Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched/fair: Couple wakee flips with heavy wakers

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 03:56:02PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index ff69f245b939..d00af3b97d8f 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -5865,6 +5865,14 @@ static void record_wakee(struct task_struct *p)
>  	}
>  
>  	if (current->last_wakee != p) {
> +		int min = __this_cpu_read(sd_llc_size) << 1;
> +		/*
> +		 * Couple the wakee flips to the waker for the case where it
> +		 * doesn't accrue flips, taking care to not push the wakee
> +		 * high enough that the wake_wide() heuristic fails.
> +		 */
> +		if (current->wakee_flips > p->wakee_flips * min)
> +			p->wakee_flips++;
>  		current->last_wakee = p;
>  		current->wakee_flips++;
>  	}

It's a bit odd that the above uses min for llc_size, while the below:

> @@ -5895,7 +5903,7 @@ static int wake_wide(struct task_struct *p)
>  
>  	if (master < slave)
>  		swap(master, slave);
> -	if (slave < factor || master < slave * factor)
> +	if ((slave < factor && master < (factor>>1)*factor) || master < slave * factor)
>  		return 0;
>  	return 1;
>  }

has factor.

Now:

	!(slave < factor || master < slave * factor)

  !(x || y) == !x && !y, gives:

	slave >= factor && master >= slave * factor

  subst lhr in rhs:

	master >= factor * factor


your extra term:

	!((slave < factor && master < (factor*factor)/2) || master < slave * factor)

changes that how? AFAICT it's a nop.