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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/fair.c65
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index f0d2f8a352bf..51003e1c794d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9603,24 +9603,6 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
}
rcu_read_lock();
- sds = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc_shared, cpu));
- if (sds) {
- /*
- * If there is an imbalance between LLC domains (IOW we could
- * increase the overall cache use), we need some less-loaded LLC
- * domain to pull some load. Likewise, we may need to spread
- * load within the current LLC domain (e.g. packed SMT cores but
- * other CPUs are idle). We can't really know from here how busy
- * the others are - so just get a nohz balance going if it looks
- * like this LLC domain has tasks we could move.
- */
- nr_busy = atomic_read(&sds->nr_busy_cpus);
- if (nr_busy > 1) {
- flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
- goto unlock;
- }
-
- }
sd = rcu_dereference(rq->sd);
if (sd) {
@@ -9635,6 +9617,21 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
}
}
+ sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_asym_packing, cpu));
+ if (sd) {
+ /*
+ * When ASYM_PACKING; see if there's a more preferred CPU
+ * currently idle; in which case, kick the ILB to move tasks
+ * around.
+ */
+ for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_domain_span(sd), nohz.idle_cpus_mask) {
+ if (sched_asym_prefer(i, cpu)) {
+ flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_asym_cpucapacity, cpu));
if (sd) {
/*
@@ -9645,20 +9642,32 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
goto unlock;
}
+
+ /*
+ * For asymmetric systems, we do not want to nicely balance
+ * cache use, instead we want to embrace asymmetry and only
+ * ensure tasks have enough CPU capacity.
+ *
+ * Skip the LLC logic because it's not relevant in that case.
+ */
+ goto unlock;
}
- sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_asym_packing, cpu));
- if (sd) {
+ sds = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc_shared, cpu));
+ if (sds) {
/*
- * When ASYM_PACKING; see if there's a more preferred CPU
- * currently idle; in which case, kick the ILB to move tasks
- * around.
+ * If there is an imbalance between LLC domains (IOW we could
+ * increase the overall cache use), we need some less-loaded LLC
+ * domain to pull some load. Likewise, we may need to spread
+ * load within the current LLC domain (e.g. packed SMT cores but
+ * other CPUs are idle). We can't really know from here how busy
+ * the others are - so just get a nohz balance going if it looks
+ * like this LLC domain has tasks we could move.
*/
- for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_domain_span(sd), nohz.idle_cpus_mask) {
- if (sched_asym_prefer(i, cpu)) {
- flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
- goto unlock;
- }
+ nr_busy = atomic_read(&sds->nr_busy_cpus);
+ if (nr_busy > 1) {
+ flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
+ goto unlock;
}
}
unlock: