Re: [PATCH v5 08/12] sched: move cfs task on a CPU with higher capacity

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Sep 11 2014 - 06:07:32 EST


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:06:51PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 18db43e..60ae1ce 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -6049,6 +6049,14 @@ static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
> return true;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * The group capacity is reduced probably because of activity from other
> + * sched class or interrupts which use part of the available capacity
> + */
> + if ((sg->sgc->capacity_orig * 100) > (sgs->group_capacity *
> + env->sd->imbalance_pct))
> + return true;
> +
> return false;
> }

This is unlikely to have worked as intended. You will never reach this,
except on PowerPC >= 7. All other machines will have bailed at the
!ASYM_PACKING check above this.
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