From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
To:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc:     Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri@intel.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
        Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>,
        "Tim C . Chen" <tim.c.chen@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 05/10] sched/fair: Keep a fully_busy SMT sched group as busiest
Date:   Mon,  6 Feb 2023 20:58:33 -0800
Message-Id: <20230207045838.11243-6-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <20230207045838.11243-1-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
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Precedence: bulk

When comparing two fully_busy scheduling groups, keep the current busiest
group if it represents an SMT core. Tasks in such scheduling group share
CPU resources and need more help than tasks in a non-SMT fully_busy group.

Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
---
Changes since v2:
 * Introduced this patch.

Changes since v1:
 * N/A
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c9d0ddfd11f2..df7bcbf634a8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9514,10 +9514,22 @@ static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
 		 * contention when accessing shared HW resources.
 		 *
 		 * XXX for now avg_load is not computed and always 0 so we
-		 * select the 1st one.
+		 * select the 1st one, except if @sg is composed of SMT
+		 * siblings.
 		 */
-		if (sgs->avg_load <= busiest->avg_load)
+
+		if (sgs->avg_load < busiest->avg_load)
 			return false;
+
+		if (sgs->avg_load == busiest->avg_load) {
+			/*
+			 * SMT sched groups need more help than non-SMT groups.
+			 * If @sg happens to also be SMT, either choice is good.
+			 */
+			if (sds->busiest->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY)
+				return false;
+		}
+
 		break;
 
 	case group_has_spare:
-- 
2.25.1