[tip:sched/core] sched: Fix select_idle_sibling()

From: tip-bot for Mike Galbraith
Date: Thu Mar 11 2010 - 13:32:47 EST


Commit-ID: 8b911acdf08477c059d1c36c21113ab1696c612b
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8b911acdf08477c059d1c36c21113ab1696c612b
Author: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:17:16 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:32:51 +0100

sched: Fix select_idle_sibling()

Don't bother with selection when the current cpu is idle. Recent load
balancing changes also make it no longer necessary to check wake_affine()
success before returning the selected sibling, so we now always use it.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <1268301369.6785.36.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched_fair.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index d19df5b..0008cc4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
int prev_cpu = task_cpu(p);
int new_cpu = cpu;
- int want_affine = 0;
+ int want_affine = 0, cpu_idle = !current->pid;
int want_sd = 1;
int sync = wake_flags & WF_SYNC;

@@ -1497,13 +1497,15 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
* If there's an idle sibling in this domain, make that
* the wake_affine target instead of the current cpu.
*/
- if (tmp->flags & SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES)
+ if (!cpu_idle && tmp->flags & SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES)
target = select_idle_sibling(p, tmp, target);

if (target >= 0) {
if (tmp->flags & SD_WAKE_AFFINE) {
affine_sd = tmp;
want_affine = 0;
+ if (target != cpu)
+ cpu_idle = 1;
}
cpu = target;
}
@@ -1519,6 +1521,7 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
sd = tmp;
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
if (sched_feat(LB_SHARES_UPDATE)) {
/*
* Pick the largest domain to update shares over
@@ -1532,9 +1535,12 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
if (tmp)
update_shares(tmp);
}
+#endif

- if (affine_sd && wake_affine(affine_sd, p, sync))
- return cpu;
+ if (affine_sd) {
+ if (cpu_idle || cpu == prev_cpu || wake_affine(affine_sd, p, sync))
+ return cpu;
+ }

while (sd) {
int load_idx = sd->forkexec_idx;
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