linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] sched/fair: Attempt misfit active balance when migration_type != migrate

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Date:   Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:22:29 +0000
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>,
        Pavan Kondeti <pkondeti@...eaurora.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] sched/fair: Attempt misfit active balance when migration_type != migrate_misfit

On 04/02/21 12:44, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
> On 03/02/2021 19:43, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>> On 03/02/21 15:16, Qais Yousef wrote:
>>> On 01/28/21 18:31, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>>>> Giving group_misfit_task a higher group_classify() priority than
>>>> group_imbalance doesn't seem like the right thing to do. Instead, make
>>>> need_active_balance() return true for any migration_type when the
>>>
>>> s/need_active_balance()/voluntary_active_balance()/?
>>>
>>>> destination CPU is idle and the source CPU has a misfit task.
>>>>
>>>> While at it, add an sd_has_asym_cpucapacity() guard in
>>>> need_active_balance().
>>>
>>> ditto.
>>>
>> 
>> Myes, clearly this has been left to ferment for too long!
>
> Wasn't the migrate_misfit condition moved from
> voluntary_active_balance() into need_active_balance() by commit
> ("sched/fair: Reduce cases for active balance")?

Bah, you're right, I got confused with when I first wrote that vs when I
last updated the changelog.

As of

  e9b9734b7465 ("sched/fair: Reduce cases for active balance")e9b9734b7465

The above changelog is actually correct.