Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] sched/dl: Optimize select_task_rq_dl() for non-DL curr task

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Tue Nov 04 2014 - 06:25:25 EST



On 14/11/4 äå7:13, pang.xunlei wrote:
When selecting the cpu for a waking DL task, if curr is a non-DL
task which is bound only on this cpu, then we can give it a chance
to select a different cpu for this DL task to avoid curr starving.

Signed-off-by: pang.xunlei <pang.xunlei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/deadline.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 7b0b2d2..1f64d4a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -954,6 +954,9 @@ select_task_rq_dl(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flag, int flags)
struct task_struct *curr;
struct rq *rq;
+ if (p->nr_cpus_allowed == 1)
+ goto out;
+
if (sd_flag != SD_BALANCE_WAKE && sd_flag != SD_BALANCE_FORK)
goto out;

I don't think you use right branch of tip tree.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

@@ -970,11 +973,14 @@ select_task_rq_dl(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flag, int flags)
* can!) we prefer to send it somewhere else. On the
* other hand, if it has a shorter deadline, we
* try to make it stay here, it might be important.
+ *
+ * If the current task on @p's runqueue is a non-DL task,
+ * and this task is bound on current runqueue, then try to
+ * see if we can wake this DL task up on a different runqueue,
*/
- if (unlikely(dl_task(curr)) &&
- (curr->nr_cpus_allowed < 2 ||
- !dl_entity_preempt(&p->dl, &curr->dl)) &&
- (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1)) {
+ if (unlikely(curr->nr_cpus_allowed < 2) ||
+ unlikely(dl_task(curr) &&
+ !dl_entity_preempt(&p->dl, &curr->dl))) {
int target = find_later_rq(p);
if (target != -1)

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