[PATCH 11/14] sched: filter task pull request

[Morten Rasmussen]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:00:58AM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> Part of this patch is missing, the fix below is needed
> 
> @@ -3497,7 +3497,9 @@ static bool is_buddy_full(int cpu)
>  static bool is_my_buddy(int cpu, int buddy)
>  {
>   int my_buddy = per_cpu(sd_pack_buddy, cpu);
> - return (my_buddy == -1) || (buddy == my_buddy);
> +
> + return ((sysctl_sched_packing_mode == SCHED_PACKING_FULL) &&
> +               ((my_buddy == -1) || (buddy == my_buddy)));
>  }
> 
>  static bool is_light_task(struct task_struct *p)
> 
> 
> On 25 April 2013 19:23, Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot at linaro.org> wrote:
> > Only CPUs that participates to the packing effort can pull tasks on a busiest
> > group.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >  kernel/sched/fair.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > index 28f8ea7..6f63fb9 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > @@ -3494,6 +3494,12 @@ static bool is_buddy_full(int cpu)
> >         return (sum * 1024 >= period * 1000);
> >  }
> >
> > +static bool is_my_buddy(int cpu, int buddy)
> > +{
> > +       int my_buddy = per_cpu(sd_pack_buddy, cpu);
> > +       return (my_buddy == -1) || (buddy == my_buddy);
> > +}

Would it make sense to change the function name to something like
is_packing_target() and only have one argument?

is_my_buddy() is only used with the same variable for both arguments
like below.

> > +
> >  static bool is_light_task(struct task_struct *p)
> >  {
> >         /* A light task runs less than 20% in average */
> > @@ -4688,8 +4694,8 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
> >
> >                 /* Bias balancing toward cpus of our domain */
> >                 if (local_group) {
> > -                       if (idle_cpu(i) && !first_idle_cpu &&
> > -                                       cpumask_test_cpu(i, sched_group_mask(group))) {
> > +                       if (is_my_buddy(i, i) && idle_cpu(i) && !first_idle_cpu
> > +                        && cpumask_test_cpu(i, sched_group_mask(group))) {
> >                                 first_idle_cpu = 1;
> >                                 balance_cpu = i;
> >                         }
> > @@ -4817,6 +4823,10 @@ static void update_plb_buddy(int cpu, int *balance, struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
> >
> >         /* Get my new buddy */
> >         buddy = per_cpu(sd_pack_buddy, cpu);
> > +
> > +       /* This CPU doesn't act for agressive packing */
> > +       if (buddy != cpu)
> > +               sds->busiest = 0;

sds->busiest is a pointer, so I think it should be assigned to NULL
instead of 0.

Morten

> >  }
> >
> >  /**
> > --
> > 1.7.9.5
> >
>