linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] sched: Optimize cgroup pick_next_task

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Date:	Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:02:17 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc:	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sched: Optimize cgroup pick_next_task_fair

On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 07:56 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 06:05 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: 
> > Since commit 2f36825b1 ("sched: Next buddy hint on sleep and preempt
> > path") it is likely we pick a new task from the same cgroup, doing a put
> > and then set on all intermediate entities is a waste of time, so try to
> > avoid this.
> 
> Good idea, we need to lose some weight. 

I actually set out to do something else, but then ended up here.. weird
how that works ;-)

My initial idea was to try and get rid of the pick_next_entity()
downward walk by keeping that data up-to-date when we dequeue/enqueue.

That all got a tad convoluted, I'll have to try it again. Anyway, that
ended up needing to rework the put/set stuff, and that part wasn't as
bad.

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