[tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Remove sysctl_sched_migration_cost condition

From: tip-bot2 for Vincent Guittot
Date: Sun Oct 31 2021 - 06:21:29 EST


The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: c5b0a7eefc70150caf23e37bc9d639c68c87a097
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/c5b0a7eefc70150caf23e37bc9d639c68c87a097
Author: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:35:36 +02:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:11:38 +01:00

sched/fair: Remove sysctl_sched_migration_cost condition

With a default value of 500us, sysctl_sched_migration_cost is
significanlty higher than the cost of load_balance. Remove the
condition and rely on the sd->max_newidle_lb_cost to abort
newidle_balance.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211019123537.17146-5-vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index e50fd75..57eae0e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10895,8 +10895,7 @@ static int newidle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
rcu_read_lock();
sd = rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain(this_rq->sd);

- if (this_rq->avg_idle < sysctl_sched_migration_cost ||
- !READ_ONCE(this_rq->rd->overload) ||
+ if (!READ_ONCE(this_rq->rd->overload) ||
(sd && this_rq->avg_idle < sd->max_newidle_lb_cost)) {

if (sd)