Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] sched: Power scheduler design proposal

[Alex Shi]

On 07/14/2013 12:14 AM, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> 
> on thinking more about the short running task thing; there is an
> optimization we currently don't do,
> mostly for hyperthreading. (and HT is just one out of a set of cases
> with similar power behavior)
> If we know a task runs briefly AND is not performance critical, it's
> much much better to place it on
> a hyperthreading buddy of an already busy core than it is to place it on
> an empty core (or to delay it).
> Yes a HT pair isn't the same performance as a full core, but in terms of
> power the 2nd half of a HT pair
> is nearly free... so if there's a task that's not performance sensitive
> (and won't disturb the other task too much,
> e.g. runs briefly enough)... it's better to pack onto a core than to
> spread.
> you can generalize this to a class of systems where adding work to a
> core (read: group of cpus that share resources)
> is significantly cheaper than running on a full empty core.

Right!
That is one of purpose that my old power sheduling's wanna do:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/3/747
Vincent's patchset also target at this.

-- 
Thanks
    Alex
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