[PATCH 4/7] Stagger load balancing in build_sched_domains

[Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>]

Index: linux-2.6.19-rc4-mm2/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc4-mm2.orig/kernel/sched.c	2006-11-03 12:51:52.997976327 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc4-mm2/kernel/sched.c	2006-11-03 12:53:23.254849673 -0600
@@ -2849,17 +2849,10 @@ static void update_load(struct rq *this_
  *
  * Balancing parameters are set up in arch_init_sched_domains.
  */
-
-/* Don't have all balancing operations going off at once: */
-static inline unsigned long cpu_offset(int cpu)
-{
-	return jiffies + cpu * HZ / NR_CPUS;
-}
-
 static void
 rebalance_tick(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq, enum idle_type idle)
 {
-	unsigned long interval, j = cpu_offset(this_cpu);
+	unsigned long interval;
 	struct sched_domain *sd;
 
 	for_each_domain(this_cpu, sd) {
@@ -2875,7 +2868,7 @@ rebalance_tick(int this_cpu, struct rq *
 		if (unlikely(!interval))
 			interval = 1;
 
-		if (j - sd->last_balance >= interval) {
+		if (jiffies - sd->last_balance >= interval) {
 			if (load_balance(this_cpu, this_rq, sd, idle)) {
 				/*
 				 * We've pulled tasks over so either we're no
@@ -6447,6 +6440,16 @@ static void init_sched_groups_power(int 
 }
 
 /*
+ * Calculate jiffies start to use for each cpu. On sched domain
+ * initialization this jiffy value is used to stagger the load balancing
+ * of the cpus so that they do not load balance all at at the same time.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long cpu_offset(int cpu)
+{
+	return jiffies + cpu * HZ / NR_CPUS;
+}
+
+/*
  * Build sched domains for a given set of cpus and attach the sched domains
  * to the individual cpus
  */
@@ -6502,6 +6505,7 @@ static int build_sched_domains(const cpu
 			sd->span = *cpu_map;
 			group = cpu_to_allnodes_group(i, cpu_map);
 			sd->groups = &sched_group_allnodes[group];
+			sd->last_balance = cpu_offset(i);
 			p = sd;
 		} else
 			p = NULL;
@@ -6510,6 +6514,7 @@ static int build_sched_domains(const cpu
 		*sd = SD_NODE_INIT;
 		sd->span = sched_domain_node_span(cpu_to_node(i));
 		sd->parent = p;
+		sd->last_balance = cpu_offset(i);
 		if (p)
 			p->child = sd;
 		cpus_and(sd->span, sd->span, *cpu_map);
@@ -6521,6 +6526,7 @@ static int build_sched_domains(const cpu
 		*sd = SD_CPU_INIT;
 		sd->span = nodemask;
 		sd->parent = p;
+		sd->last_balance = cpu_offset(i);
 		if (p)
 			p->child = sd;
 		sd->groups = &sched_group_phys[group];
@@ -6533,6 +6539,7 @@ static int build_sched_domains(const cpu
 		sd->span = cpu_coregroup_map(i);
 		cpus_and(sd->span, sd->span, *cpu_map);
 		sd->parent = p;
+		sd->last_balance = cpu_offset(i);
 		p->child = sd;
 		sd->groups = &sched_group_core[group];
 #endif
@@ -6545,6 +6552,7 @@ static int build_sched_domains(const cpu
 		sd->span = cpu_sibling_map[i];
 		cpus_and(sd->span, sd->span, *cpu_map);
 		sd->parent = p;
+		sd->last_balance = cpu_offset(i);
 		p->child = sd;
 		sd->groups = &sched_group_cpus[group];
 #endif