linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] sched/fair: Simplify wake

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Message-ID: <tip-7d894e6e34a5cdd12309c7e4a3f830277ad4b7bf@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:22:51 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Rik van Riel <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, efault@....de,
        mgorman@...e.de, hpa@...or.com, riel@...hat.com, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:sched/core] sched/fair: Simplify wake_affine() for the single
 socket case

Commit-ID:  7d894e6e34a5cdd12309c7e4a3f830277ad4b7bf
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/7d894e6e34a5cdd12309c7e4a3f830277ad4b7bf
Author:     Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:55:28 -0400
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 08:57:52 +0200

sched/fair: Simplify wake_affine() for the single socket case

Then 'this_cpu' and 'prev_cpu' are in the same socket, select_idle_sibling()
will do its thing regardless of the return value of wake_affine().

Just return true and don't look at all the other things.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: jhladky@...hat.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170623165530.22514-3-riel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 6e0c052..fe19016 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5420,6 +5420,13 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
 	this_load = target_load(this_cpu, idx);
 
 	/*
+	 * Common case: CPUs are in the same socket, and select_idle_sibling()
+	 * will do its thing regardless of what we return:
+	 */
+	if (cpus_share_cache(prev_cpu, this_cpu))
+		return true;
+
+	/*
 	 * If sync wakeup then subtract the (maximum possible)
 	 * effect of the currently running task from the load
 	 * of the current CPU:
@@ -6007,11 +6014,15 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sd_flag, int wake_f
 
 	if (affine_sd) {
 		sd = NULL; /* Prefer wake_affine over balance flags */
-		if (cpu != prev_cpu && wake_affine(affine_sd, p, prev_cpu, sync))
+		if (cpu == prev_cpu)
+			goto pick_cpu;
+
+		if (wake_affine(affine_sd, p, prev_cpu, sync))
 			new_cpu = cpu;
 	}
 
 	if (!sd) {
+ pick_cpu:
 		if (sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_WAKE) /* XXX always ? */
 			new_cpu = select_idle_sibling(p, prev_cpu, new_cpu);