Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760842Ab0FQXEf (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:04:35 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:33714 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756731Ab0FQXEX (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:04:23 -0400 From: Michael Neuling To: Peter Zijlstra cc: mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@linux.intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:sched/core] sched: Fix capacity calculations for SMT4 In-reply-to: <1276152536.2046.2479.camel@twins> References: <20100608045702.21D03CC895@localhost.localdomain> <12629.1276124617@neuling.org> <1276152536.2046.2479.camel@twins> Comments: In-reply-to Peter Zijlstra message dated "Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:48:56 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.1.1 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:04:22 +1000 Message-ID: <15364.1276815862@neuling.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2423 Lines: 65 In message <1276152536.2046.2479.camel@twins> you wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 09:03 +1000, Michael Neuling wrote: > > Peter, > >=20 > > It looks like when this was pushed to Ingo, some of the logic was > > changed. rt_freq_influence() became fix_small_capacity() but the return > > values for these two functions are opposite (return 1 =3D> return 0 and > > visa versa]]). > >=20 > > This was changed in the sibling test (return 1 =3D> return 0), but the > > check for the change in cpu power due to freq and rt was not. > >=20 > > So either the return values need to be changed at the end of > > fix_small_capacity() or the cpu_power test needs to be the other way > > around. Below changes the cpu_power test as it brings it more inline > > with the comment above it. > >=20 > > Without this the asymmetric packing doesn't work. > > D'oh fully my fault for cleaning up. > > Thanks, I'll make sure it gets fixed. Peter, I've not see this fix (or the doc/comment update patch from here https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/105256/) hit Ingo tip tree as yet. When you are likely to push it to him? Mikey > > > Subject: sched: fix the CPU power test for fix_small_capacity > >=20 > > The CPU power test is the wrong way around in fix_small_capacity. > >=20 > > This was due to a small changes made in the posted patch on lkml to what > > was was taken upstream. > >=20 > > This patch fixes asymmetric packing for POWER7. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling > >=20 > > Index: linux-2.6-ozlabs/kernel/sched_fair.c > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > --- linux-2.6-ozlabs.orig/kernel/sched_fair.c > > +++ linux-2.6-ozlabs/kernel/sched_fair.c > > @@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ fix_small_capacity(struct sched_domain * > > /* > > * If ~90% of the cpu_power is still there, we're good. > > */ > > - if (group->cpu_power * 32 < group->cpu_power_orig * 29) > > + if (group->cpu_power * 32 > group->cpu_power_orig * 29) > > return 1; > > =20 > > return 0; > >=20 > -- 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/