Re: [PATCHv2 2/7] sched/fair: Add group_misfit_task load-balance type

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 02:46:59PM +0000, Morten Rasmussen wrote:

> +static inline unsigned long task_util(struct task_struct *p);
> +static inline int task_fits_capacity(struct task_struct *p, long capacity)
> +{
> +	return capacity * 1024 > task_util(p) * capacity_margin;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void update_misfit_status(struct task_struct *p, struct rq *rq)
> +{
> +	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&sched_asym_cpucapacity))
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (!p) {
> +		rq->misfit_task_load = 0;
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (task_fits_capacity(p, capacity_of(cpu_of(rq)))) {
> +		rq->misfit_task_load = 0;
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	rq->misfit_task_load = task_h_load(p);
> +}

So RT/IRQ pressure can also cause misfit..


> @@ -7972,6 +8005,10 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
>  		 */
>  		if (!nr_running && idle_cpu(i))
>  			sgs->idle_cpus++;
> +
> +		if (env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY &&
> +		    !sgs->group_misfit_task_load && rq->misfit_task_load)
> +			sgs->group_misfit_task_load = rq->misfit_task_load;
>  	}

Should we not look for the biggest misfit instead of the first?

>  
>  	/* Adjust by relative CPU capacity of the group */