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# the previous scheduler in the compile sequence
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sched = []
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# Since meson and cargo tries build in parallel, this can cause significant load
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# when meson tries to launch N instances of cargo and cargo tries to compile N files
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# in parallel (N*N compiler instances in total).
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#
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# To prevent this from happening, we try to force meson to build them sequentially
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# by making the "current" scheduler depend on another scheduler.
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# To add a new scheduler, assign the output of your custom_target to sched
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# and add sched as a dependency to your custom_target. For example:
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#
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# sched = custom_target('scx_mysched',
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# ...
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# depends: [mydep, sched],
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# build_always_stale: true)
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subdir('scx_layered')
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subdir('scx_rusty')
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subdir('scx_rustland')
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subdir('scx_rlfifo')
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scheds: introduce scx_bpfland
Overview
========
This scheduler is derived from scx_rustland, but it is fully implemented
in BFP with minimal user-space Rust part to process command line
options, collect metrics and logs out scheduling statistics.
Unlike scx_rustland, all scheduling decisions are made by the BPF
component.
Motivation
==========
The primary goal of this scheduler is to act as a performance baseline
for comparison with scx_rustland, allowing for a better assessment of
the overhead caused by kernel/user-space interactions.
It can also be used to deploy prototypes initially tested in the
scx_rustland scheduler. In fact, this scheduler is expected to
outperform scx_rustland, due to the elimitation of the kernel/user-space
overhead.
Scheduling policy
=================
scx_bpfland is a vruntime-based sched_ext scheduler that prioritizes
interactive workloads. Its scheduling policy closely mirrors
scx_rustland, but it has been re-implemented in BPF with some small
adjustments.
Tasks are categorized as either interactive or regular based on their
average rate of voluntary context switches per second: tasks that exceed
a specific voluntary context switch threshold are classified as
interactive.
Interactive tasks are prioritized in a higher-priority DSQ, while
regular tasks are placed in a lower-priority DSQ. Within each queue,
tasks are sorted based on their weighted runtime, using the built-in scx
vtime ordering capabilities (scx_bpf_dispatch_vtime()).
Moreover, each task gets a time slice budget. When a task is dispatched,
it receives a time slice equivalent to the remaining unused portion of
its previously allocated time slice (with a minimum threshold applied).
This gives latency-sensitive workloads more chances to exceed their time
slice when needed to perform short bursts of CPU activity without being
interrupted (i.e., real-time audio encoding / decoding workloads).
Results
=======
According to the initial test results, using the same benchmark "playing
a videogame while recompiling the kernel", this scheduler seems to
provide a +5% improvement in the frames-per-second (fps) compared to
scx_rustland, with video games such as Cyberpunk 2077, Counter-Strike 2
and Baldur's Gate 3.
Initial test results indicate that this scheduler offers around a +5%
improvement in frames-per-second (fps) compared to scx_rustland when
using the benchmark "playing a video game while recompiling the kernel".
This improvement was observed in games such as Cyberpunk 2077,
Counter-Strike 2, and Baldur's Gate 3.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@canonical.com>
2024-06-24 06:56:03 +01:00
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subdir('scx_bpfland')
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subdir('scx_lavd')
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# the target to compile all rust schedulers
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custom_target('rust_scheds',
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input: 'meson.build',
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output: '@PLAINNAME@.__PHONY__',
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command: ['touch', '@PLAINNAME@.__PHONY__'],
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depends: sched,
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build_by_default: true)
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