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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-03-22 14:39:12 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-03-22 14:39:12 -0700
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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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+=================
+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.