Re: [RFC][PATCH v5 00/14] sched: packing tasks

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Tue Nov 12 2013 - 11:48:56 EST


On 11/11/2013 10:18 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
The ordering is based on the actual C-state, so a simple way is to wake
up the CPU in the shallowest C-state. With asymmetric configurations
(big.LITTLE) we have different costs for the same C-state, so this would
come in handy.

btw I was considering something else; in practice CPUs will be in the deepest state..
... at which point I was going to go with some other metrics of what is best from a platform level

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