linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/6] sched/fair: reorder newidle_balance pulled

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Date:   Fri,  5 Feb 2021 12:48:28 +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, fweisbec@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        bristot@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        joel@...lfernandes.org
Cc:     qais.yousef@....com, Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] sched/fair: reorder newidle_balance pulled_task test

Reorder the tests and skip prevent useless test when no load balance has
been performed.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c587af230010..935594cd5430 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10592,7 +10592,6 @@ static int newidle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
 	if (curr_cost > this_rq->max_idle_balance_cost)
 		this_rq->max_idle_balance_cost = curr_cost;
 
-out:
 	/*
 	 * While browsing the domains, we released the rq lock, a task could
 	 * have been enqueued in the meantime. Since we're not going idle,
@@ -10601,14 +10600,15 @@ static int newidle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
 	if (this_rq->cfs.h_nr_running && !pulled_task)
 		pulled_task = 1;
 
-	/* Move the next balance forward */
-	if (time_after(this_rq->next_balance, next_balance))
-		this_rq->next_balance = next_balance;
-
 	/* Is there a task of a high priority class? */
 	if (this_rq->nr_running != this_rq->cfs.h_nr_running)
 		pulled_task = -1;
 
+out:
+	/* Move the next balance forward */
+	if (time_after(this_rq->next_balance, next_balance))
+		this_rq->next_balance = next_balance;
+
 	if (pulled_task)
 		this_rq->idle_stamp = 0;
 	else
-- 
2.17.1