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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/fair.c | 41 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index fe4e0d775375..25dffc03f0f6 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -8658,10 +8658,6 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s /* * Try to use spare capacity of local group without overloading it or * emptying busiest. - * XXX Spreading tasks across NUMA nodes is not always the best policy - * and special care should be taken for SD_NUMA domain level before - * spreading the tasks. For now, load_balance() fully relies on - * NUMA_BALANCING and fbq_classify_group/rq to override the decision. */ if (local->group_type == group_has_spare) { if (busiest->group_type > group_fully_busy) { @@ -8701,16 +8697,37 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s env->migration_type = migrate_task; lsub_positive(&nr_diff, local->sum_nr_running); env->imbalance = nr_diff >> 1; - return; - } + } else { - /* - * If there is no overload, we just want to even the number of - * idle cpus. - */ - env->migration_type = migrate_task; - env->imbalance = max_t(long, 0, (local->idle_cpus - + /* + * If there is no overload, we just want to even the number of + * idle cpus. + */ + env->migration_type = migrate_task; + env->imbalance = max_t(long, 0, (local->idle_cpus - busiest->idle_cpus) >> 1); + } + + /* Consider allowing a small imbalance between NUMA groups */ + if (env->sd->flags & SD_NUMA) { + unsigned int imbalance_min; + + /* + * Compute an allowed imbalance based on a simple + * pair of communicating tasks that should remain + * local and ignore them. + * + * NOTE: Generally this would have been based on + * the domain size and this was evaluated. However, + * the benefit is similar across a range of workloads + * and machines but scaling by the domain size adds + * the risk that lower domains have to be rebalanced. + */ + imbalance_min = 2; + if (busiest->sum_nr_running <= imbalance_min) + env->imbalance = 0; + } + return; } |