Replace a bunch of cpumask_any*() instances with cpumask_any*_distribute(), by injecting this little bit of random in cpu selection, we reduce the chance two competing balance operations working off the same lowest_mask pick the same CPU.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]> --- include/linux/cpumask.h | 6 ++++++ kernel/sched/cpupri.c | 4 ++-- kernel/sched/deadline.c | 2 +- kernel/sched/rt.c | 6 +++--- lib/cpumask.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/cpumask.h +++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h @@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ static inline int cpumask_any_and_distri return cpumask_next_and(-1, src1p, src2p); } +static inline int cpumask_any_distribute(const struct cpumask *srcp) +{ + return cpumask_first(srcp); +} + #define for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) \ for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++, (void)mask) #define for_each_cpu_not(cpu, mask) \ @@ -252,6 +257,7 @@ int cpumask_any_but(const struct cpumask unsigned int cpumask_local_spread(unsigned int i, int node); int cpumask_any_and_distribute(const struct cpumask *src1p, const struct cpumask *src2p); +int cpumask_any_distribute(const struct cpumask *srcp); /** * for_each_cpu - iterate over every cpu in a mask --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c @@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ static int find_later_rq(struct task_str if (this_cpu != -1) return this_cpu; - cpu = cpumask_any(later_mask); + cpu = cpumask_any_distribute(later_mask); if (cpu < nr_cpu_ids) return cpu; --- a/kernel/sched/rt.c +++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c @@ -1752,8 +1752,8 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_st return this_cpu; } - best_cpu = cpumask_first_and(lowest_mask, - sched_domain_span(sd)); + best_cpu = cpumask_any_and_distribute(lowest_mask, + sched_domain_span(sd)); if (best_cpu < nr_cpu_ids) { rcu_read_unlock(); return best_cpu; @@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_st if (this_cpu != -1) return this_cpu; - cpu = cpumask_any(lowest_mask); + cpu = cpumask_any_distribute(lowest_mask); if (cpu < nr_cpu_ids) return cpu; --- a/lib/cpumask.c +++ b/lib/cpumask.c @@ -267,3 +267,21 @@ int cpumask_any_and_distribute(const str return next; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpumask_any_and_distribute); + +int cpumask_any_distribute(const struct cpumask *srcp) +{ + int next, prev; + + /* NOTE: our first selection will skip 0. */ + prev = __this_cpu_read(distribute_cpu_mask_prev); + + next = cpumask_next(prev, srcp); + if (next >= nr_cpu_ids) + next = cpumask_first(srcp); + + if (next < nr_cpu_ids) + __this_cpu_write(distribute_cpu_mask_prev, next); + + return next; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpumask_any_distribute);
