On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 10:36:01PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> * Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> [2021-03-01 16:44:42]:
> 
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 02:56:07PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2021-02-26 at 22:10 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > 
> > > > +       if (sched_feat(WA_WAKER) && tnr_busy < tllc_size)
> > > > +               return this_cpu;
> > > 
> > > I wonder if we need to use a slightly lower threshold on
> > > very large LLCs, both to account for the fact that the
> > > select_idle_cpu code may not find the single idle CPU
> > > among a dozen busy ones, or because on a system with
> > > hyperthreading we may often be better off picking another
> > > LLC for HT contention issues?
> > > 
> > > Maybe we could use "tnr_busy * 4 <
> > > tllc_size * 3" or
> > > something like that?
> > 
> > How about:
> > 
> >     tnr_busy < tllc_size / topology_max_smt_threads()
> > 
> > ?
> 
> Isn't topology_max_smt_threads only for x86 as of today?
> Or Am I missing out?

Oh, could be, I didn't grep :/ We could have core code keep track of the
smt count I suppose.

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