sched: Remove sched_switch

Currently we don't utilize the sched_switch field anymore.

But, simply removing sched_switch field from the middle of the
sched_stat output will break

sched: Remove sched_switch

Currently we don't utilize the sched_switch field anymore.

But, simply removing sched_switch field from the middle of the
sched_stat output will break tools.

So, to stay compatible we hardcode it to zero and remove the
field from the scheduler data structures.

Update the schedstat documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1327422836.27181.5.camel@localhost.localdomain
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched: Only queue remote wakeups when crossing cache boundaries

Mike reported a 13% drop in netperf TCP_RR performance due to the
new remote wakeup code. Suresh too noticed some performa

sched: Only queue remote wakeups when crossing cache boundaries

Mike reported a 13% drop in netperf TCP_RR performance due to the
new remote wakeup code. Suresh too noticed some performance issues
with it.

Reducing the IPIs to only cross cache domains solves the observed
performance issues.

Reported-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Acked-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Cc: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@oracle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323338531.17673.7.camel@twins
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched: Use jump_labels for sched_feat

Now that we initialize jump_labels before sched_init() we can use them
for the debug features without having to worry about a window where
they

sched: Use jump_labels for sched_feat

Now that we initialize jump_labels before sched_init() we can use them
for the debug features without having to worry about a window where
they have the wrong setting.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-vpreo4hal9e0kzqmg5y0io2k@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched/accounting: Re-use scheduler statistics for the root cgroup

Right now, after we collect tick statistics for user and system and store them
in a well known location, we keep the sam

sched/accounting: Re-use scheduler statistics for the root cgroup

Right now, after we collect tick statistics for user and system and store them
in a well known location, we keep the same statistics again for cpuacct.
Since cpuacct is hierarchical, the numbers for the root cgroup should be
absolutely equal to the system-wide numbers.

So it would be better to just use it: this patch changes cpuacct accounting
in a way that the cpustat statistics are kept in a struct kernel_cpustat percpu
array. In the root cgroup case, we just point it to the main array. The rest of
the hierarchy walk can be totally disabled later with a static branch - but I am
not doing it here.

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Tuner <pjt@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1322498719-2255-4-git-send-email-glommer@parallels.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched: Save some hrtick_start_fair cycles

hrtick_start_fair() shows up in profiles even when disabled.

v3.0.6

taskset -c 3 pipe-test

PerfTop: 997 irqs/sec

sched: Save some hrtick_start_fair cycles

hrtick_start_fair() shows up in profiles even when disabled.

v3.0.6

taskset -c 3 pipe-test

PerfTop: 997 irqs/sec kernel:89.5% exact: 0.0% [1000Hz cycles], (all, CPU: 3)
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Virgin Patched
samples pcnt function samples pcnt function
_______ _____ ___________________________ _______ _____ ___________________________

2880.00 10.2% __schedule 3136.00 11.3% __schedule
1634.00 5.8% pipe_read 1615.00 5.8% pipe_read
1458.00 5.2% system_call 1534.00 5.5% system_call
1382.00 4.9% _raw_spin_lock_irqsave 1412.00 5.1% _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
1202.00 4.3% pipe_write 1255.00 4.5% copy_user_generic_string
1164.00 4.1% copy_user_generic_string 1241.00 4.5% __switch_to
1097.00 3.9% __switch_to 929.00 3.3% mutex_lock
872.00 3.1% mutex_lock 846.00 3.0% mutex_unlock
687.00 2.4% mutex_unlock 804.00 2.9% pipe_write
682.00 2.4% native_sched_clock 713.00 2.6% native_sched_clock
643.00 2.3% system_call_after_swapgs 653.00 2.3% _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
617.00 2.2% sched_clock_local 633.00 2.3% fsnotify
612.00 2.2% fsnotify 605.00 2.2% sched_clock_local
596.00 2.1% _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore 593.00 2.1% system_call_after_swapgs
542.00 1.9% sysret_check 559.00 2.0% sysret_check
467.00 1.7% fget_light 472.00 1.7% fget_light
462.00 1.6% finish_task_switch 461.00 1.7% finish_task_switch
437.00 1.5% vfs_write 442.00 1.6% vfs_write
431.00 1.5% do_sync_write 428.00 1.5% do_sync_write
413.00 1.5% select_task_rq_fair 404.00 1.5% _raw_spin_lock_irq
386.00 1.4% update_curr 402.00 1.4% update_curr
385.00 1.4% rw_verify_area 389.00 1.4% do_sync_read
377.00 1.3% _raw_spin_lock_irq 378.00 1.4% vfs_read
369.00 1.3% do_sync_read 340.00 1.2% pipe_iov_copy_from_user
360.00 1.3% vfs_read 316.00 1.1% __wake_up_sync_key
* 342.00 1.2% hrtick_start_fair 313.00 1.1% __wake_up_common

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
[ fixed !CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK borkage ]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1321971607.6855.17.camel@marge.simson.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched, nohz: Track nr_busy_cpus in the sched_group_power

Introduce nr_busy_cpus in the struct sched_group_power [Not in sched_group
because sched groups are duplicated for the SD_OVERLAP

sched, nohz: Track nr_busy_cpus in the sched_group_power

Introduce nr_busy_cpus in the struct sched_group_power [Not in sched_group
because sched groups are duplicated for the SD_OVERLAP scheduler domain]
and for each cpu that enters and exits idle, this parameter will
be updated in each scheduler group of the scheduler domain that this cpu
belongs to.

To avoid the frequent update of this state as the cpu enters
and exits idle, the update of the stat during idle exit is
delayed to the first timer tick that happens after the cpu becomes busy.
This is done using NOHZ_IDLE flag in the struct rq's nohz_flags.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111202010832.555984323@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched, nohz: Introduce nohz_flags in 'struct rq'

Introduce nohz_flags in the struct rq, which will track these two flags
for now.

NOHZ_TICK_STOPPED keeps track of the tick stopp

sched, nohz: Introduce nohz_flags in 'struct rq'

Introduce nohz_flags in the struct rq, which will track these two flags
for now.

NOHZ_TICK_STOPPED keeps track of the tick stopped status that gets set when
the tick is stopped. It will be used to update the nohz idle load balancer data
structures during the first busy tick after the tick is restarted. At this
first busy tick after tickless idle, NOHZ_TICK_STOPPED flag will be reset.
This will minimize the nohz idle load balancer status updates that currently
happen for every tickless exit, making it more scalable when there
are many logical cpu's that enter and exit idle often.

NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK will track the need for nohz idle load balance
on this rq. This will replace the nohz_balance_kick in the rq, which was
not being updated atomically.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111202010832.499438999@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched: Clean up domain traversal in select_idle_sibling()

Instead of going through the scheduler domain hierarchy multiple times
(for giving priority to an idle core over an idle SMT sib

sched: Clean up domain traversal in select_idle_sibling()

Instead of going through the scheduler domain hierarchy multiple times
(for giving priority to an idle core over an idle SMT sibling in a busy
core), start with the highest scheduler domain with the SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES
flag and traverse the domain hierarchy down till we find an idle group.

This cleanup also addresses an issue reported by Mike where the recent
changes returned the busy thread even in the presence of an idle SMT
sibling in single socket platforms.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1321556904.15339.25.camel@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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sched: Move all scheduler bits into kernel/sched/

There's too many sched*.[ch] files in kernel/, give them their own
directory.

(No code changed, other than Makefile glue added.

sched: Move all scheduler bits into kernel/sched/

There's too many sched*.[ch] files in kernel/, give them their own
directory.

(No code changed, other than Makefile glue added.)

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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