[PATCH] sched: Accelerate "pick_next_entity" under special condition

From: Michael Wang
Date: Mon Jan 16 2012 - 04:37:11 EST


From: Michael Wang <wangyun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

We can avoid some useless operation in some special condition.

For example:
If we have "cfs_rq->next" and it can be use, we just return it directly.

Signed-off-by: Michael Wang <wangyun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 84adb2d..9fc2c3c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,8 @@ set_next_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
static int
wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se);

+#define ENTITY_PREEMPT_ALLOWED(prev,next) (wakeup_preempt_entity(prev, next) < 1)
+
/*
* Pick the next process, keeping these things in mind, in this order:
* 1) keep things fair between processes/task groups
@@ -1308,29 +1310,33 @@ static struct sched_entity *pick_next_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
struct sched_entity *left = se;

/*
- * Avoid running the skip buddy, if running something else can
- * be done without getting too unfair.
+ * Someone really wants this to run. If it's not unfair, run it.
*/
- if (cfs_rq->skip == se) {
- struct sched_entity *second = __pick_next_entity(se);
- if (second && wakeup_preempt_entity(second, left) < 1)
- se = second;
+ if (cfs_rq->next && ENTITY_PREEMPT_ALLOWED(cfs_rq->next, left)) {
+ se = cfs_rq->next;
+ goto out;
}

/*
* Prefer last buddy, try to return the CPU to a preempted task.
*/
- if (cfs_rq->last && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->last, left) < 1)
+ if (cfs_rq->last && ENTITY_PREEMPT_ALLOWED(cfs_rq->last, left)) {
se = cfs_rq->last;
+ goto out;
+ }

/*
- * Someone really wants this to run. If it's not unfair, run it.
+ * Avoid running the skip buddy, if running something else can
+ * be done without getting too unfair.
*/
- if (cfs_rq->next && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->next, left) < 1)
- se = cfs_rq->next;
+ if (cfs_rq->skip == se) {
+ struct sched_entity *second = __pick_next_entity(se);
+ if (second && ENTITY_PREEMPT_ALLOWED(second, left))
+ se = second;
+ }

+out:
clear_buddies(cfs_rq, se);
-
return se;
}

--
1.7.4.1

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