Linux-libre 4.6.2-gnu

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ac7fb39c3..5518a9621 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2881,7 +2881,8 @@ static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int update_tg)
 {
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
 	u64 now = cfs_rq_clock_task(cfs_rq);
-	int cpu = cpu_of(rq_of(cfs_rq));
+	struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
+	int cpu = cpu_of(rq);
 
 	/*
 	 * Track task load average for carrying it to new CPU after migrated, and
@@ -2893,6 +2894,29 @@ static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int update_tg)
 
 	if (update_cfs_rq_load_avg(now, cfs_rq) && update_tg)
 		update_tg_load_avg(cfs_rq, 0);
+
+	if (cpu == smp_processor_id() && &rq->cfs == cfs_rq) {
+		unsigned long max = rq->cpu_capacity_orig;
+
+		/*
+		 * There are a few boundary cases this might miss but it should
+		 * get called often enough that that should (hopefully) not be
+		 * a real problem -- added to that it only calls on the local
+		 * CPU, so if we enqueue remotely we'll miss an update, but
+		 * the next tick/schedule should update.
+		 *
+		 * It will not get called when we go idle, because the idle
+		 * thread is a different class (!fair), nor will the utilization
+		 * number include things like RT tasks.
+		 *
+		 * As is, the util number is not freq-invariant (we'd have to
+		 * implement arch_scale_freq_capacity() for that).
+		 *
+		 * See cpu_util().
+		 */
+		cpufreq_update_util(rq_clock(rq),
+				    min(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg, max), max);
+	}
 }
 
 static void attach_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
@@ -3031,7 +3055,14 @@ static int idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int update_tg) {}
+static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int not_used)
+{
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
+	struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
+
+	cpufreq_trigger_update(rq_clock(rq));
+}
+
 static inline void
 enqueue_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se) {}
 static inline void
@@ -5072,7 +5103,19 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int target)
 		return i;
 
 	/*
-	 * Otherwise, iterate the domains and find an elegible idle cpu.
+	 * Otherwise, iterate the domains and find an eligible idle cpu.
+	 *
+	 * A completely idle sched group at higher domains is more
+	 * desirable than an idle group at a lower level, because lower
+	 * domains have smaller groups and usually share hardware
+	 * resources which causes tasks to contend on them, e.g. x86
+	 * hyperthread siblings in the lowest domain (SMT) can contend
+	 * on the shared cpu pipeline.
+	 *
+	 * However, while we prefer idle groups at higher domains
+	 * finding an idle cpu at the lowest domain is still better than
+	 * returning 'target', which we've already established, isn't
+	 * idle.
 	 */
 	sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc, target));
 	for_each_lower_domain(sd) {
@@ -5082,11 +5125,16 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int target)
 						tsk_cpus_allowed(p)))
 				goto next;
 
+			/* Ensure the entire group is idle */
 			for_each_cpu(i, sched_group_cpus(sg)) {
 				if (i == target || !idle_cpu(i))
 					goto next;
 			}
 
+			/*
+			 * It doesn't matter which cpu we pick, the
+			 * whole group is idle.
+			 */
 			target = cpumask_first_and(sched_group_cpus(sg),
 					tsk_cpus_allowed(p));
 			goto done;