Re: [PATCH v2 11/13] sched/fair: Avoid pulling tasks from non-overloaded higher capacity groups

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Jul 12 2016 - 09:00:14 EST


On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 06:03:22PM +0100, Morten Rasmussen wrote:
> @@ -6892,6 +6903,19 @@ static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
> if (sgs->avg_load <= busiest->avg_load)
> return false;
>
> + if (!(env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY))
> + goto asym_packing;

Does this rely on the 'funny' ASYM_CAP semantics?

> +
> + /* Candidate sg has no more than one task per cpu and has

Tssk, borken comment style.

> + * higher per-cpu capacity. Migrating tasks to less capable
> + * cpus may harm throughput. Maximize throughput,
> + * power/energy consequences are not considered.
> + */
> + if (sgs->sum_nr_running <= sgs->group_weight &&
> + group_smaller_cpu_capacity(sds->local, sg))
> + return false;
> +
> +asym_packing:
> /* This is the busiest node in its class. */
> if (!(env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING))
> return true;
> --
> 1.9.1
>