From 5b7c4cabbb65f5c469464da6c5f614cbd7f730f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:24:12 -0800 Subject: Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski: "Core: - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use. - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs. - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers. Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers. - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns. - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on boot. - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan. - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack. - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers. Protocols: - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB). - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range on socket by socket basis. - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used. - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path manager. - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4). - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986). - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters. - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154. - Remove static WEP support. - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate reporting. - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP). BPF: - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure" precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type. - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and timestamp metadata. - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect metadata. - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks. - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and bpf_trace_vprintk helpers. - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case. - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by livepatch and BPF. - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in different time intervals. - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64. - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC. - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs. - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF memory accounting for container environments. Netfilter: - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band /proc interface installed by this target. - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist. Driver API: - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right IRQ affinity on AMD platforms. - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly. - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress. - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA) Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of shared medium Ethernet. - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames. - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET. - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and factor out common parts of netlink operation handling. - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers). - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning messages with notifications for debug. - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct. - Add support for per action HW stats in TC. - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from a specific point in the action chain). - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to using nl80211 interface instead. - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling, including the definition of a new default value that will benefit CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance. New hardware / drivers: - Ethernet: - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver) - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA) - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP) - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux - WiFi: - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu) - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k) - CAN: - Renesas R-Car V4H Drivers: - Bluetooth: - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers. - Ethernet NICs: - Intel (1G, igc): - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model - Intel (100G, ice): - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY - multi-buffer XDP support - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices - nVidia/Mellanox: - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload - more efficient crypto key management method - multi-port eswitch support - Netronome/Corigine: - add DCB IEEE support - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800 - Freescale/NXP (enetc): - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle - support MAC Merge layer - Other NICs: - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100 - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO) - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G - cpts: support pulse-per-second output - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff - tsnep: XDP support - Ethernet high-speed switches: - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw): - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages) - Microchip (sparx5): - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make the implicit rules always active - add support for egress DSCP rewrite - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification) - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS etc.) - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control) - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q, 8.6.5.1) - Ethernet embedded switches: - Marvell (mv88e6xxx): - add MAB (port auth) offload support - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390 - NXP (ocelot): - support MAC Merge layer - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys - Microchip: - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet - other: - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi): - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the BIOS to the firmware. - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k): - IPQ5018 support - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support - channel 177 support - MediaTek WiFi (mt76): - per-PHY LED support - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support - switch to using page pool allocator - RealTek WiFi (rtw89): - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance - Mobile: - rmnet: support TX