linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/7] sched/fair: default to false in test_idle

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Message-ID: <CABk29NtfVjXQZORGB1owmBS6C9LZJn8ci15gv4nQm+2DNLEPBA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:53:55 -0700
From:   Josh Don <joshdon@...gle.com>
To:     Abel Wu <wuyun.abel@...edance.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>,
        "Gautham R . Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@....com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/7] sched/fair: default to false in test_idle_cores

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 5:05 AM Abel Wu <wuyun.abel@...edance.com> wrote:
>
> It's uncertain whether idle cores exist or not if shared sched-domains
> are not ready, so returning "no idle cores" usually makes sense.
>
> While __update_idle_core() is an exception, it checks status of this
> core and set to shared sched-domain if necessary. So the whole logic
> depends on the existence of shared domain, and can bail out early if
> it isn't available. Modern compilers seems capable of handling such
> cases, so remove the tricky self-defined default return value.

I don't think the compiler will be able to bail out of the smt
iteration early, since it'll have to do another rcu dereference for
the sd_llc in set(). But I also don't think this case needs
optimization, since it should be transient while the domain isn't
ready.

Reviewed-by: Josh Don <joshdon@...gle.com>