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diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 46d64e4ccfde..e7dd0ec169be 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3030,7 +3030,14 @@ static int idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq);
#else /* CONFIG_SMP */
-static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int update_tg) {}
+static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int not_used)
+{
+ struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
+ struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
+
+ cpufreq_trigger_update(rq_clock(rq));
+}
+
static inline void
enqueue_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se) {}
static inline void
@@ -5071,7 +5078,19 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int target)
return i;
/*
- * Otherwise, iterate the domains and find an elegible idle cpu.
+ * Otherwise, iterate the domains and find an eligible idle cpu.
+ *
+ * A completely idle sched group at higher domains is more
+ * desirable than an idle group at a lower level, because lower
+ * domains have smaller groups and usually share hardware
+ * resources which causes tasks to contend on them, e.g. x86
+ * hyperthread siblings in the lowest domain (SMT) can contend
+ * on the shared cpu pipeline.
+ *
+ * However, while we prefer idle groups at higher domains
+ * finding an idle cpu at the lowest domain is still better than
+ * returning 'target', which we've already established, isn't
+ * idle.
*/
sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc, target));
for_each_lower_domain(sd) {
@@ -5081,11 +5100,16 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int target)
tsk_cpus_allowed(p)))
goto next;
+ /* Ensure the entire group is idle */
for_each_cpu(i, sched_group_cpus(sg)) {
if (i == target || !idle_cpu(i))
goto next;
}
+ /*
+ * It doesn't matter which cpu we pick, the
+ * whole group is idle.
+ */
target = cpumask_first_and(sched_group_cpus(sg),
tsk_cpus_allowed(p));
goto done;
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