linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] sched/fair: Explain LLC nohz kick condition

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Message-Id: <20190117153411.2390-3-valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:34:08 +0000
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        morten.rasmussen@....com, Dietmar.Eggemann@....com
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] sched/fair: Explain LLC nohz kick condition

Provide a comment explaining the LLC related nohz kick in
nohz_balancer_kick().

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 380a72e42678..62f6aead7e73 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9543,8 +9543,13 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
 	sds = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc_shared, cpu));
 	if (sds) {
 		/*
-		 * XXX: write a coherent comment on why we do this.
-		 * See also: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111202010832.602203411@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
+		 * If there is an imbalance between LLC domains (IOW we could
+		 * increase the overall cache use), we need some less-loaded LLC
+		 * domain to pull some load. Likewise, we may need to spread
+		 * load within the current LLC domain (e.g. packed SMT cores but
+		 * other CPUs are idle). We can't really know from here how busy
+		 * the others are - so just get a nohz balance going if it looks
+		 * like this LLC domain has tasks we could move.
 		 */
 		nr_busy = atomic_read(&sds->nr_busy_cpus);
 		if (nr_busy > 1) {
-- 
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