Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] sched/fair: Consider SMT in ASYM_PACKING load balance

[Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>]

On 13/05/2021 17:49, Ricardo Neri wrote:

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> @@ -8447,6 +8456,89 @@ group_type group_classify(unsigned int imbalance_pct,
>  	return group_has_spare;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * asym_can_pull_tasks - Check whether the load balancing CPU can pull tasks
> + * @dst_cpu:	Destination CPU of the load balancing
> + * @sds:	Load-balancing data with statistics of the local group
> + * @sgs:	Load-balancing statistics of the candidate busiest group
> + * @sg:		The candidate busiet group
> + *
> + * Check the state of the SMT siblings of both @sds::local and @sg and decide
> + * if @dst_cpu can pull tasks. If @dst_cpu does not have SMT siblings, it can
> + * pull tasks if two or more of the SMT siblings of @sg are busy. If only one
> + * CPU in @sg is busy, pull tasks only if @dst_cpu has higher priority.
> + *
> + * If both @dst_cpu and @sg have SMT siblings. Even the number of idle CPUs
> + * between @sds::local and @sg. Thus, pull tasks from @sg if the difference
> + * between the number of busy CPUs is 2 or more. If the difference is of 1,
> + * only pull if @dst_cpu has higher priority. If @sg does not have SMT siblings
> + * only pull tasks if all of the SMT siblings of @dst_cpu are idle and @sg
> + * has lower priority.
> + */
> +static bool asym_can_pull_tasks(int dst_cpu, struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
> +				struct sg_lb_stats *sgs, struct sched_group *sg)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
> +	int cpu, local_busy_cpus, sg_busy_cpus;
> +	bool local_is_smt, sg_is_smt;
> +
> +	cpu = group_first_cpu(sg);

Looks like `cpu` isn't used.

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