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authorNick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>2005-06-25 14:57:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-06-25 16:24:40 -0700
commit16cfb1c04c3cbe3759f339d3333e7e1e7d59712a (patch)
tree23e8778f4eef5df4dc256dcabd1b564a8221f651 /kernel/sched.c
parent8102679447da7fcbcb5226ee0207c3a034bc6d5f (diff)
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[PATCH] sched: reduce active load balancing
Fix up active load balancing a bit so it doesn't get called when it shouldn't. Reset the nr_balance_failed counter at more points where we have found conditions to be balanced. This reduces too aggressive active balancing seen on some workloads. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 2794c79b9197..03d737791c1a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2021,6 +2021,7 @@ out_balanced:
schedstat_inc(sd, lb_balanced[idle]);
+ sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;
/* tune up the balancing interval */
if (sd->balance_interval < sd->max_interval)
sd->balance_interval *= 2;
@@ -2046,16 +2047,14 @@ static int load_balance_newidle(int this_cpu, runqueue_t *this_rq,
schedstat_inc(sd, lb_cnt[NEWLY_IDLE]);
group = find_busiest_group(sd, this_cpu, &imbalance, NEWLY_IDLE);
if (!group) {
- schedstat_inc(sd, lb_balanced[NEWLY_IDLE]);
schedstat_inc(sd, lb_nobusyg[NEWLY_IDLE]);
- goto out;
+ goto out_balanced;
}
busiest = find_busiest_queue(group);
if (!busiest || busiest == this_rq) {
- schedstat_inc(sd, lb_balanced[NEWLY_IDLE]);
schedstat_inc(sd, lb_nobusyq[NEWLY_IDLE]);
- goto out;
+ goto out_balanced;
}
/* Attempt to move tasks */
@@ -2066,11 +2065,16 @@ static int load_balance_newidle(int this_cpu, runqueue_t *this_rq,
imbalance, sd, NEWLY_IDLE, NULL);
if (!nr_moved)
schedstat_inc(sd, lb_failed[NEWLY_IDLE]);
+ else
+ sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;
spin_unlock(&busiest->lock);
-
-out:
return nr_moved;
+
+out_balanced:
+ schedstat_inc(sd, lb_balanced[NEWLY_IDLE]);
+ sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;
+ return 0;
}
/*
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