linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: fix how RT task is pulled

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Message-ID: <1305656829.6238.41.camel@marge.simson.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 20:27:09 +0200
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Cc:	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: fix how RT task is pulled

On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 22:47 +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com> wrote:
> >> When pulling RT task for a given runqueue, if it is already overloaded
> >> with RT tasks, the pull operation could be avoided at the moment.
> >>
> >> btw, it looks like a typo?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > Below is how rt_overloaded() is realized:
> > static inline int rt_overloaded(struct rq *rq)
> > {
> >        return atomic_read(&rq->rd->rto_count);
> > }
> >
> > You can notice it's about the overload of the very root_domain.
> >
> Well, why is it going no head if not overloaded?

To avoid examining masks (maybe huge) routinely.  Challenge is to
improve oddball case (overload) without injuring the common case.

	-Mike

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