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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, helen monte <hzmonte@hotmail.com>,
	lk <linux_kernel@patni.com>
Subject: Re: How does 2.6 SMP scheduler initially assign a thread to a run queue?
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:25:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1118258722.4482.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050608120325.A5554@unix-os.sc.intel.com>

On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 12:03 -0700, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:

> > > By the way, in an SMT/hyperthreading processor, does the latest kernel
> > > version assign one run queue per physical CPU, or per virtual 
> > > processor?
> > > 
> > 
> > one run-queue per physical CPU
> 
> No. Each logical processor has its own runqueue.

I think it is also worth mentioning that the sched domains are used to
help keep processes on the same physical CPU. Little cost associated to
moving a process from one logical CPU to a sibling, where as there is a
big cost in moving it to another physical CPU.

-- Steve



  reply	other threads:[~2005-06-08 19:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-07 23:50 How does 2.6 SMP scheduler initially assign a thread to a run queue? helen monte
2005-06-08 12:41 ` lk
2005-06-08 19:03   ` Siddha, Suresh B
2005-06-08 19:25     ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2005-06-09  6:32       ` How does 2.6 SMP scheduler assign runqueues to multi-cores? helen monte
2005-06-09  7:03         ` Nick Piggin

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