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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, vincent.guittot@linaro.org,
	dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
	rostedt@goodmis.org, bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, valentin.schneider@arm.com,
	qais.yousef@arm.com, ktkhai@virtuozzo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] sched: Optimize pick_next_task()
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 21:46:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191108204642.GK3079@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191108143348.GB123156@google.com>

On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 02:33:48PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote:
> On Friday 08 Nov 2019 at 14:15:57 (+0100), Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Also remove the unlikely() from the idle case, it is in fact /the/ way
> > we select idle -- and that is a very common thing to do.
> 
> I assumed this was to optimize the case where we did find a cfs task to
> run. That is, we can afford to hit the unlikely case when there is no
> work to do after, but when there is, we shouldn't spend time checking
> the idle case. Makes sense ?

There is that, but it is also the way we pick idle when nr_running drops
to 0.

I just couldn't make up my mind if the unlikely made sense or not.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-11-08 20:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-08 13:15 [PATCH 0/7] scheduler patches Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 13:15 ` [PATCH 1/7] sched: Fix pick_next_task() vs change pattern race Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 14:28   ` Quentin Perret
2019-11-08 16:05   ` Valentin Schneider
2019-11-08 20:49     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 17:03   ` Qais Yousef
2019-11-08 13:15 ` [PATCH 2/7] sched/fair: Better document newidle_balance() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11  9:32   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 13:15 ` [PATCH 3/7] sched: Make pick_next_task_idle() more consistent Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11  9:32   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/core: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 13:15 ` [PATCH 4/7] sched: Optimize pick_next_task() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 14:33   ` Quentin Perret
2019-11-08 16:46     ` Vincent Guittot
2019-11-08 20:46     ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-11-11  9:32   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/core: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 13:15 ` [PATCH 5/7] sched: Simplify sched_class::pick_next_task() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11  9:32   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/core: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 13:15 ` [PATCH 6/7] sched/fair: Use mul_u32_u32() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11  9:32   ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-08 13:16 ` [PATCH 7/7] sched: Further clarify sched_class::set_next_task() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11  9:32   ` [tip: sched/core] sched/core: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra

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