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From:   subhra mazumdar <subhra.mazumdar@oracle.com>
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        daniel.lezcano@linaro.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] sched: rotate the cpu search window for better spread
Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:50:00 -0700
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Rotate the cpu search window for better spread of threads. This will ensure
an idle cpu will quickly be found if one exists.

Signed-off-by: subhra mazumdar <subhra.mazumdar@oracle.com>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 9a6d28d..849c7c8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6372,7 +6372,7 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int t
 	u64 avg_cost, avg_idle;
 	u64 time, cost;
 	s64 delta;
-	int cpu, limit, floor, nr = INT_MAX;
+	int cpu, limit, floor, target_tmp, nr = INT_MAX;
 
 	this_sd = rcu_dereference(*this_cpu_ptr(&sd_llc));
 	if (!this_sd)
@@ -6403,9 +6403,15 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int t
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (per_cpu(next_cpu, target) != -1)
+		target_tmp = per_cpu(next_cpu, target);
+	else
+		target_tmp = target;
+
 	time = local_clock();
 
-	for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, sched_domain_span(sd), target) {
+	for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, sched_domain_span(sd), target_tmp) {
+		per_cpu(next_cpu, target) = cpu;
 		if (!--nr)
 			return -1;
 		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
-- 
2.9.3