 21:13:44 +02:00
smp.h sched, smp: Trace smp callback causing an IPI 2023-03-24 11:01:29 +01:00
stats.c sched/headers: Introduce kernel/sched/build_utility.c and build multiple .c files there 2022-02-23 10:58:33 +01:00
stats.h sched/psi: Use task->psi_flags to clear in CPU migration 2022-10-30 10:12:15 +01:00
stop_task.c sched: Add update_current_exec_runtime helper 2022-08-27 00:05:35 +02:00
swait.c sched/headers: Introduce kernel/sched/build_utility.c and build multiple .c files there 2022-02-23 10:58:33 +01:00
topology.c sched/topology: Propagate SMT flags when removing degenerate domain 2023-05-08 10:58:39 +02:00
wait.c wait: Return number of exclusive waiters awaken 2022-11-16 11:33:03 -07:00
wait_bit.c wait_on_bit: add an acquire memory barrier 2022-08-26 09:30:25 -07:00