sched/fair: Consider SMT in ASYM_PACKING load balance
When deciding to pull tasks in ASYM_PACKING, it is necessary not only to check for the idle state of the destination CPU, dst_cpu, but also of its SMT siblings. If dst_cpu is idle but its SMT siblings are busy, performance suffers if it pulls tasks from a medium priority CPU that does not have SMT siblings. Implement asym_smt_can_pull_tasks() to inspect the state of the SMT siblings of both dst_cpu and the CPUs in the candidate busiest group. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Reviewed-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210911011819.12184-7-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com
Showing
Please register or sign in to comment