sched_cpu() locks an sx lock (allproc_lock) which can sleep if it fails to
acquire the lock, it is not safe to execute this in a callout handler from
softclock().
in the log message for kern_sched.c 1.83 (which should have been
repo-copied to preserve history for this file), the (4BSD) scheduler
algorithm only works right if stathz is nearly 128 Hz. The old
commit lock said 64 Hz; the scheduler actually wants nearly 16 Hz
but there was a scale factor of 4 to give the requirement of 64 Hz,
and rev.1.83 changed the scale factor so that the requirement became
128 Hz. The change of the scale factor was incomplete in the SMP
case. Then scheduling ticks are provided by smp_ncpu CPUs, and the
scheduler cannot tell the difference between this and 1 CPU providing
scheduling ticks smp_ncpu times faster, so we need another scale
factor of smp_ncp or an algorithm change.
This quick fix uses the scale factor without even trying to optimize
the runtime divisions required for this as is done for the other
scale factor.
The main algorithmic problem is the clamp on the scheduling tick counts.
This was 295; it is now approximately 295 * smp_ncpu. When the limit
is reached, threads get free timeslices and scheduling becomes very
unfair to the threads that don't hit the limit. The limit can be
reached and maintained in the worst case if the load average is larger
than (limit / effective_stathz - 1) / 2 = 0.65 now (was just 0.08 with
2 CPUs before this change), so there are algorithmic problems even for
a load average of 1. Fortunately, the worst case isn't common enough
for the problem to be very noticeable (it is mainly for niced CPU hogs
competing with less nice CPU hogs).
since there is no direct association between M:N thread and kse,
sometimes, a thread does not have a kse, in that case, return a pctcpu
from its last kse, it is not perfect, but gives a good number to be
displayed.
begin with sched_lock held but not recursed, so this variable was
always 0.
Removed fixup of sched_lock.mtx_recurse after context switches in
sched_switch(). Context switches always end with this variable in the
same state that it began in, so there is no need to fix it up. Only
sched_lock.mtx_lock really needs a fixup.
Replaced fixup of sched_lock.mtx_recurse in fork_exit() by an assertion
that sched_lock is owned and not recursed after it is fixed up. This
assertion much match the one in mi_switch(), and if sched_lock were
recursed then a non-null fixup of sched_lock.mtx_recurse would probably
be needed again, unlike in sched_switch(), since fork_exit() doesn't
return to its caller in the normal way.
- Update some stale comments.
- Sort a couple of includes.
- Only set 'newcpu' in updatepri() if we use it.
- No functional changes.
Obtained from: bde (via an old diff I got a long time ago)
- For the 4BSD scheduler, this means that all callers of the static
function resetpriority() now always hold sched_lock, so don't lock
sched_lock explicitly in that function.
I was in two minds as to where to put them in the first case..
I should have listenned to the other mind.
Submitted by: parts by davidxu@
Reviewed by: jeff@ mini@
to access the pctcpu. This will have to be sorted out more later as the
new scheduler requires a procedural interface for this data. A more
complete solution will follow.
(show thread {address})
Remove the IDLE kse state and replace it with a change in
the way threads sahre KSEs. Every KSE now has a thread, which is
considered its "owner" however a KSE may also be lent to other
threads in the same group to allow completion of in-kernel work.
n this case the owner remains the same and the KSE will revert to the
owner when the other work has been completed.
All creations of upcalls etc. is now done from
kse_reassign() which in turn is called from mi_switch or
thread_exit(). This means that special code can be removed from
msleep() and cv_wait().
kse_release() does not leave a KSE with no thread any more but
converts the existing thread into teh KSE's owner, and sets it up
for doing an upcall. It is just inhibitted from being scheduled until
there is some reason to do an upcall.
Remove all trace of the kse_idle queue since it is no-longer needed.
"Idle" KSEs are now on the loanable queue.
- Provide a routine in sched_4bsd to add this functionality.
- Use sched_pctcpu() in kern_proc, which is the one place outside of
sched_4bsd where the old pctcpu value was accessed directly.
Approved by: re
data in the scheduler independant structures (proc, ksegrp, kse, thread).
- Implement unused stubs for this mechanism in sched_4bsd.
Approved by: re
Reviewed by: luigi, trb
Tested on: x86, alpha
- Begin moving scheduler specific functionality into sched_4bsd.c
- Replace direct manipulation of scheduler data with hooks provided by the
new api.
- Remove KSE specific state modifications and single runq assumptions from
kern_switch.c
Reviewed by: -arch
