[PATCH 1/3] sched/fair: Avoid redundant idle_cpu() call in update_sg_lb_stats()

[Waiman Long]

Part of the responsibility of the update_sg_lb_stats() function is to
update the idle_cpus statistical counter in struct sg_lb_stats. This
check is done by calling idle_cpu(). The idle_cpu() function, in
turn, checks a number of fields within the run queue structure such
as rq->curr and rq->nr_running.

With the current layout of the run queue structure, rq->curr and
rq->nr_running are in separate cachelines. The rq->curr variable is
checked first followed by nr_running. As nr_running is also accessed
by update_sg_lb_stats() earlier, it makes no sense to load another
cacheline when nr_running is not 0 as idle_cpu() will always return
false in this case.

This patch eliminates this redundant cacheline load by checking the
cached nr_running before calling idle_cpu().

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@xxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |   10 +++++++---
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index f04fda8..8f1eccc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6302,7 +6302,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 			bool *overload)
 {
 	unsigned long load;
-	int i;
+	int i, nr_running;
 
 	memset(sgs, 0, sizeof(*sgs));
 
@@ -6319,7 +6319,8 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 		sgs->group_util += cpu_util(i);
 		sgs->sum_nr_running += rq->cfs.h_nr_running;
 
-		if (rq->nr_running > 1)
+		nr_running = rq->nr_running;
+		if (nr_running > 1)
 			*overload = true;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
@@ -6327,7 +6328,10 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 		sgs->nr_preferred_running += rq->nr_preferred_running;
 #endif
 		sgs->sum_weighted_load += weighted_cpuload(i);
-		if (idle_cpu(i))
+		/*
+		 * No need to call idle_cpu() if nr_running is not 0
+		 */
+		if (!nr_running && idle_cpu(i))
 			sgs->idle_cpus++;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.1

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