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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sched/fair: Optimize select_idle_core
Hi Srikar,

On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 18:23, Srikar Dronamraju
<srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Currently we loop through all threads of a core to evaluate if the core
> is idle or not. This is unnecessary. If a thread of a core is not
> idle, skip evaluating other threads of a core.

I think that the goal is also to clear all CPUs of the core from the
cpumask of the loop above so it will not try the same core next time

>
> Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 69a81a5709ff..b9d628128cfc 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -5872,10 +5872,12 @@ static int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int
> bool idle = true;
>
> for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_smt_mask(core)) {
> - __cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cpus);
> - if (!available_idle_cpu(cpu))
> + if (!available_idle_cpu(cpu)) {
> idle = false;
> + break;
> + }
> }
> + cpumask_andnot(cpus, cpus, cpu_smt_mask(core));
>
> if (idle)
> return core;
> --
> 2.18.1
>

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