Re: [PATCH] sched:skip loop non-idle cpus after find an idle cpu while find_idlest_cpu

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Mon Oct 27 2014 - 05:23:31 EST


* Yao Dongdong <yaodongdong@xxxxxxxxxx> [2014-10-27 16:58:05]:

> On 2014/10/27 16:04, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > * Yao Dongdong <yaodongdong@xxxxxxxxxx> [2014-10-27 11:13:17]:
> >
> >> Idle cpu is idler than non-idle cpu, so we needn't loop non-idle cpus after find an idle cpu.
> >>
> > While this check looks good,
> > I dont see how we are avoiding a loop?
> >
> > Are you suggesting that we break of the for loop once we set
> > shallowest_idle_cpu?
> >
> Thanks for your review.
>
> I agree that the submit message is a bit misleading, what this patch do is just avoiding search for least_loaded_cpu
> in non-idle cpus.
>
> sched:add check of shallowest_idle_cpu before search for least_loaded_cpu
>
> Idle cpu is idler than non-idle cpu, so we needn't search for least_loaded_cpu
> after we have found an idle cpu.
>

Looks good for me.

Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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