[PATCH 1/3 v2] sched/fair: skip idle cfs_rq

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Thu Jan 07 2021 - 05:34:32 EST


Don't waste time checking whether an idle cfs_rq could be the busiest
queue. Furthermore, this can end up selecting a cfs_rq with a high load
but being idle in case of migrate_load.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 04a3ce20da67..5428b8723e61 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9389,8 +9389,11 @@ static struct rq *find_busiest_queue(struct lb_env *env,
if (rt > env->fbq_type)
continue;

- capacity = capacity_of(i);
nr_running = rq->cfs.h_nr_running;
+ if (!nr_running)
+ continue;
+
+ capacity = capacity_of(i);

/*
* For ASYM_CPUCAPACITY domains, don't pick a CPU that could
--
2.17.1