[patch] sched: Fix group_capacity for sched_smt_powersavings=1

[Vaidyanathan Srinivasan]

Hi Peter,

After applying Suresh's fixes from discussion thread
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/12/352, we still need the attached patch
to restore sched_smt_powersavings=1 functionality where tasks prefer
sibling threads and keep more cores idle.

I am reposting the patch from http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/16/291

Please apply to sched-tip, the patch is based on today's sched-tip
master.

The attached patch will run 4 while(1) loops in two cores when
sched_smt_power_savings=1.  Tested on two socket, quad core, hyper
threaded system.

Thanks,
Vaidy
---
        sched: Fix group_capacity for sched_smt_powersavings=1

        sched_smt_powersavings for threaded systems need this fix for
        consolidation to sibling threads to work.  Since threads have 
        fractional capacity, group_capacity will turn out to be one 
        always and not accommodate another task in the sibling thread.
        
        This fix makes group_capacity a function of cpumask_weight that
        will enable the power saving load balancer to pack tasks among
        sibling threads and keep more cores idle.

Signed-off-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 5a5ea2c..7c0a29a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -2538,6 +2538,21 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
 		 */
 		if (prefer_sibling)
 			sgs.group_capacity = min(sgs.group_capacity, 1UL);
+		/*
+		 * If power savings balance is set at this domain, then
+		 * make capacity equal to number of hardware threads to
+		 * accommodate more tasks until capacity is reached.
+		 */
+		else if (sd->flags & SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE)
+			sgs.group_capacity =
+				cpumask_weight(sched_group_cpus(group));
+
+			/*
+			 * The default group_capacity is rounded from sum of
+			 * fractional cpu_powers of sibling hardware threads
+			 * in order to enable fair use of available hardware
+			 * resources.
+			 */
 
 		if (local_group) {
 			sds->this_load = sgs.avg_load;
@@ -2863,7 +2878,8 @@ static int need_active_balance(struct sched_domain *sd, int sd_idle, int idle)
 		    !test_sd_parent(sd, SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE))
 			return 0;
 
-		if (sched_mc_power_savings < POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP)
+		if (sched_mc_power_savings < POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP &&
+		    sched_smt_power_savings < POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
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