Re: [PATCH v2 6/6 RFT] sched/fair: change sched asym checking condition

[Ricardo Neri]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 09:17:08PM +0800, alexs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Alex Shi <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Asym only used on SMT sd, or core sd with ITMT and core idled.
> !sched_smt_active isn't necessary.

sched_smt_active() is implemented as a static key. Thus, if SMT is not
enabled, we can quickly return without having to check the rest of the
conditions, as we should.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
> To: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 6680cb39c787..0b7530b93429 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -9744,8 +9744,8 @@ static bool sched_use_asym_prio(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
>  	if (!(sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING))
>  		return false;
>  
> -	return (!sched_smt_active()) ||
> -		(sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY) || is_core_idle(cpu);
> +	return (sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY) ||
> +		(is_core_idle(cpu) && test_bit(cpu_core_flags(), (void *)&sd->flags));

cpu_core_flags() can contain more than one flag, AFAICS. Which bit should
it check? Moreover, it is implemented differently for each architecture.
Also, as stated, in x86 asym_packing is also used in domains other than MC.