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r: 182523
b: refs/heads/master
c: dd5feea
h: refs/heads/master
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  182521: abf06d8
  182519: 7be6961
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 83ab0aa0d5623d823444db82c3b3c34d7ec364ae
+refs/heads/master: dd5feea14a7de4edbd9f36db1a2db785de91b88d

trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c

@@ -2097,6 +2097,7 @@ struct sd_lb_stats {
 	unsigned long max_load;
 	unsigned long busiest_load_per_task;
 	unsigned long busiest_nr_running;
+	unsigned long busiest_group_capacity;
 
 	int group_imb; /* Is there imbalance in this sd */
 #if defined(CONFIG_SCHED_MC) || defined(CONFIG_SCHED_SMT)
@@ -2416,14 +2417,12 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd,
 	unsigned long load, max_cpu_load, min_cpu_load;
 	int i;
 	unsigned int balance_cpu = -1, first_idle_cpu = 0;
-	unsigned long sum_avg_load_per_task;
-	unsigned long avg_load_per_task;
+	unsigned long avg_load_per_task = 0;
 
 	if (local_group)
 		balance_cpu = group_first_cpu(group);
 
 	/* Tally up the load of all CPUs in the group */
-	sum_avg_load_per_task = avg_load_per_task = 0;
 	max_cpu_load = 0;
 	min_cpu_load = ~0UL;
 
@@ -2453,7 +2452,6 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd,
 		sgs->sum_nr_running += rq->nr_running;
 		sgs->sum_weighted_load += weighted_cpuload(i);
 
-		sum_avg_load_per_task += cpu_avg_load_per_task(i);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2473,7 +2471,6 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd,
 	/* Adjust by relative CPU power of the group */
 	sgs->avg_load = (sgs->group_load * SCHED_LOAD_SCALE) / group->cpu_power;
 
-
 	/*
 	 * Consider the group unbalanced when the imbalance is larger
 	 * than the average weight of two tasks.
@@ -2483,8 +2480,8 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd,
 	 *      normalized nr_running number somewhere that negates
 	 *      the hierarchy?
 	 */
-	avg_load_per_task = (sum_avg_load_per_task * SCHED_LOAD_SCALE) /
-		group->cpu_power;
+	if (sgs->sum_nr_running)
+		avg_load_per_task = sgs->sum_weighted_load / sgs->sum_nr_running;
 
 	if ((max_cpu_load - min_cpu_load) > 2*avg_load_per_task)
 		sgs->group_imb = 1;
@@ -2553,6 +2550,7 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
 			sds->max_load = sgs.avg_load;
 			sds->busiest = group;
 			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;
 		}
@@ -2575,6 +2573,7 @@ static inline void fix_small_imbalance(struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
 {
 	unsigned long tmp, pwr_now = 0, pwr_move = 0;
 	unsigned int imbn = 2;
+	unsigned long scaled_busy_load_per_task;
 
 	if (sds->this_nr_running) {
 		sds->this_load_per_task /= sds->this_nr_running;
@@ -2585,8 +2584,12 @@ static inline void fix_small_imbalance(struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
 		sds->this_load_per_task =
 			cpu_avg_load_per_task(this_cpu);
 
-	if (sds->max_load - sds->this_load + sds->busiest_load_per_task >=
-			sds->busiest_load_per_task * imbn) {
+	scaled_busy_load_per_task = sds->busiest_load_per_task
+						 * SCHED_LOAD_SCALE;
+	scaled_busy_load_per_task /= sds->busiest->cpu_power;
+
+	if (sds->max_load - sds->this_load + scaled_busy_load_per_task >=
+			(scaled_busy_load_per_task * imbn)) {
 		*imbalance = sds->busiest_load_per_task;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2637,7 +2640,14 @@ static inline void fix_small_imbalance(struct sd_lb_stats *sds,
 static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct sd_lb_stats *sds, int this_cpu,
 		unsigned long *imbalance)
 {
-	unsigned long max_pull;
+	unsigned long max_pull, load_above_capacity = ~0UL;
+
+	sds->busiest_load_per_task /= sds->busiest_nr_running;
+	if (sds->group_imb) {
+		sds->busiest_load_per_task =
+			min(sds->busiest_load_per_task, sds->avg_load);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * In the presence of smp nice balancing, certain scenarios can have
 	 * max load less than avg load(as we skip the groups at or below
@@ -2648,9 +2658,29 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct sd_lb_stats *sds, int this_cpu,
 		return fix_small_imbalance(sds, this_cpu, imbalance);
 	}
 
-	/* Don't want to pull so many tasks that a group would go idle */
-	max_pull = min(sds->max_load - sds->avg_load,
-			sds->max_load - sds->busiest_load_per_task);
+	if (!sds->group_imb) {
+		/*
+		 * Don't want to pull so many tasks that a group would go idle.
+		 */
+		load_above_capacity = (sds->busiest_nr_running -
+						sds->busiest_group_capacity);
+
+		load_above_capacity *= (SCHED_LOAD_SCALE * SCHED_LOAD_SCALE);
+
+		load_above_capacity /= sds->busiest->cpu_power;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We're trying to get all the cpus to the average_load, so we don't
+	 * want to push ourselves above the average load, nor do we wish to
+	 * reduce the max loaded cpu below the average load. At the same time,
+	 * we also don't want to reduce the group load below the group capacity
+	 * (so that we can implement power-savings policies etc). Thus we look
+	 * for the minimum possible imbalance.
+	 * Be careful of negative numbers as they'll appear as very large values
+	 * with unsigned longs.
+	 */
+	max_pull = min(sds->max_load - sds->avg_load, load_above_capacity);
 
 	/* How much load to actually move to equalise the imbalance */
 	*imbalance = min(max_pull * sds->busiest->cpu_power,
@@ -2718,7 +2748,6 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
 	 * 4) This group is more busy than the avg busieness at this
 	 *    sched_domain.
 	 * 5) The imbalance is within the specified limit.
-	 * 6) Any rebalance would lead to ping-pong
 	 */
 	if (!(*balance))
 		goto ret;
@@ -2737,25 +2766,6 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
 	if (100 * sds.max_load <= sd->imbalance_pct * sds.this_load)
 		goto out_balanced;
 
-	sds.busiest_load_per_task /= sds.busiest_nr_running;
-	if (sds.group_imb)
-		sds.busiest_load_per_task =
-			min(sds.busiest_load_per_task, sds.avg_load);
-
-	/*
-	 * We're trying to get all the cpus to the average_load, so we don't
-	 * want to push ourselves above the average load, nor do we wish to
-	 * reduce the max loaded cpu below the average load, as either of these
-	 * actions would just result in more rebalancing later, and ping-pong
-	 * tasks around. Thus we look for the minimum possible imbalance.
-	 * Negative imbalances (*we* are more loaded than anyone else) will
-	 * be counted as no imbalance for these purposes -- we can't fix that
-	 * by pulling tasks to us. Be careful of negative numbers as they'll
-	 * appear as very large values with unsigned longs.
-	 */
-	if (sds.max_load <= sds.busiest_load_per_task)
-		goto out_balanced;
-
 	/* Looks like there is an imbalance. Compute it */
 	calculate_imbalance(&sds, this_cpu, imbalance);
 	return sds.busiest;