linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 3/4] sched/deadline: Add support for SD_PREFER_SIBLING on find_later

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 11:00:58 +0900
From:   Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To:     <peterz@...radead.org>, <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <juri.lelli@...il.com>,
        <rostedt@...dmis.org>, <bristot@...hat.com>, <kernel-team@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/4] sched/deadline: Add support for SD_PREFER_SIBLING on find_later_rq()

It would be better to avoid pushing tasks to other cpu within
a SD_PREFER_SIBLING domain, instead, get more chances to check other
siblings.

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
---
 kernel/sched/deadline.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 0223694..ada264c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -1325,6 +1325,7 @@ static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
 	struct cpumask *later_mask = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(local_cpu_mask_dl);
 	int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	int cpu = task_cpu(task);
+	int fallback_cpu = -1;
 
 	/* Make sure the mask is initialized first */
 	if (unlikely(!later_mask))
@@ -1385,6 +1386,15 @@ static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
 			 * already under consideration through later_mask.
 			 */
 			if (best_cpu < nr_cpu_ids) {
+				/*
+				 * If current domain is SD_PREFER_SIBLING
+				 * flaged, we have to get more chances to
+				 * check other siblings.
+				 */
+				if (sd->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING) {
+					fallback_cpu = best_cpu;
+					continue;
+				}
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				return best_cpu;
 			}
@@ -1393,6 +1403,13 @@ static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/*
+	 * If fallback_cpu is valid, all our guesses failed *except* for
+	 * SD_PREFER_SIBLING domain. Now, we can return the fallback cpu.
+	 */
+	if (fallback_cpu != -1)
+		return fallback_cpu;
+
+	/*
 	 * At this point, all our guesses failed, we just return
 	 * 'something', and let the caller sort the things out.
 	 */
-- 
1.9.1