Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 13/16] xen: sched: allow for choosing credit2 runqueues configuration at boot

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/03/16 19:05, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> In fact, credit2 uses CPU topology to decide how to arrange
> its internal runqueues. Before this change, only 'one runqueue
> per socket' was allowed. However, experiments have shown that,
> for instance, having one runqueue per physical core improves
> performance, especially in case hyperthreading is available.
> 
> In general, it makes sense to allow users to pick one runqueue
> arrangement at boot time, so that:
>  - more experiments can be easily performed to even better
>    assess and improve performance;
>  - one can select the best configuration for his specific
>    use case and/or hardware.
> 
> This patch enables the above.
> 
> Note that, for correctly arranging runqueues to be per-core,
> just checking cpu_to_core() on the host CPUs is not enough.
> In fact, cores (and hyperthreads) on different sockets, can
> have the same core (and thread) IDs! We, therefore, need to
> check whether the full topology of two CPUs matches, for
> them to be put in the same runqueue.
> 
> Note also that the default (although not functional) for
> credit2, since now, has been per-socket runqueue. This patch
> leaves things that way, to avoid mixing policy and technical
> changes.
> 
> Finally, it would be a nice feature to be able to select
> a particular runqueue arrangement, even when creating a
> Credit2 cpupool. This is left as future work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Uma Sharma <uma.sharma523@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good, apart from the two errors Juergen pointed out.  Thanks,

 -George


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel