[PATCH 7/8] sched: consider runnable load average in effective_load

[Alex Shi]

effective_load calculates the load change as seen from the
root_task_group. It needs to engage the runnable average
of changed task.

Thanks for Morten Rasmussen and PeterZ's reminder of this.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 790e23d..6f4f14b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2976,15 +2976,15 @@ static void task_waking_fair(struct task_struct *p)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 /*
- * effective_load() calculates the load change as seen from the root_task_group
+ * effective_load() calculates load avg change as seen from the root_task_group
  *
  * Adding load to a group doesn't make a group heavier, but can cause movement
  * of group shares between cpus. Assuming the shares were perfectly aligned one
  * can calculate the shift in shares.
  *
- * Calculate the effective load difference if @wl is added (subtracted) to @tg
- * on this @cpu and results in a total addition (subtraction) of @wg to the
- * total group weight.
+ * Calculate the effective load avg difference if @wl is added (subtracted) to
+ * @tg on this @cpu and results in a total addition (subtraction) of @wg to the
+ * total group load avg.
  *
  * Given a runqueue weight distribution (rw_i) we can compute a shares
  * distribution (s_i) using:
@@ -2998,7 +2998,7 @@ static void task_waking_fair(struct task_struct *p)
  *   rw_i = {   2,   4,   1,   0 }
  *   s_i  = { 2/7, 4/7, 1/7,   0 }
  *
- * As per wake_affine() we're interested in the load of two CPUs (the CPU the
+ * As per wake_affine() we're interested in load avg of two CPUs (the CPU the
  * task used to run on and the CPU the waker is running on), we need to
  * compute the effect of waking a task on either CPU and, in case of a sync
  * wakeup, compute the effect of the current task going to sleep.
@@ -3008,20 +3008,20 @@ static void task_waking_fair(struct task_struct *p)
  *
  *   s'_i = (rw_i + @wl) / (@wg + \Sum rw_j)				(2)
  *
- * Suppose we're interested in CPUs 0 and 1, and want to compute the load
+ * Suppose we're interested in CPUs 0 and 1, and want to compute the load avg
  * differences in waking a task to CPU 0. The additional task changes the
  * weight and shares distributions like:
  *
  *   rw'_i = {   3,   4,   1,   0 }
  *   s'_i  = { 3/8, 4/8, 1/8,   0 }
  *
- * We can then compute the difference in effective weight by using:
+ * We can then compute the difference in effective load avg by using:
  *
  *   dw_i = S * (s'_i - s_i)						(3)
  *
  * Where 'S' is the group weight as seen by its parent.
  *
- * Therefore the effective change in loads on CPU 0 would be 5/56 (3/8 - 2/7)
+ * Therefore the effective change in load avg on CPU 0 would be 5/56 (3/8 - 2/7)
  * times the weight of the group. The effect on CPU 1 would be -4/56 (4/8 -
  * 4/7) times the weight of the group.
  */
@@ -3045,7 +3045,7 @@ static long effective_load(struct task_group *tg, int cpu, long wl, long wg)
 		/*
 		 * w = rw_i + @wl
 		 */
-		w = se->my_q->load.weight + wl;
+		w = se->my_q->tg_load_contrib + wl;
 
 		/*
 		 * wl = S * s'_i; see (2)
@@ -3066,7 +3066,7 @@ static long effective_load(struct task_group *tg, int cpu, long wl, long wg)
 		/*
 		 * wl = dw_i = S * (s'_i - s_i); see (3)
 		 */
-		wl -= se->load.weight;
+		wl -= se->avg.load_avg_contrib;
 
 		/*
 		 * Recursively apply this logic to all parent groups to compute
@@ -3112,14 +3112,14 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p, int sync)
 	 */
 	if (sync) {
 		tg = task_group(current);
-		weight = current->se.load.weight;
+		weight = current->se.avg.load_avg_contrib;
 
 		this_load += effective_load(tg, this_cpu, -weight, -weight);
 		load += effective_load(tg, prev_cpu, 0, -weight);
 	}
 
 	tg = task_group(p);
-	weight = p->se.load.weight;
+	weight = p->se.avg.load_avg_contrib;
 
 	/*
 	 * In low-load situations, where prev_cpu is idle and this_cpu is idle
-- 
1.7.12


-- 
Thanks
    Alex
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