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Re: [PATCH v2 11/13] sched/fair: Avoid pulling tasks from non-overloaded higher capacity groups

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Hi Morten,

On 06/22/2016 10:03 AM, Morten Rasmussen wrote:

[...]

>  
> +/*
> + * group_smaller_cpu_capacity: Returns true if sched_group sg has smaller
> + * per-cpu capacity than sched_group ref.
> + */
> +static inline bool
> +group_smaller_cpu_capacity(struct sched_group *sg, struct sched_group *ref)
> +{
> +	return sg->sgc->max_capacity * capacity_margin <
> +						ref->sgc->max_capacity * 1024;
> +}
> +
>  static inline enum
>  group_type group_classify(struct sched_group *group,
>  			  struct sg_lb_stats *sgs)
> @@ -6892,6 +6903,19 @@ static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct lb_env *env,
>  	if (sgs->avg_load <= busiest->avg_load)
>  		return false;
>  
> +	if (!(env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY))
> +		goto asym_packing;
> +
> +	/* Candidate sg has no more than one task per cpu and has
> +	 * higher per-cpu capacity. Migrating tasks to less capable
> +	 * cpus may harm throughput. Maximize throughput,
> +	 * power/energy consequences are not considered.
> +	 */
> +	if (sgs->sum_nr_running <= sgs->group_weight &&
> +	    group_smaller_cpu_capacity(sds->local, sg))
> +		return false;
> +
> +asym_packing:

What about the case where IRQ/RT work reduces the capacity of some of these bigger CPUs? sgc->max_capacity might not necessarily capture that case.

Thanks,
-Sai

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[PATCH v2 00/13] sched: Clean-ups and asymmetric cpu capacity support Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com> - 2016-06-22 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH v2 11/13] sched/fair: Avoid pulling tasks from non-overloaded higher capacity groups Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com> - 2016-06-22 19:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 11/13] sched/fair: Avoid pulling tasks from non-overloaded  higher capacity groups Sai Gurrappadi <sgurrappadi@nvidia.com> - 2016-06-23 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 11/13] sched/fair: Avoid pulling tasks from  non-overloaded higher capacity groups Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com> - 2016-06-30 09:50 +0200
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  [PATCH v2 12/13] arm: Set SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY for big.LITTLE platforms Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com> - 2016-06-22 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH v2 05/13] sched: Enable SD_BALANCE_WAKE for asymmetric capacity systems Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com> - 2016-06-22 19:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] sched: Clean-ups and asymmetric cpu capacity support Koan-Sin Tan <koansin.tan@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 12:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] sched: Clean-ups and asymmetric cpu capacity  support Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com> - 2016-06-30 10:00 +0200
  RE: [PATCH v2 00/13] sched: Clean-ups and asymmetric cpu capacity  support KEITA KOBAYASHI <keita.kobayashi.ym@renesas.com> - 2016-07-08 09:40 +0200
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