linux-kernel - [PATCH v10 10/11] sched: add SD_PREFER

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Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:54:13 +0100
From:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Morten.Rasmussen@....com, kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	riel@...hat.com, efault@....de, nicolas.pitre@...aro.org,
	dietmar.eggemann@....com, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v10 10/11] sched: add SD_PREFER_SIBLING for SMT level

Add the SD_PREFER_SIBLING flag for SMT level in order to ensure that
the scheduler will put at least 1 task per core.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Reviewed-by: Preeti U. Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 29f7037..753f0a2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6240,6 +6240,7 @@ sd_init(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu)
 	 */
 
 	if (sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY) {
+		sd->flags |= SD_PREFER_SIBLING;
 		sd->imbalance_pct = 110;
 		sd->smt_gain = 1178; /* ~15% */
 
-- 
1.9.1

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