From: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
To: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org,
peterz@infradead.org, vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] sched/fair: Split select_task_rq_fair want_affine logic
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jhjsgi4o8fb.mognet@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c0a1f683-f5c5-cd95-a586-28cc1da9fc3d@arm.com>
On Thu, Mar 19 2020, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
>> + */
>> for_each_domain(cpu, tmp) {
>> - /*
>> - * If both 'cpu' and 'prev_cpu' are part of this domain,
>> - * cpu is a valid SD_WAKE_AFFINE target.
>> - */
>> - if (want_affine && (tmp->flags & SD_WAKE_AFFINE) &&
>> + if ((tmp->flags & SD_WAKE_AFFINE) &&
>> cpumask_test_cpu(prev_cpu, sched_domain_span(tmp))) {
>> if (cpu != prev_cpu)
>> new_cpu = wake_affine(tmp, p, cpu, prev_cpu, sync);
>>
>> - sd = NULL; /* Prefer wake_affine over balance flags */
>> + /* Prefer wake_affine over SD lookup */
>
> I assume that 'balance flags' stands for (wakeup) load balance, i.e.
> find_idlest_xxx() path. So why change it?
>
>
You mean the comment part, right? I was hoping to clarify it a bit - if
we go through the want_affine condition, we'll override whatever SD we
picked with the highest_flag_domain() lookup (and the cached version in
9/9). Hence me referring to the SD lookup there.
> [...]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-19 12:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-11 18:15 [PATCH v2 0/9] sched: Streamline select_task_rq() & select_task_rq_fair() Valentin Schneider
2020-03-11 18:15 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] sched/fair: find_idlest_group(): Remove unused sd_flag parameter Valentin Schneider
2020-03-19 9:05 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2020-03-11 18:15 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] sched/debug: Make sd->flags sysctl read-only Valentin Schneider
2020-03-19 9:07 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2020-03-19 12:04 ` Valentin Schneider
2020-03-11 18:15 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] sched: Remove checks against SD_LOAD_BALANCE Valentin Schneider
2020-03-19 10:28 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2020-03-19 12:05 ` Valentin Schneider
2020-03-23 14:26 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2020-03-23 17:17 ` Valentin Schneider
2020-03-11 18:15 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] sched/topology: Kill SD_LOAD_BALANCE Valentin Schneider
2020-03-19 10:29 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2020-03-19 12:06 ` Valentin Schneider
2020-03-11 18:15 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] sched: Add WF_TTWU, WF_EXEC wakeup flags Valentin Schneider
2020-03-11 18:15 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] sched: Kill select_task_rq()'s sd_flag parameter Valentin Schneider
2020-03-11 18:15 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] sched/fair: Dissociate wakeup decisions from SD flag value Valentin Schneider
2020-03-11 18:16 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] sched/fair: Split select_task_rq_fair want_affine logic Valentin Schneider
2020-03-19 10:30 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2020-03-19 12:06 ` Valentin Schneider [this message]
2020-03-11 18:16 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] sched/topology: Define and use shortcut pointers for wakeup sd_flag scan Valentin Schneider
2020-03-19 10:46 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2020-03-19 12:22 ` Valentin Schneider
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