Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932939Ab3CVM3s (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:29:48 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f171.google.com ([74.125.82.171]:54682 "EHLO mail-we0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932708Ab3CVM3p (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:29:45 -0400 From: Vincent Guittot To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@kernel.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, pjt@google.com, santosh.shilimkar@ti.com, morten.rasmussen@arm.com, chander.kashyap@linaro.org, cmetcalf@tilera.com, tony.luck@intel.com Cc: alex.shi@intel.com, preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, len.brown@intel.com, arjan@linux.intel.com, amit.kucheria@linaro.org, corbet@lwn.net, Vincent Guittot Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 5/6] sched: pack the idle load balance Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:25:54 +0100 Message-Id: <1363955155-18382-6-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 In-Reply-To: <1363955155-18382-1-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org> References: <1363955155-18382-1-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1389 Lines: 48 Look for an idle CPU close to the pack buddy CPU whenever possible. The goal is to prevent the wake up of a CPU which doesn't share the power domain of the pack buddy CPU. Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot Reviewed-by: Morten Rasmussen --- kernel/sched/fair.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index b636199..52a7736 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -5455,7 +5455,25 @@ static struct { static inline int find_new_ilb(int call_cpu) { + struct sched_domain *sd; int ilb = cpumask_first(nohz.idle_cpus_mask); + int buddy = per_cpu(sd_pack_buddy, call_cpu); + + /* + * If we have a pack buddy CPU, we try to run load balance on a CPU + * that is close to the buddy. + */ + if (buddy != -1) + for_each_domain(buddy, sd) { + if (sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER) + continue; + + ilb = cpumask_first_and(sched_domain_span(sd), + nohz.idle_cpus_mask); + + if (ilb < nr_cpu_ids) + break; + } if (ilb < nr_cpu_ids && idle_cpu(ilb)) return ilb; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/