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r: 125381
b: refs/heads/master
c: ad273b3
h: refs/heads/master
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  125379: b4d88b3
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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7eb52dfa70dbf5232b5b83ec4357e6bebaa8fde8
+refs/heads/master: ad273b32e482cdef306eac32b28d97f513a022f4

trunk/kernel/sched.c

@@ -3670,10 +3670,64 @@ load_balance_newidle(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq, struct sched_domain *sd,
 	}
 
 	if (!ld_moved) {
+		int active_balance;
+
 		schedstat_inc(sd, lb_failed[CPU_NEWLY_IDLE]);
 		if (!sd_idle && sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER &&
 		    !test_sd_parent(sd, SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE))
 			return -1;
+
+		if (sched_mc_power_savings < POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (sd->nr_balance_failed++ < 2)
+			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
+		 * package. The same method used to move task in load_balance()
+		 * have been extended for load_balance_newidle() to speedup
+		 * consolidation at sched_mc=POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP (2)
+		 *
+		 * The package power saving logic comes from
+		 * find_busiest_group().  If there are no imbalance, then
+		 * f_b_g() will return NULL.  However when sched_mc={1,2} then
+		 * f_b_g() will select a group from which a running task may be
+		 * pulled to this cpu in order to make the other package idle.
+		 * If there is no opportunity to make a package idle and if
+		 * there are no imbalance, then f_b_g() will return NULL and no
+		 * action will be taken in load_balance_newidle().
+		 *
+		 * Under normal task pull operation due to imbalance, there
+		 * will be more than one task in the source run queue and
+		 * move_tasks() will succeed.  ld_moved will be true and this
+		 * active balance code will not be triggered.
+		 */
+
+		/* Lock busiest in correct order while this_rq is held */
+		double_lock_balance(this_rq, busiest);
+
+		/*
+		 * don't kick the migration_thread, if the curr
+		 * task on busiest cpu can't be moved to this_cpu
+		 */
+		if (!cpu_isset(this_cpu, busiest->curr->cpus_allowed)) {
+			double_unlock_balance(this_rq, busiest);
+			all_pinned = 1;
+			return ld_moved;
+		}
+
+		if (!busiest->active_balance) {
+			busiest->active_balance = 1;
+			busiest->push_cpu = this_cpu;
+			active_balance = 1;
+		}
+
+		double_unlock_balance(this_rq, busiest);
+		if (active_balance)
+			wake_up_process(busiest->migration_thread);
+
 	} else
 		sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;