Re: [PATCH 3/4] sched/fair: Clear SMT siblings after determining the core is not idle

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Mon Mar 23 2020 - 09:31:05 EST



On Fri, Mar 20 2020, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The clearing of SMT siblings from the SIS mask before checking for an idle
> core is a small but unnecessary cost. Defer the clearing of the siblings
> until the scan moves to the next potential target. The cost of this was
> not measured as it is borderline noise but it should be self-evident.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>