linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] sched: Extend scheduler's asym packing

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Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2016 10:01:11 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     rjw@...ysocki.net, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...e.de, x86@...nel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] sched: Extend scheduler's asym packing

On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 01:33:38PM -0700, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> @@ -532,6 +532,17 @@ struct dl_rq {
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  
> +static inline bool sched_asym_prefer(int a, int b)
> +{
> +	return arch_asym_cpu_priority(a) > arch_asym_cpu_priority(b);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Return lowest numbered cpu in the group as the most preferred cpu
> + * for ASYM_PACKING for default case.
> + */
> +#define group_priority_cpu(group) group->asym_prefer_cpu
> +

Both these are no longer used outside of sched/fair.c, and should
probably be moved there. Also the later has no reason for being a macro.