linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] sched/fair: skip idle cfs

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Message-Id: <20210106133419.2971-2-vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed,  6 Jan 2021 14:34:17 +0100
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
        mgorman@...e.de, bristot@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] sched/fair: skip idle cfs_rq

Don't waste time checking whether an idle cfs_rq could be the busiest
queue. Furthermore, this can end up selecting a cfs_rq with a high load
but being idle in case of migrate_load.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 04a3ce20da67..5428b8723e61 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9389,8 +9389,11 @@ static struct rq *find_busiest_queue(struct lb_env *env,
 		if (rt > env->fbq_type)
 			continue;
 
-		capacity = capacity_of(i);
 		nr_running = rq->cfs.h_nr_running;
+		if (!nr_running)
+			continue;
+
+		capacity = capacity_of(i);
 
 		/*
 		 * For ASYM_CPUCAPACITY domains, don't pick a CPU that could
-- 
2.17.1