find_busiest_group() has some assumptions about task weight being in the NICE_0_LOAD range. Hierarchical task groups break this assumption - fix this by replacing it with the average task weight, which will adapt the situation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/sched.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c @@ -3111,6 +3111,7 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain * max_load = this_load = total_load = total_pwr = 0; busiest_load_per_task = busiest_nr_running = 0; this_load_per_task = this_nr_running = 0; + if (idle == CPU_NOT_IDLE) load_idx = sd->busy_idx; else if (idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE) @@ -3125,6 +3126,8 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain * int __group_imb = 0; unsigned int balance_cpu = -1, first_idle_cpu = 0; unsigned long sum_nr_running, sum_weighted_load; + unsigned long sum_avg_load_per_task; + unsigned long avg_load_per_task; local_group = cpu_isset(this_cpu, group->cpumask); @@ -3133,6 +3136,8 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain * /* Tally up the load of all CPUs in the group */ sum_weighted_load = sum_nr_running = avg_load = 0; + sum_avg_load_per_task = avg_load_per_task = 0; + max_cpu_load = 0; min_cpu_load = ~0UL; @@ -3166,6 +3171,8 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain * avg_load += load; sum_nr_running += rq->nr_running; sum_weighted_load += weighted_cpuload(i); + + sum_avg_load_per_task += cpu_avg_load_per_task(i); } /* @@ -3187,7 +3194,20 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain * avg_load = sg_div_cpu_power(group, avg_load * SCHED_LOAD_SCALE); - if ((max_cpu_load - min_cpu_load) > SCHED_LOAD_SCALE) + + /* + * Consider the group unbalanced when the imbalance is larger + * than the average weight of two tasks. + * + * APZ: with cgroup the avg task weight can vary wildly and + * might not be a suitable number - should we keep a + * normalized nr_running number somewhere that negates + * the hierarchy? + */ + avg_load_per_task = sg_div_cpu_power(group, + sum_avg_load_per_task * SCHED_LOAD_SCALE); + + if ((max_cpu_load - min_cpu_load) > 2*avg_load_per_task) __group_imb = 1; group_capacity = group->__cpu_power / SCHED_LOAD_SCALE; @@ -3328,9 +3348,9 @@ small_imbalance: if (busiest_load_per_task > this_load_per_task) imbn = 1; } else - this_load_per_task = SCHED_LOAD_SCALE; + this_load_per_task = cpu_avg_load_per_task(this_cpu); - if (max_load - this_load + SCHED_LOAD_SCALE_FUZZ >= + if (max_load - this_load + 2*busiest_load_per_task >= busiest_load_per_task * imbn) { *imbalance = busiest_load_per_task; return busiest; -- -- 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/