Re: Cache-aware scheduling does not work well with amd big/little cores
From: Tim Chen
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 14:55:00 EST
On Mon, 2026-08-31 at 13:24 +0200, Klaus Kusche wrote:
> Hello,
>
> both patches in combination seem to have the desired effect.
>
> But I just look at a bar graph showing the current load
> of each core.
> The graph suggests that long-running CPU-intensive processes
> migrate to fast cores when fast cores become available.
> And I have the impression that LTO compilations
> finish significantly faster now.
>
> I don't have exact numbers or benchmarks.
Thanks for testing the fix.
If you just apply https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260825174112.2580942-1-tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/,
with default aggr_tolerance, what numbers do you see?
That will be helpful for further tuning. Thanks.
Tim