diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index b9b3462..593424f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -2458,11 +2458,53 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * update_sd_pick_busiest - return 1 on busiest group
+ * @sd: sched_domain whose statistics are to be checked
+ * @sds: sched_domain statistics
+ * @sg: sched_group candidate to be checked for being the busiest
+ * @sds: sched_group statistics
+ *
+ * Determine if @sg is a busier group than the previously selected
+ * busiest group.
+ */
+static bool update_sd_pick_busiest(struct sched_domain *sd,
+				   struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
+				   struct sched_group *sg,
+				   struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
+				   int this_cpu)
+{
+	if (sgs->avg_load <= sds->max_load)
+		return false;
+
+	if (sgs->sum_nr_running > sgs->group_capacity)
+		return true;
+
+	if (sgs->group_imb)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * ASYM_PACKING needs to move all the work to the lowest
+	 * numbered CPUs in the group, therefore mark all groups
+	 * higher than ourself as busy.
+	 */
+	if ((sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING) && sgs->sum_nr_running &&
+	    this_cpu < group_first_cpu(sg)) {
+		if (!sds->busiest)
+			return true;
+
+		if (group_first_cpu(sds->busiest) > group_first_cpu(sg))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
  * update_sd_lb_stats - Update sched_group's statistics for load balancing.
  * @sd: sched_domain whose statistics are to be updated.
  * @this_cpu: Cpu for which load balance is currently performed.
  * @idle: Idle status of this_cpu
- * @sd_idle: Idle status of the sched_domain containing group.
+ * @sd_idle: Idle status of the sched_domain containing sg.
  * @cpus: Set of cpus considered for load balancing.
  * @balance: Should we balance.
  * @sds: variable to hold the statistics for this sched_domain.
@@ -2473,7 +2515,7 @@
 			struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
 {
 	struct sched_domain *child = sd->child;
-	struct sched_group *group = sd->groups;
+	struct sched_group *sg = sd->groups;
 	struct sg_lb_stats sgs;
 	int load_idx, prefer_sibling = 0;
 
@@ -2486,21 +2528,20 @@
 	do {
 		int local_group;
 
-		local_group = cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu,
-					       sched_group_cpus(group));
+		local_group = cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, sched_group_cpus(sg));
 		memset(&sgs, 0, sizeof(sgs));
-		update_sg_lb_stats(sd, group, this_cpu, idle, load_idx, sd_idle,
+		update_sg_lb_stats(sd, sg, this_cpu, idle, load_idx, sd_idle,
 				local_group, cpus, balance, &sgs);
 
 		if (local_group && !(*balance))
 			return;
 
 		sds->total_load += sgs.group_load;
-		sds->total_pwr += group->cpu_power;
+		sds->total_pwr += sg->cpu_power;
 
 		/*
 		 * In case the child domain prefers tasks go to siblings
-		 * first, lower the group capacity to one so that we'll try
+		 * first, lower the sg capacity to one so that we'll try
 		 * and move all the excess tasks away.
 		 */
 		if (prefer_sibling)
@@ -2508,23 +2549,72 @@
 
 		if (local_group) {
 			sds->this_load = sgs.avg_load;
-			sds->this = group;
+			sds->this = sg;
 			sds->this_nr_running = sgs.sum_nr_running;
 			sds->this_load_per_task = sgs.sum_weighted_load;
-		} else if (sgs.avg_load > sds->max_load &&
-			   (sgs.sum_nr_running > sgs.group_capacity ||
-				sgs.group_imb)) {
+		} else if (update_sd_pick_busiest(sd, sds, sg, &sgs, this_cpu)) {
 			sds->max_load = sgs.avg_load;
-			sds->busiest = group;
+			sds->busiest = sg;
 			sds->busiest_nr_running = sgs.sum_nr_running;
 			sds->busiest_group_capacity = sgs.group_capacity;
 			sds->busiest_load_per_task = sgs.sum_weighted_load;
 			sds->group_imb = sgs.group_imb;
 		}
 
-		update_sd_power_savings_stats(group, sds, local_group, &sgs);
-		group = group->next;
-	} while (group != sd->groups);
+		update_sd_power_savings_stats(sg, sds, local_group, &sgs);
+		sg = sg->next;
+	} while (sg != sd->groups);
+}
+
+int __weak arch_sd_sibiling_asym_packing(void)
+{
+       return 0*SD_ASYM_PACKING;
+}
+
+/**
+ * check_asym_packing - Check to see if the group is packed into the
+ *			sched doman.
+ *
+ * This is primarily intended to used at the sibling level.  Some
+ * cores like POWER7 prefer to use lower numbered SMT threads.  In the
+ * case of POWER7, it can move to lower SMT modes only when higher
+ * threads are idle.  When in lower SMT modes, the threads will
+ * perform better since they share less core resources.  Hence when we
+ * have idle threads, we want them to be the higher ones.
+ *
+ * This packing function is run on idle threads.  It checks to see if
+ * the busiest CPU in this domain (core in the P7 case) has a higher
+ * CPU number than the packing function is being run on.  Here we are
+ * assuming lower CPU number will be equivalent to lower a SMT thread
+ * number.
+ *
+ * @sd: The sched_domain whose packing is to be checked.
+ * @sds: Statistics of the sched_domain which is to be packed
+ * @this_cpu: The cpu at whose sched_domain we're performing load-balance.
+ * @imbalance: returns amount of imbalanced due to packing.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 when packing is required and a task should be moved to
+ * this CPU.  The amount of the imbalance is returned in *imbalance.
+ */
+static int check_asym_packing(struct sched_domain *sd,
+			      struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
+			      int this_cpu, unsigned long *imbalance)
+{
+	int busiest_cpu;
+
+	if (!(sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!sds->busiest)
+		return 0;
+
+	busiest_cpu = group_first_cpu(sds->busiest);
+	if (this_cpu > busiest_cpu)
+		return 0;
+
+	*imbalance = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(sds->max_load * sds->busiest->cpu_power,
+				       SCHED_LOAD_SCALE);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2719,6 +2809,10 @@
 	if (!(*balance))
 		goto ret;
 
+	if ((idle == CPU_IDLE || idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE) &&
+	    check_asym_packing(sd, &sds, this_cpu, imbalance))
+		return sds.busiest;
+
 	if (!sds.busiest || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0)
 		goto out_balanced;
 
@@ -2808,9 +2902,19 @@
 /* Working cpumask for load_balance and load_balance_newidle. */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(cpumask_var_t, load_balance_tmpmask);
 
-static int need_active_balance(struct sched_domain *sd, int sd_idle, int idle)
+static int need_active_balance(struct sched_domain *sd, int sd_idle, int idle,
+			       int busiest_cpu, int this_cpu)
 {
 	if (idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE) {
+
+		/*
+		 * ASYM_PACKING needs to force migrate tasks from busy but
+		 * higher numbered CPUs in order to pack all tasks in the
+		 * lowest numbered CPUs.
+		 */
+		if ((sd->flags & SD_ASYM_PACKING) && busiest_cpu > this_cpu)
+			return 1;
+
 		/*
 		 * The only task running in a non-idle cpu can be moved to this
 		 * cpu in an attempt to completely freeup the other CPU
@@ -2929,7 +3033,8 @@
 		schedstat_inc(sd, lb_failed[idle]);
 		sd->nr_balance_failed++;
 
-		if (need_active_balance(sd, sd_idle, idle)) {
+		if (need_active_balance(sd, sd_idle, idle, cpu_of(busiest),
+					this_cpu)) {
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&busiest->lock, flags);
 
 			/* don't kick the active_load_balance_cpu_stop,