Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Optimize select_idle_core

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Fri Dec 06 2019 - 08:39:43 EST


Hi Vincent,

> >
> > Collecting ticks on a Power 9 SMT 8 system around select_idle_core
> > while running schbench shows us that
> >
> > (units are in ticks, hence lesser is better)
> > Without patch
> > N Min Max Median Avg Stddev
> > x 130 151 1083 284 322.72308 144.41494
> >
> >
> > With patch
> > N Min Max Median Avg Stddev Improvement
> > x 164 88 610 201 225.79268 106.78943 30.03%
>
> Thanks for the figures. Might be good to include them in the commit message
>

Since I needed a debug/hack patch on top of upstream/my-patch to get these
numbers, I wasn't sure if this would be ideal to be included in a commit
message. But if you still think it's good to have, I can re-spin the patch
with these numbers included.

> Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
>

Thanks.

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju