[PATCH 6/7] sched: Rename root_domain->overload to should_idle_balance

From: Morten Rasmussen
Date: Thu Feb 15 2018 - 11:22:20 EST


From: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>

The name "overload" is not very explicit, especially since it doesn't
use any concept of "load" coming from load-tracking signals. For now it
simply tracks if any of the CPUs in root_domain has more than one
runnable task, and is then used to decide whether idle balance should be
performed.

As such, this commit changes that flag's name to 'should_idle_balance',
which makes its role more explicit.

cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 18 +++++++++---------
kernel/sched/sched.h | 12 ++++++++----
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 1439b784b1f0..2d2302b7b584 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7830,12 +7830,12 @@ group_type group_classify(struct sched_group *group,
* @load_idx: Load index of sched_domain of this_cpu for load calc.
* @local_group: Does group contain this_cpu.
* @sgs: variable to hold the statistics for this group.
- * @overload: Indicate more than one runnable task for any CPU.
+ * @should_idle_balance: Indicate groups could need idle balance.
*/
static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
struct sched_group *group, int load_idx,
int local_group, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
- bool *overload)
+ bool *should_idle_balance)
{
unsigned long load;
int i, nr_running;
@@ -7857,7 +7857,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,

nr_running = rq->nr_running;
if (nr_running > 1)
- *overload = true;
+ *should_idle_balance = true;

#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
sgs->nr_numa_running += rq->nr_numa_running;
@@ -8016,7 +8016,7 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sd
struct sg_lb_stats *local = &sds->local_stat;
struct sg_lb_stats tmp_sgs;
int load_idx, prefer_sibling = 0;
- bool overload = false;
+ bool should_idle_balance = false;

if (child && child->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING)
prefer_sibling = 1;
@@ -8038,7 +8038,7 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sd
}

update_sg_lb_stats(env, sg, load_idx, local_group, sgs,
- &overload);
+ &should_idle_balance);

if (local_group)
goto next_group;
@@ -8078,9 +8078,9 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sd
env->fbq_type = fbq_classify_group(&sds->busiest_stat);

if (!env->sd->parent) {
- /* update overload indicator if we are at root domain */
- if (env->dst_rq->rd->overload != overload)
- env->dst_rq->rd->overload = overload;
+ /* update idle_balance indicator if we are at root domain */
+ if (env->dst_rq->rd->should_idle_balance != should_idle_balance)
+ env->dst_rq->rd->should_idle_balance = should_idle_balance;
}
}

@@ -8878,7 +8878,7 @@ static int idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
rq_unpin_lock(this_rq, rf);

if (this_rq->avg_idle < sysctl_sched_migration_cost ||
- !this_rq->rd->overload) {
+ !this_rq->rd->should_idle_balance) {
rcu_read_lock();
sd = rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain(this_rq->sd);
if (sd)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 7d324b706e67..4215438667e5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -650,8 +650,12 @@ struct root_domain {
cpumask_var_t span;
cpumask_var_t online;

- /* Indicate more than one runnable task for any CPU */
- bool overload;
+ /*
+ * Indicate whether the idle balance can be used to solve
+ * imbalance within the root domain.
+ * e.g. There is more than one runnable task for any CPU
+ */
+ bool should_idle_balance;

/*
* The bit corresponding to a CPU gets set here if such CPU has more
@@ -1610,8 +1614,8 @@ static inline void add_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)

if (prev_nr < 2 && rq->nr_running >= 2) {
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
- if (!rq->rd->overload)
- rq->rd->overload = true;
+ if (!rq->rd->should_idle_balance)
+ rq->rd->should_idle_balance = true;
#endif
}

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2.7.4