sched: Add SD_PREFER_SIBLING
Do the placement thing using SD flags.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Tested-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Acked-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090901083825.897028974@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 584a122..9d64cec 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3811,9 +3811,13 @@
const struct cpumask *cpus, int *balance,
struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
{
+ struct sched_domain *child = sd->child;
struct sched_group *group = sd->groups;
struct sg_lb_stats sgs;
- int load_idx;
+ int load_idx, prefer_sibling = 0;
+
+ if (child && child->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING)
+ prefer_sibling = 1;
init_sd_power_savings_stats(sd, sds, idle);
load_idx = get_sd_load_idx(sd, idle);
@@ -3833,6 +3837,14 @@
sds->total_load += sgs.group_load;
sds->total_pwr += group->__cpu_power;
+ /*
+ * In case the child domain prefers tasks go to siblings
+ * first, lower the group capacity to one so that we'll try
+ * and move all the excess tasks away.
+ */
+ if (prefer_sibling)
+ sgs.group_capacity = 1;
+
if (local_group) {
sds->this_load = sgs.avg_load;
sds->this = group;