[RFC 06/11] sched/fair: Make select_idle_cpu() proportional to cores

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed May 30 2018 - 10:37:50 EST


Instead of calculating how many (logical) CPUs to scan, compute how
many cores to scan.

This changes behaviour for anything !SMT2.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6352,6 +6352,8 @@ static int select_idle_smt(struct task_s

#else /* CONFIG_SCHED_SMT */

+#define sched_smt_weight 1
+
static inline int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int target)
{
return -1;
@@ -6381,6 +6383,8 @@ static int __select_idle_cpu(struct task
return cpu;
}

+#define sis_min_cores 2
+
/*
* Scan the LLC domain for idle CPUs; this is dynamically regulated by
* comparing the average scan cost (tracked in sd->avg_scan_cost) against the
@@ -6429,15 +6433,15 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_s

if (sched_feat(SIS_PROP)) {
u64 span_avg = sd->span_weight * avg_idle;
- if (span_avg > 4*avg_cost)
+ if (span_avg > sis_min_cores * avg_cost)
nr = div_u64(span_avg, avg_cost);
else
- nr = 4;
+ nr = sis_min_cores;
}

time = local_clock();

- cpu = __select_idle_cpu(p, sd, target, nr, &loops);
+ cpu = __select_idle_cpu(p, sd, target, nr * sched_smt_weight, &loops);

time = local_clock() - time;