Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched: Optimize build_sched_domains() for savingfirst SD node for a cpu

[Michael Wang]

On 06/05/2013 01:07 PM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 5 June 2013 10:12, Michael Wang <wangyun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi, Viresh
>>
>> On 06/04/2013 07:20 PM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
>>> index 58453b8..638f6cb 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
>>> @@ -6533,16 +6533,13 @@ static int build_sched_domains(const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
>>>               sd = NULL;
>>>               for (tl = sched_domain_topology; tl->init; tl++) {
>>>                       sd = build_sched_domain(tl, &d, cpu_map, attr, sd, i);
>>> +                     if (!*per_cpu_ptr(d.sd, i))
>>
>> What about:
>>                         if (tl == sched_domain_topology)
>>
>> It cost less than per_cpu_ptr(), isn't it?
> 
> How can I miss it.. Obviously its better :)
> 
> See if below one looks better (Attached too in case gmail screws up
> my mail)..

Looks good to me :)

Regards,
Michael Wang

> 
> --------x-------------x------------------
> 
> From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:41:15 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH] sched: Optimize build_sched_domains() for saving first SD
>  node for a cpu
> 
> We are saving first scheduling domain for a cpu in build_sched_domains() by
> iterating over the nested sd->child list. We don't actually need to do it this
> way.
> 
> tl will be equal to sched_domain_topology for the first iteration and so we can
> set *per_cpu_ptr(d.sd, i) based on that.  So, save pointer to first SD while
> running the iteration loop over tl's.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 58453b8..08a27be 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -6533,16 +6533,13 @@ static int build_sched_domains(const struct
> cpumask *cpu_map,
>  		sd = NULL;
>  		for (tl = sched_domain_topology; tl->init; tl++) {
>  			sd = build_sched_domain(tl, &d, cpu_map, attr, sd, i);
> +			if (tl == sched_domain_topology)
> +				*per_cpu_ptr(d.sd, i) = sd;
>  			if (tl->flags & SDTL_OVERLAP || sched_feat(FORCE_SD_OVERLAP))
>  				sd->flags |= SD_OVERLAP;
>  			if (cpumask_equal(cpu_map, sched_domain_span(sd)))
>  				break;
>  		}
> -
> -		while (sd->child)
> -			sd = sd->child;
> -
> -		*per_cpu_ptr(d.sd, i) = sd;
>  	}
> 
>  	/* Build the groups for the domains */
> 

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