aggregation" * tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits) page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp(). ... --- Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst | 173 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 173 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst (limited to 'Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..32c7d69fc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@ +========= +Schedutil +========= + +.. note:: + + All this assumes a linear relation between frequency and work capacity, + we know this is flawed, but it is the best workable approximation. + + +PELT (Per Entity Load Tracking) +=============================== + +With PELT we track some metrics across the various scheduler entities, from +individual tasks to task-group slices to CPU runqueues. As the basis for this +we use an Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA), each period (1024us) +is decayed such that y^32 = 0.5. That is, the most recent 32ms contribute +half, while the rest of history contribute the other half. + +Specifically: + + ewma_sum(u) := u_0 + u_1*y + u_2*y^2 + ... + + ewma(u) = ewma_sum(u) / ewma_sum(1) + +Since this is essentially a progression of an infinite geometric series, the +results are composable, that is ewma(A) + ewma(B) = ewma(A+B). This property +is key, since it gives the ability to recompose the averages when tasks move +around. + +Note that blocked tasks still contribute to the aggregates (task-group slices +and CPU runqueues), which reflects their expected contribution when they +resume running. + +Using this we track 2 key metrics: 'running' and 'runnable'. 'Running' +reflects the time an entity spends on the CPU, while 'runnable' reflects the +time an entity spends on the runqueue. When there is only a single task these +two metrics are the same, but once there is contention for the CPU 'running' +will decrease to reflect the fraction of time each task spends on the CPU +while 'runnable' will increase to reflect the amount of contention. + +For more detail see: kernel/sched/pelt.c + + +Frequency / CPU Invariance +========================== + +Because consuming the CPU for 50% at 1GHz is not the same as consuming the CPU +for 50% at 2GHz, nor is running 50% on a LITTLE CPU the same as running 50% on +a big CPU, we allow architectures to scale the time delta with two ratios, one +Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) ratio and one microarch ratio. + +For simple DVFS architectures (where software is in full control) we trivially +compute the ratio as:: + + f_cur + r_dvfs := ----- + f_max + +For more dynamic systems where the hardware is in control of DVFS we use +hardware counters (Intel APERF/MPERF, ARMv8.4-AMU) to provide us this ratio. +For Intel specifically, we use:: + + APERF + f_cur := ----- * P0 + MPERF + + 4C-turbo; if available and turbo enabled + f_max := { 1C-turbo; if turbo enabled + P0; otherwise + + f_cur + r_dvfs := min( 1, ----- ) + f_max + +We pick 4C turbo over 1C turbo to make it slightly more sustainable. + +r_cpu is determined as the ratio of highest performance level of the current +CPU vs the highest performance level of any other CPU in the system. + + r_tot = r_dvfs * r_cpu + +The result is that the above 'running' and 'runnable' metrics become invariant +of DVFS and CPU type. IOW. we can transfer and compare them between CPUs. + +For more detail see: + + - kernel/sched/pelt.h:update_rq_clock_pelt() + - arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:"APERF/MPERF frequency ratio computation." + - Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst:"1. CPU Capacity + 2. Task utilization" + + +UTIL_EST / UTIL_EST_FASTUP +========================== + +Because periodic tasks have their averages decayed while they sleep, even +though when running their expected utilization will be the same, they suffer a +(DVFS) ramp-up after they are running again. + +To alleviate this (a default enabled option) UTIL_EST drives an Infinite +Impulse Response (IIR) EWMA with the 'running' value on dequeue -- when it is +highest. A further default enabled option UTIL_EST_FASTUP modifies the IIR +filter to instantly increase and only decay on decrease. + +A further runqueue wide sum (of runnable tasks) is maintained of: + + util_est := \Sum_t max( t_running, t_util_est_ewma ) + +For more detail see: kernel/sched/fair.c:util_est_dequeue() + + +UCLAMP +====== + +It is possible to set effective u_min and u_max clamps on each CFS or RT task; +the runqueue keeps an max aggregate of these clamps for all running tasks. + +For more detail see: include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h + + +Schedutil / DVFS +================ + +Every time the scheduler load tracking is updated (task wakeup, task +migration, time progression) we call out to schedutil to update the hardware +DVFS state. + +The basis is the CPU runqueue's 'running' metric, which per the above it is +the frequency invariant utilization estimate of the CPU. From this we compute +a desired frequency like:: + + max( running, util_est ); if UTIL_EST + u_cfs := { running; otherwise + + clamp( u_cfs + u_rt , u_min, u_max ); if UCLAMP_TASK + u_clamp := { u_cfs + u_rt; otherwise + + u := u_clamp + u_irq + u_dl; [approx. see source for more detail] + + f_des := min( f_max, 1.25 u * f_max ) + +XXX IO-wait: when the update is due to a task wakeup from IO-completion we +boost 'u' above. + +This frequency is then used to select a P-state/OPP or directly munged into a +CPPC style request to the hardware. + +XXX: deadline tasks (Sporadic Task Model) allows us to calculate a hard f_min +required to satisfy the workload. + +Because these callbacks are directly from the scheduler, the DVFS hardware +interaction should be 'fast' and non-blocking. Schedutil supports +rate-limiting DVFS requests for when hardware interaction is slow and +expensive, this reduces effectiveness. + +For more information see: kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c + + +NOTES +===== + + - On low-load scenarios, where DVFS is most relevant, the 'running' numbers + will closely reflect utilization. + + - In saturated scenarios task movement will cause some transient dips, + suppose we have a CPU saturated with 4 tasks, then when we migrate a task + to an idle CPU, the old CPU will have a 'running' value of 0.75 while the + new CPU will gain 0.25. This is inevitable and time progression will + correct this. XXX do we still guarantee f_max due to no idle-time? + + - Much of the above is about avoiding DVFS dips, and independent DVFS domains + having to re-learn / ramp-up when load shifts. + -- cgit v1.2.3