linux-kernel - [tip:sched/balancing] sched: Remove short cut from select_task_rq

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Date:	Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:37:14 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:sched/balancing] sched: Remove short cut from select_task_rq_fair()

Commit-ID:  cdd2ab3de4301728b20efd6225681d3ff591a938
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/cdd2ab3de4301728b20efd6225681d3ff591a938
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:12:06 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:39:05 +0200

sched: Remove short cut from select_task_rq_fair()

select_task_rq_fair() incorrectly skips the wake_affine()
logic, remove this.

When prev_cpu == this_cpu, the code jumps straight to the
wake_idle() logic, this doesn't give the wake_affine() logic
the chance to pin the task to this cpu.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 kernel/sched_fair.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 2ff850f..d7fda41 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1305,8 +1305,6 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sync)
 	this_rq		= cpu_rq(this_cpu);
 	new_cpu		= prev_cpu;
 
-	if (prev_cpu == this_cpu)
-		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * 'this_sd' is the first domain that both
 	 * this_cpu and prev_cpu are present in:
--
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