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[Xen-devel] Prioritising dom0 vcpus




As an experiment trying to reduce the latency when scheduling dom0 vcpus, I applied the following patch to __runq_insert() to xen 4.2:

diff -r 8643ca19d356 -r 91b13479c1a2 xen/common/sched_credit.c
--- a/xen/common/sched_credit.c
+++ b/xen/common/sched_credit.c
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@
     BUG_ON( __vcpu_on_runq(svc) );
     BUG_ON( cpu != svc->vcpu->processor );

+ /* if svc is a dom0 vcpu, put it always before all the other vcpus in the runq,
+     * so that dom0 vcpus always have priority
+     */
+    if (svc->vcpu->domain->domain_id == 0) {
+ svc->pri = CSCHED_PRI_TS_BOOST; /* make sure no vcpu goes in front of this one until this vcpu is scheduled */
+        list_add(&svc->runq_elem, (struct list_head *)runq);
+        return;
+    }
+
     list_for_each( iter, runq )
     {
         const struct csched_vcpu * const iter_svc = __runq_elem(iter);


However, this patch seems to have had the opposite effect, and I would like to understand why. A win7 guest now takes hours to start up, and I believe this is due to dom0 taking an order of 10ms to serve each vm i/o request, even though the dom0 vcpus and the guest vcpu are in different pcpus.

xenalyze-a.out: http://pastelink.me/getfile.php?key=390a25
xentrace-D-T5.out: http://pastelink.me/getfile.php?key=b3d584

