From: Gregory Haskins We can cheaply track the number of bits set in the cpumask for the lowest priority CPUs. Therefore, compute the mask's weight and use it to skip the optimal domain search logic when there is only one CPU available. Signed-off-by: Gregory Haskins --- kernel/sched_rt.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-compile.git/kernel/sched_rt.c =================================================================== --- linux-compile.git.orig/kernel/sched_rt.c 2007-11-20 19:53:13.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-compile.git/kernel/sched_rt.c 2007-11-20 19:53:15.000000000 -0500 @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int find_lowest_cpus(struct task_ int cpu; cpumask_t *valid_mask = &__get_cpu_var(valid_cpu_mask); int lowest_prio = -1; - int ret = 0; + int count = 0; cpus_clear(*lowest_mask); cpus_and(*valid_mask, cpu_online_map, task->cpus_allowed); @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int find_lowest_cpus(struct task_ /* We look for lowest RT prio or non-rt CPU */ if (rq->rt.highest_prio >= MAX_RT_PRIO) { - if (ret) + if (count) cpus_clear(*lowest_mask); cpu_set(rq->cpu, *lowest_mask); return 1; @@ -325,14 +325,17 @@ static int find_lowest_cpus(struct task_ if (rq->rt.highest_prio > lowest_prio) { /* new low - clear old data */ lowest_prio = rq->rt.highest_prio; - cpus_clear(*lowest_mask); + if (count) { + cpus_clear(*lowest_mask); + count = 0; + } } cpu_set(rq->cpu, *lowest_mask); - ret = 1; + count++; } } - return ret; + return count; } static inline int pick_optimal_cpu(int this_cpu, cpumask_t *mask) @@ -356,9 +359,17 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_st cpumask_t *lowest_mask = &__get_cpu_var(local_cpu_mask); int this_cpu = smp_processor_id(); int cpu = task_cpu(task); + int count = find_lowest_cpus(task, lowest_mask); - if (!find_lowest_cpus(task, lowest_mask)) - return -1; + if (!count) + return -1; /* No targets found */ + + /* + * There is no sense in performing an optimal search if only one + * target is found. + */ + if (count == 1) + return first_cpu(*lowest_mask); /* * At this point we have built a mask of cpus representing the -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/