Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched: force balancing on newidle balance if localgroup has capacity

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Fri Oct 15 2010 - 08:35:32 EST


On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 14:20 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 14:18 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 14:06 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 12:09 -0700, Nikhil Rao wrote:
> > > > +bool check_utilization(struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
> > > > +{
> > > > + if (!sds->this_has_capacity || sds->busiest_has_capacity)
> > > > + return false;
> > > > +
> > > > + return true;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > /******* find_busiest_group() helpers end here *********************/
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > > @@ -2824,6 +2845,10 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
> > > > if (!sds.busiest || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0)
> > > > goto out_balanced;
> > > >
> > > > + /* SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE trumps SMP nice when underutilized */
> > > > + if (idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE && check_utilization(&sds))
> > > > + goto force_balance;
> > >
> > >
> > > Is that really worth an extra function?
> >
> > (I did that)
> >
> > No, just it made it look prettier to me. I figured the compiler will
> > nuke it at zero cost.
>
> Sure.. but it does raise the whole naming/confusion angle ;-)

is_under_utilized() works for me.

(as does && this && that or cpu_should_get_off_lazy_butt():)

-Mike

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