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authorDaniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>2014-11-28 12:43:22 +0100
committerDaniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>2014-12-11 18:39:42 +0100
commitcaa2181216a099b76ad830a071a4bc16b1f3cd83 (patch)
tree095c8539fdc51affeb89f50ea8f770a056245249
parentb6a7699103307ed358ef737cb8839c3f5c5f8a0f (diff)
sched: fair: Fix wrong idle timestamp usage
The find_idlest_cpu is assuming the rq->idle_stamp information reflects when the cpu entered the idle state. This is wrong as the cpu may exit and enter the idle state several times without the rq->idle_stamp being updated. We have two informations here: * rq->idle_stamp gives when the idle task has been scheduled * idle->idle_stamp gives when the cpu entered the idle state The patch fixes that by using the latter information and fallbacks to the rq's timestamp when the idle state is not accessible Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/fair.c42
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ef2b104b254c..b8eea9dfbdc2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4450,21 +4450,35 @@ find_idlest_cpu(struct sched_group *group, struct task_struct *p, int this_cpu)
if (idle_cpu(i)) {
struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(i);
struct cpuidle_state *idle = idle_get_state(rq);
- if (idle && idle->exit_latency < min_exit_latency) {
- /*
- * We give priority to a CPU whose idle state
- * has the smallest exit latency irrespective
- * of any idle timestamp.
- */
- min_exit_latency = idle->exit_latency;
- latest_idle_timestamp = rq->idle_stamp;
- shallowest_idle_cpu = i;
- } else if ((!idle || idle->exit_latency == min_exit_latency) &&
- rq->idle_stamp > latest_idle_timestamp) {
+
+ if (idle) {
+ if (idle->exit_latency < min_exit_latency) {
+ /*
+ * We give priority to a CPU
+ * whose idle state has the
+ * smallest exit latency
+ * irrespective of any idle
+ * timestamp.
+ */
+ min_exit_latency = idle->exit_latency;
+ latest_idle_timestamp = idle->idle_stamp;
+ shallowest_idle_cpu = i;
+ } else if (idle->exit_latency == min_exit_latency &&
+ idle->idle_stamp > latest_idle_timestamp) {
+ /*
+ * If the CPU is in the same
+ * idle state, choose the more
+ * recent one as it might have
+ * a warmer cache
+ */
+ latest_idle_timestamp = idle->idle_stamp;
+ shallowest_idle_cpu = i;
+ }
+ } else if (rq->idle_stamp > latest_idle_timestamp) {
/*
- * If equal or no active idle state, then
- * the most recently idled CPU might have
- * a warmer cache.
+ * If no active idle state, then the
+ * most recent idled CPU might have a
+ * warmer cache
*/
latest_idle_timestamp = rq->idle_stamp;
shallowest_idle_cpu = i;