linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 6/6] sched: add SD_PREFER

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Message-ID: <5422B8C7.6090905@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:57:51 +0530
From:	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, peterz@...radead.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
CC:	riel@...hat.com, Morten.Rasmussen@....com, efault@....de,
	nicolas.pitre@...aro.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
	pjt@...gle.com, bsegall@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 6/6] sched: add SD_PREFER_SIBLING for SMT level

On 09/23/2014 09:38 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> 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>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index c7c8ac4..f72663e 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -6134,6 +6134,7 @@ 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% */
> 
Reviewed-by: Preeti U. Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

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