Re: [PATCH v5 08/12] sched: move cfs task on a CPU with higher capacity

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Thu Sep 11 2014 - 07:21:18 EST


On 11 September 2014 12:07, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:06:51PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> index 18db43e..60ae1ce 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> @@ -6049,6 +6049,14 @@ static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
>> return true;
>> }
>>
>> + /*
>> + * The group capacity is reduced probably because of activity from other
>> + * sched class or interrupts which use part of the available capacity
>> + */
>> + if ((sg->sgc->capacity_orig * 100) > (sgs->group_capacity *
>> + env->sd->imbalance_pct))
>> + return true;
>> +
>> return false;
>> }
>
> This is unlikely to have worked as intended. You will never reach this,
> except on PowerPC >= 7. All other machines will have bailed at the
> !ASYM_PACKING check above this.

Ah yes, i miss that change while rebasing on rik patches. My use case
fall in this wider test now that we always select a busiest group
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