linux-kernel - [PATCH 16/27] sched: Update clock of nohz busiest rq before balancing

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Date:	Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:42:55 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 16/27] sched: Update clock of nohz busiest rq before balancing

move_tasks() and active_load_balance_cpu_stop() both need
to have the busiest rq clock uptodate because they may end
up calling can_migrate_task() that uses rq->clock_task
to determine if the task running in the busiest runqueue
is cache hot.

Hence if the busiest runqueue is tickless, update its clock
before reading it.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
[ Forward port conflicts ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 3d65ac7..e78d81104 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5002,6 +5002,7 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
 {
 	int ld_moved, cur_ld_moved, active_balance = 0;
 	int lb_iterations, max_lb_iterations;
+	int clock_updated;
 	struct sched_group *group;
 	struct rq *busiest;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -5045,6 +5046,7 @@ redo:
 
 	ld_moved = 0;
 	lb_iterations = 1;
+	clock_updated = 0;
 	if (busiest->nr_running > 1) {
 		/*
 		 * Attempt to move tasks. If find_busiest_group has found
@@ -5068,6 +5070,14 @@ more_balance:
 		 */
 		cur_ld_moved = move_tasks(&env);
 		ld_moved += cur_ld_moved;
+
+		/*
+		 * Move tasks may end up calling can_migrate_task() which
+		 * requires an uptodate value of the rq clock.
+		 */
+		update_nohz_rq_clock(busiest);
+		clock_updated = 1;
+
 		double_rq_unlock(env.dst_rq, busiest);
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
 
@@ -5163,6 +5173,13 @@ more_balance:
 				busiest->active_balance = 1;
 				busiest->push_cpu = this_cpu;
 				active_balance = 1;
+				/*
+				 * active_load_balance_cpu_stop may end up calling
+				 * can_migrate_task() which requires an uptodate
+				 * value of the rq clock.
+				 */
+				if (!clock_updated)
+					update_nohz_rq_clock(busiest);
 			}
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&busiest->lock, flags);
 
-- 
1.7.5.4

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