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authorRicardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>2023-04-06 13:31:41 -0700
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2023-05-08 10:58:35 +0200
commit5fd6d7f43958cb62da105c8413eac3e78480f09a (patch)
tree906c8a7eff085d51a08f411f4e6b0922cf074b39 /kernel
parent18ad34532755feb5b9f4284b07769b1bfec18ab3 (diff)
sched/fair: Keep a fully_busy SMT sched group as busiest
When comparing two fully_busy scheduling groups, keep the current busiest group if it represents an SMT core. Tasks in such scheduling group share CPU resources and need more help than tasks in a non-SMT fully_busy group. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230406203148.19182-6-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/fair.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 85ce2494234d..4a9f04095742 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9619,10 +9619,22 @@ static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
* contention when accessing shared HW resources.
*
* XXX for now avg_load is not computed and always 0 so we
- * select the 1st one.
+ * select the 1st one, except if @sg is composed of SMT
+ * siblings.
*/
- if (sgs->avg_load <= busiest->avg_load)
+
+ if (sgs->avg_load < busiest->avg_load)
return false;
+
+ if (sgs->avg_load == busiest->avg_load) {
+ /*
+ * SMT sched groups need more help than non-SMT groups.
+ * If @sg happens to also be SMT, either choice is good.
+ */
+ if (sds->busiest->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY)
+ return false;
+ }
+
break;
case group_has_spare: