linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Reschedule the cfs

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Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 11:53:28 +0200
From: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, kprateek.nayak@....com
Cc: Chunxin Zang <spring.cxz@...il.com>, mingo@...hat.com, 
 juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
 dietmar.eggemann@....com,  rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
 mgorman@...e.de, bristot@...hat.com,  vschneid@...hat.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yu.c.chen@...el.com,  yangchen11@...iang.com,
 zhouchunhua@...iang.com, zangchunxin@...iang.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Reschedule the cfs_rq when current is
 ineligible

On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 10:05 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 08:41:28AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> 
> > -       if (pick_eevdf(cfs_rq) == pse)
> > -               goto preempt;
> > -
> > -       return;
> > +       if (pick_eevdf(cfs_rq) == se)
> > +               return;
> 
> Right, this will preempt more.

Yeah, and for no tangible benefit that I can see.  Repeating the mixed
load GUI vs compute testing a bunch of times, there's enough variance
to swamp any signal.

	-Mike