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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched: force balancing on newidle balance if local
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From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:18:49 +0200
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On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 14:06 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 12:09 -0700, Nikhil Rao wrote:
> > +bool check_utilization(struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
> > +{
> > +       if (!sds->this_has_capacity || sds->busiest_has_capacity)
> > +               return false;
> > +
> > +       return true;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /******* find_busiest_group() helpers end here *********************/
> >  
> >  /**
> > @@ -2824,6 +2845,10 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
> >         if (!sds.busiest || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0)
> >                 goto out_balanced;
> >  
> > +       /*  SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE trumps SMP nice when underutilized */
> > +       if (idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE && check_utilization(&sds))
> > +               goto force_balance; 
> 
> 
> Is that really worth an extra function?

(I did that)

No, just it made it look prettier to me.  I figured the compiler will
nuke it at zero cost.

	-Mike