linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] sched/deadline: Add support for SD_PREFER_SIBLING on find_later

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Message-ID: <20170816093244.6e35f423@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:32:44 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, juri.lelli@...il.com,
        kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] sched/deadline: Add support for
 SD_PREFER_SIBLING on find_later_rq()

On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:17:36 +0900
Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com> wrote:


> Yes, that's what I intended. IOW:
> 
> If (we found a proper sd, not having SD_PREFER_SIBLING?)
> 	use the sd;
> else if (we found a proper sd, having SD_PREFER_SIBLING?)
> 	use the smallest sd among SD_PREFER_SIBLING sds;

BTW, what do you mean by "smallest sd"?

-- Steve