Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: credit2: enable per cpu runqueue creation

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/11/2017 05:15 PM, Praveen Kumar wrote:
> The patch introduces a new command line option 'cpu' that when used will 
> create
> runqueue per logical pCPU. This may be useful for small systems, and also for
> development, performance evalution and comparison.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Praveen Kumar <kpraveen.lkml@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx>

OK, I've pushed this.  Sorry again for missing the 4.9 window.

 -George

> 
> ---
>  docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown |  3 ++-
>  xen/common/sched_credit2.c          | 15 +++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown 
> b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
> index 5815d87dab..6e73766574 100644
> --- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
> +++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
> @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ also slow in responding to load changes.
>  The default value of `1 sec` is rather long.
>  
>  ### credit2\_runqueue
> -> `= core | socket | node | all`
> +> `= cpu | core | socket | node | all`
>  
>  > Default: `socket`
>  
> @@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ balancing (for instance, it will deal better with 
> hyperthreading),
>  but also more overhead.
>  
>  Available alternatives, with their meaning, are:
> +* `cpu`: one runqueue per each logical pCPUs of the host;
>  * `core`: one runqueue per each physical core of the host;
>  * `socket`: one runqueue per each physical socket (which often,
>              but not always, matches a NUMA node) of the host;
> diff --git a/xen/common/sched_credit2.c b/xen/common/sched_credit2.c
> index bb1c657e76..ee7b443f9e 100644
> --- a/xen/common/sched_credit2.c
> +++ b/xen/common/sched_credit2.c
> @@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ integer_param("credit2_balance_over", 
> opt_overload_balance_tolerance);
>   * want that to happen basing on topology. At the moment, it is possible
>   * to choose to arrange runqueues to be:
>   *
> + * - per-cpu: meaning that there will be one runqueue per logical cpu. This
> + *            will happen when if the opt_runqueue parameter is set to 'cpu'.
> + *
>   * - per-core: meaning that there will be one runqueue per each physical
>   *             core of the host. This will happen if the opt_runqueue
>   *             parameter is set to 'core';
> @@ -322,11 +325,13 @@ integer_param("credit2_balance_over", 
> opt_overload_balance_tolerance);
>   * either the same physical core, the same physical socket, the same NUMA
>   * node, or just all of them, will be put together to form runqueues.
>   */
> -#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_CORE   0
> -#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_SOCKET 1
> -#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_NODE   2
> -#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_ALL    3
> +#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_CPU    0
> +#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_CORE   1
> +#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_SOCKET 2
> +#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_NODE   3
> +#define OPT_RUNQUEUE_ALL    4
>  static const char *const opt_runqueue_str[] = {
> +    [OPT_RUNQUEUE_CPU] = "cpu",
>      [OPT_RUNQUEUE_CORE] = "core",
>      [OPT_RUNQUEUE_SOCKET] = "socket",
>      [OPT_RUNQUEUE_NODE] = "node",
> @@ -682,6 +687,8 @@ cpu_to_runqueue(struct csched2_private *prv, unsigned int 
> cpu)
>          BUG_ON(cpu_to_socket(cpu) == XEN_INVALID_SOCKET_ID ||
>                 cpu_to_socket(peer_cpu) == XEN_INVALID_SOCKET_ID);
>  
> +        if (opt_runqueue == OPT_RUNQUEUE_CPU)
> +            continue;
>          if ( opt_runqueue == OPT_RUNQUEUE_ALL ||
>               (opt_runqueue == OPT_RUNQUEUE_CORE && same_core(peer_cpu, cpu)) 
> ||
>               (opt_runqueue == OPT_RUNQUEUE_SOCKET && same_socket(peer_cpu, 
> cpu)) ||
> 


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