[PATCH v6 2/2] sched/rt: Add support for SD_PREFER_SIBLING on find_lowest_rq()

From: Byungchul Park
Date: Sun Aug 06 2017 - 23:51:56 EST


It would be better to avoid pushing tasks to other cpu within
a SD_PREFER_SIBLING domain, instead, get more chances to check other
siblings.

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/rt.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 979b734..50639e5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1618,12 +1618,35 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_highest_pushable_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu)

static DEFINE_PER_CPU(cpumask_var_t, local_cpu_mask);

+/*
+ * Find the first cpu in: mask & sd & ~prefer
+ */
+static int find_cpu(const struct cpumask *mask,
+ const struct sched_domain *sd,
+ const struct sched_domain *prefer)
+{
+ const struct cpumask *sds = sched_domain_span(sd);
+ const struct cpumask *ps = prefer ? sched_domain_span(prefer) : NULL;
+ int cpu = -1;
+
+ while ((cpu = cpumask_next(cpu, mask)) < nr_cpu_ids) {
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sds))
+ continue;
+ if (ps && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, ps))
+ continue;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return cpu;
+}
+
static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_struct *task)
{
- struct sched_domain *sd;
+ struct sched_domain *sd, *prefer = NULL;
struct cpumask *lowest_mask = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(local_cpu_mask);
int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
int cpu = task_cpu(task);
+ int fallback_cpu = -1;

/* Make sure the mask is initialized first */
if (unlikely(!lowest_mask))
@@ -1668,9 +1691,20 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_struct *task)
return this_cpu;
}

- best_cpu = cpumask_first_and(lowest_mask,
- sched_domain_span(sd));
+ best_cpu = find_cpu(lowest_mask, sd, prefer);
+
if (best_cpu < nr_cpu_ids) {
+ /*
+ * If current domain is SD_PREFER_SIBLING
+ * flaged, we have to get more chances to
+ * check other siblings.
+ */
+ if (sd->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING) {
+ prefer = sd;
+ if (fallback_cpu == -1)
+ fallback_cpu = best_cpu;
+ continue;
+ }
rcu_read_unlock();
return best_cpu;
}
@@ -1679,6 +1713,13 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_struct *task)
rcu_read_unlock();

/*
+ * If fallback_cpu is valid, all our quesses failed *except* for
+ * SD_PREFER_SIBLING domain. Now, we can return the fallback cpu.
+ */
+ if (fallback_cpu != -1)
+ return fallback_cpu;
+
+ /*
* And finally, if there were no matches within the domains
* just give the caller *something* to work with from the compatible
* locations.
--
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