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Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag

From	Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag
Date	2017-08-27 08:10 +0200
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On Sun, 2017-08-27 at 07:44 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-08-26 at 18:02 -0700, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > Binder (Android's IPC mechanism) which uses sync wake ups during synchronous
> > transactions to the scheduler to indicate that the waker is about to sleep
> > soon. The current wake up path can improved when the sync flag is passed
> > resulting in higher binder performance. In this patch we more strongly wake up
> > the wakee on the waker's CPU if sync is passed based on a few other conditions
> > such as wake_cap, cpus allowed.  wake_wide is checked only after the sync flag
> > check so that it doesn't mess up sync.  Binder throughput tests see good
> > improvement improvement when waking up wakee (calling thread) on the waker's
> > CPU (called thread) with this flag. Some tests results are below:
> 
> Sync is not a contract, it's a hint.  If you really want sync behavior,
> you need to create a contract signed in blood to signal that you really
> really are passing the baton.

P.S. to get the most bang for your synchronous buck, you want a
preemptive wakeup.. but that butts heads with the fair engine.

	-Mike

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[PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com> - 2017-08-27 03:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-27 07:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-27 08:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com> - 2017-08-27 08:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-27 09:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-27 20:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com> - 2017-08-28 07:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-28 08:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-28 08:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com> - 2017-08-28 18:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-28 19:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com> - 2017-08-27 08:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT] sched/fair: Improve the behavior of sync flag Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> - 2017-08-27 09:00 +0200

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