On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 04:52:24PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote: > When cpudl_find() returns any among free_cpus, the cpu might not be > closer than others, considering sched domain. For example: > > this_cpu: 15 > free_cpus: 0, 1,..., 14 (== later_mask) > best_cpu: 0 > > topology: > > 0 --+ > +--+ > 1 --+ | > +-- ... --+ > 2 --+ | | > +--+ | > 3 --+ | > > ... ... > > 12 --+ | > +--+ | > 13 --+ | | > +-- ... -+ > 14 --+ | > +--+ > 15 --+ > > In this case, it would be best to select 14 since it's a free cpu and > closest to 15(this_cpu). However, currently the code select 0(best_cpu) > even though that's just any among free_cpus. Fix it.
This would result in picking the HT sibling, if available. Which is typically the worst possible pick. If you add support for SD_PREFER_SIBLING, which denotes a preference for any other sibling domain above this one, this might work.
