On Fri, 07 Nov, at 01:34:31PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 12:23:21PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > +           min_queue_time = entry->queue_time +
> > +                   msecs_to_jiffies(__rotation_period);
> > +
> > +           if (time_after(min_queue_time, now))
> > +                   continue;
> 
> Why continue; this LRU is time ordered, later entries cannot be earlier,
> right?
 
Good point. We can just exit here.

> > +           set_bit(entry->rmid, cqm_limbo_bitmap);
> > +           set_bit(entry->rmid, cqm_free_bitmap);
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   /*
> > +    * Fast return if none of the RMIDs on the limbo list have been
> > +    * sitting on the queue for the minimum queue time.
> > +    */
> > +   *available = !bitmap_empty(cqm_limbo_bitmap, nr_bits);
> > +   if (!*available)
> > +           return false;
> > +
> > +   /*
> > +    * Test whether an RMID is free for each package.
> > +    */
> > +   preempt_disable();
> > +   smp_call_function_many(&cqm_cpumask, intel_cqm_stable, NULL, true);
> > +   preempt_enable();
> 
> I don't get the whole list -> bitmap -> list juggle.
> 
> enum rmid_cycle_state {
>       RMID_AVAILABLE = 0,
>       RMID_LIMBO,
>       RMID_YOUNG,
> };
> 
> struct cqm_rmid_entry {
>       ...
>       enum rmid_cycle_state state;
> };
> 
> static void __intel_sqm_stable(void *arg)
> {
>       list_for_each_entry(entry, &cqm_rmid_limbo_lru, list) {
>               if (entry->state == RMID_YOUNG)
>                       break;
> 
>               if (__rmid_read(entry->rmid) > __threshold)
>                       entry->state = RMID_LIMBO;
>       }
> }
> 
> static bool intel_cqm_rmid_stabilize()
> {
>       unsigned long queue_time = jiffies + 
> msecs_to_jiffies(__rotation_period);
>       unsigned int nr_limbo = 0;
>       ...
> 
>       list_for_each_entry(entry, &cqm_rmid_limbo_lru, list) {
>               if (time_after(entry->queue_time, queue_time))
>                       break;
> 
>               entry->state = RMID_AVAILABLE;
>               nr_limbo++;
>       }
> 
>       if (!nr_limbo)
>               return;
> 
>       on_each_cpu_mask(&cqm_cpumask, __intel_cqm_stable, NULL, true);
> 
>       list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &cqm_rmid_limbo_lru, list) {
>               if (entry->state == RMID_YOUNG)
>                       break;
> 
>               if (entry->state == RMID_AVAILABLE)
>                       list_move(&cqm_rmid_free_list, &entry->list);
>       }
> }
> 
> 
> Would not something like that work?

Actually, yeah, that does look like it'd work. Are you OK with me adding
an enum to the cqm_rmid_entry? You had concerns in the past about
growing the size of the struct.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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