Any ideas why this is the case?
thanks,
Marcus
--

xenalyze-a.out head:
--

0.006977926 ------ x d32768v23 runstate_change d4v0 blocked->runnable
Creating domain 4
Creating vcpu 0 for dom 4
]  0.006979023 ------                 x d32768v23   28004(2:8:4) 2 [ 4 0 ]
] 0.006980999 ------ x d32768v23 2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 7fff edd9df ] ] 0.006981126 ------ x d32768v23 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 4 e82 1c9c380 ] ] 0.006981403 ------ x d32768v23 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 7fff 17 4 0 ] 0.006981687 ------ x d32768v23 runstate_change d32767v23 running->runnable
Creating vcpu 23 for dom 32767
Using first_tsc for d32767v23 (9024 cycles)
0.006982783 ------ x d?v? runstate_change d4v0 runnable->running
]  0.006996466 ------                 x d4v0   28006(2:8:6) 2 [ 4 0 ]
]  0.006997600 ------                 x d4v0   2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 4 4d19 ]
] 0.006997726 ------ x d4v0 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 7fff 4d19 ffffffff ] ] 0.006997881 ------ x d4v0 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 4 0 7fff 17 ] 0.006998070 ------ x d4v0 runstate_change d4v0 running->blocked 0.006998242 ------ x d?v? runstate_change d32767v23 runnable->running 0.014874949 ----x- - d32767v4 runstate_change d0v4 blocked->runnable
]  0.014879473 ----x-                 - d32767v4   28004(2:8:4) 2 [ 0 4 ]
0.014880331 -x---- - d32767v1 runstate_change d0v1 blocked->runnable ] 0.014884417 ----x- - d32767v4 2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 7fff 97fc06 ] ] 0.014884544 ----x- - d32767v4 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 0 1978 1c9c380 ] ] 0.014884916 ----x- - d32767v4 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 7fff 4 0 4 ]
]  0.014885022 -x----                 - d32767v1   28004(2:8:4) 2 [ 0 1 ]
0.014885134 ----x- - d32767v4 runstate_change d32767v4 running->runnable 0.014885251 --x- - - d32767v2 runstate_change d0v2 blocked->runnable ] 0.014889526 -x-- - - d32767v1 2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 7fff 97cdd8 ] ] 0.014889731 -x-- - - d32767v1 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 0 1b68 1c9c380 ] ] 0.014889949 -x-- - - d32767v1 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 7fff 1 0 1 ] 0.014890084 ----x- - d?v? runstate_change d0v4 runnable->running 0.014890176 -x--|- - d32767v1 runstate_change d32767v1 running->runnable
]  0.014890291 - x-|-                 - d32767v2   28004(2:8:4) 2 [ 0 2 ]
0.014890374 - -x|- - d32767v3 runstate_change d0v3 blocked->runnable 0.014891134 -x--|- - d?v? runstate_change d0v1 runnable->running ] 0.014891811 -|x-|- - d32767v2 2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 7fff 96f8a4 ]
]  0.014891905 -|-x|-                 - d32767v3   28004(2:8:4) 2 [ 0 3 ]
] 0.014891936 -|x-|- - d32767v2 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 0 1c23 1c9c380 ] ] 0.014892155 -|x-|- - d32767v2 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 7fff 2 0 2 ] 0.014892362 -|--|x - d32767v5 runstate_change d0v5 blocked->runnable 0.014892395 -|x-|- - d32767v2 runstate_change d32767v2 running->runnable ] 0.014893226 -| x|- - d32767v3 2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 7fff 982ddb ] ] 0.014893343 -| x|- - d32767v3 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 0 c64 1c9c380 ] 0.014893386 -|x-|- - d?v? runstate_change d0v2 runnable->running ] 0.014893556 -||x|- - d32767v3 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 7fff 3 0 3 ]
]  0.014893778 -||-|x                 - d32767v5   28004(2:8:4) 2 [ 0 5 ]
0.014893867 -||x|- - d32767v3 runstate_change d32767v3 running->runnable 0.014894811 -||x|- - d?v? runstate_change d0v3 runnable->running ] 0.014895067 -||||x - d32767v5 2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 7fff 982654 ] ] 0.014895192 -||||x - d32767v5 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 0 c3c 1c9c380 ] ] 0.014895439 -||||x - d32767v5 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 7fff 5 0 5 ] 0.014895815 -||||x - d32767v5 runstate_change d32767v5 running->runnable 0.014896751 -||||x - d?v? runstate_change d0v5 runnable->running
]  0.014908155 -|||x|                 - d0v4   28006(2:8:6) 2 [ 0 4 ]
]  0.014908228 -||||x                 - d0v5   28006(2:8:6) 2 [ 0 5 ]
]  0.014908405 -x||||                 - d0v1   28006(2:8:6) 2 [ 0 1 ]
]  0.014909231 -||x||                 - d0v3   28006(2:8:6) 2 [ 0 3 ]
]  0.014910265 -|||x|                 - d0v4   2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 0 7f14 ]
] 0.014910384 -|||x| - d0v4 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 7fff 7f14 ffffffff ]
]  0.014910550 -|||x|                 - d0v4   2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 0 4 7fff 4 ]
]  0.014910566 -x||||                 - d0v1   2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 0 6743 ]
] 0.014910679 -x|||| - d0v1 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 7fff 6743 ffffffff ]
]  0.014910707 -||||x                 - d0v5   2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 0 3f80 ]
0.014910783 -|||x| - d0v4 runstate_change d0v4 running->blocked
]  0.014910803 -x|| |                 - d0v1   2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 0 1 7fff 1 ]
] 0.014910819 -||| x - d0v5 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 7fff 3f80 ffffffff ]
]  0.014910944 -||| x                 - d0v5   2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 0 5 7fff 5 ]
0.014911030 -x|| | - d0v1 runstate_change d0v1 running->blocked 0.014911109 - || x - d0v5 runstate_change d0v5 running->blocked
]  0.014911307 - |x                   - d0v3   2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 0 4c74 ]
0.014911367 - || x - d?v? runstate_change d32767v5 runnable->running ] 0.014911417 - |x - - d0v3 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 7fff 4c74 ffffffff ] 0.014911471 - ||x- - d?v? runstate_change d32767v4 runnable->running 0.014911512 -x||-- - d?v? runstate_change d32767v1 runnable->running
]  0.014911530 --|x--                 - d0v3   2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 0 3 7fff 3 ]
0.014911687 --|x-- - d0v3 runstate_change d0v3 running->blocked 0.014912276 --|x-- - d?v? runstate_change d32767v3 runnable->running
]  0.015036914 --x---                 - d0v2   28006(2:8:6) 2 [ 0 2 ]
]  0.015038191 --x---                 - d0v2   2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 0 28d83 ]
] 0.015038313 --x--- - d0v2 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 7fff 28d83 ffffffff ]
]  0.015038445 --x---                 - d0v2   2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 0 2 7fff 2 ]
0.015038617 --x--- - d0v2 runstate_change d0v2 running->blocked 0.015039232 --x--- - d?v? runstate_change d32767v2 runnable->running 0.020630385 ------ x d32767v23 runstate_change d4v0 blocked->runnable
]  0.020631491 ------                 x d32767v23   28004(2:8:4) 2 [ 4 0 ]
] 0.020633401 ------ x d32767v23 2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 7fff edb796 ] ] 0.020633555 ------ x d32767v23 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 4 d97 1c9c380 ] ] 0.020633813 ------ x d32767v23 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 7fff 17 4 0 ] 0.020634086 ------ x d32767v23 runstate_change d32767v23 running->runnable 0.020635147 ------ x d?v? runstate_change d4v0 runnable->running
]  0.020650487 ------                 x d4v0   28006(2:8:6) 2 [ 4 0 ]
]  0.020651616 ------                 x d4v0   2800e(2:8:e) 2 [ 4 5400 ]
] 0.020651739 ------ x d4v0 2800f(2:8:f) 3 [ 7fff 5400 ffffffff ] ] 0.020651876 ------ x d4v0 2800a(2:8:a) 4 [ 4 0 7fff 17 ] 0.020652054 ------ x d4v0 runstate_change d4v0 running->blocked

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