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author | Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com> | 2009-03-25 09:14:27 (GMT) |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-25 12:28:30 (GMT) |
commit | b7bb4c9bb01941fe8feb653f3410e7ed0c9bb786 (patch) | |
tree | ee6fb1ce3354c8a06c7c1b08b2c386aaebf07a33 /kernel/sched.c | |
parent | c071df18525a95b37dd5821a6dc4af83bd18675e (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-b7bb4c9bb01941fe8feb653f3410e7ed0c9bb786.tar.xz |
sched: Add comments to find_busiest_group() function
Impact: cleanup
Add /** style comments around find_busiest_group(). Also add a few
explanatory comments.
This concludes the find_busiest_group() cleanup. The function is
now down to 72 lines from the original 313 lines.
Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: "Balbir Singh" <balbir@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: "Dhaval Giani" <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "Vaidyanathan Srinivasan" <svaidy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090325091427.13992.18933.stgit@sofia.in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched.c | 50 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 5f21658..9f8506d 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -3676,10 +3676,30 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct sd_lb_stats *sds, int this_cpu, } /******* find_busiest_group() helpers end here *********************/ -/* - * find_busiest_group finds and returns the busiest CPU group within the - * domain. It calculates and returns the amount of weighted load which - * should be moved to restore balance via the imbalance parameter. +/** + * find_busiest_group - Returns the busiest group within the sched_domain + * if there is an imbalance. If there isn't an imbalance, and + * the user has opted for power-savings, it returns a group whose + * CPUs can be put to idle by rebalancing those tasks elsewhere, if + * such a group exists. + * + * Also calculates the amount of weighted load which should be moved + * to restore balance. + * + * @sd: The sched_domain whose busiest group is to be returned. + * @this_cpu: The cpu for which load balancing is currently being performed. + * @imbalance: Variable which stores amount of weighted load which should + * be moved to restore balance/put a group to idle. + * @idle: The idle status of this_cpu. + * @sd_idle: The idleness of sd + * @cpus: The set of CPUs under consideration for load-balancing. + * @balance: Pointer to a variable indicating if this_cpu + * is the appropriate cpu to perform load balancing at this_level. + * + * Returns: - the busiest group if imbalance exists. + * - If no imbalance and user has opted for power-savings balance, + * return the least loaded group whose CPUs can be + * put to idle by rebalancing its tasks onto our group. */ static struct sched_group * find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu, @@ -3697,17 +3717,31 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu, update_sd_lb_stats(sd, this_cpu, idle, sd_idle, cpus, balance, &sds); + /* Cases where imbalance does not exist from POV of this_cpu */ + /* 1) this_cpu is not the appropriate cpu to perform load balancing + * at this level. + * 2) There is no busy sibling group to pull from. + * 3) This group is the busiest group. + * 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 && !(*balance)) goto ret; - if (!sds.busiest || sds.this_load >= sds.max_load - || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0) + if (!sds.busiest || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0) + goto out_balanced; + + if (sds.this_load >= sds.max_load) goto out_balanced; sds.avg_load = (SCHED_LOAD_SCALE * sds.total_load) / sds.total_pwr; - if (sds.this_load >= sds.avg_load || - 100*sds.max_load <= sd->imbalance_pct * sds.this_load) + if (sds.this_load >= sds.avg_load) + goto out_balanced; + + if (100 * sds.max_load <= sd->imbalance_pct * sds.this_load) goto out_balanced; sds.busiest_load_per_task /= sds.busiest_nr_running; |