From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:41:31 +0000 (+0200) Subject: sched: remove prio preference from balance decisions X-Git-Tag: v2.6.27-rc1~1105^2~20 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=051c67640e771fd6ad1b676fc0c16c379b3c6f80;p=linux-2.6 sched: remove prio preference from balance decisions Priority looses much of its meaning in a hierarchical context. So don't use it in balance decisions. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Srivatsa Vaddagiri Cc: Mike Galbraith Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 5e2aa394a8..10d43f5bf0 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -2896,7 +2896,7 @@ balance_tasks(struct rq *this_rq, int this_cpu, struct rq *busiest, enum cpu_idle_type idle, int *all_pinned, int *this_best_prio, struct rq_iterator *iterator) { - int loops = 0, pulled = 0, pinned = 0, skip_for_load; + int loops = 0, pulled = 0, pinned = 0; struct task_struct *p; long rem_load_move = max_load_move; @@ -2912,14 +2912,8 @@ balance_tasks(struct rq *this_rq, int this_cpu, struct rq *busiest, next: if (!p || loops++ > sysctl_sched_nr_migrate) goto out; - /* - * To help distribute high priority tasks across CPUs we don't - * skip a task if it will be the highest priority task (i.e. smallest - * prio value) on its new queue regardless of its load weight - */ - skip_for_load = (p->se.load.weight >> 1) > rem_load_move + - SCHED_LOAD_SCALE_FUZZ; - if ((skip_for_load && p->prio >= *this_best_prio) || + + if ((p->se.load.weight >> 1) > rem_load_move || !can_migrate_task(p, busiest, this_cpu, sd, idle, &pinned)) { p = iterator->next(iterator->arg); goto next;