It would be better to try to check other siblings first if
SD_PREFER_SIBLING is flaged when pushing tasks - migration.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.p...@lge.com>
Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.le...@arm.com>
---
 kernel/sched/deadline.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 0223694..d619c07 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -1319,12 +1319,35 @@ static struct task_struct 
*pick_earliest_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(cpumask_var_t, local_cpu_mask_dl);
 
+/*
+ * Find the first cpu in: mask & sd & ~prefer
+ */
+static int find_cpu(const struct cpumask *mask,
+                   const struct sched_domain *sd,
+                   const struct sched_domain *prefer)
+{
+       const struct cpumask *sds = sched_domain_span(sd);
+       const struct cpumask *ps  = prefer ? sched_domain_span(prefer) : NULL;
+       int cpu;
+
+       for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
+               if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sds))
+                       continue;
+               if (ps && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, ps))
+                       continue;
+               break;
+       }
+
+       return cpu;
+}
+
 static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-       struct sched_domain *sd;
+       struct sched_domain *sd, *prefer = NULL;
        struct cpumask *later_mask = 
this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(local_cpu_mask_dl);
        int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
        int cpu = task_cpu(task);
+       int fallback_cpu = -1;
 
        /* Make sure the mask is initialized first */
        if (unlikely(!later_mask))
@@ -1376,15 +1399,37 @@ static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
                                return this_cpu;
                        }
 
-                       best_cpu = cpumask_first_and(later_mask,
-                                                       sched_domain_span(sd));
                        /*
-                        * Last chance: if a cpu being in both later_mask
-                        * and current sd span is valid, that becomes our
-                        * choice. Of course, the latest possible cpu is
-                        * already under consideration through later_mask.
+                        * If a cpu exists that is in the later_mask and
+                        * the current sd span, but not in the prefer sd
+                        * span, then that becomes our choice.
+                        *
+                        * Of course, the latest possible cpu is already
+                        * under consideration through later_mask.
                         */
+                       best_cpu = find_cpu(later_mask, sd, prefer);
+
                        if (best_cpu < nr_cpu_ids) {
+                               /*
+                                * If current domain is SD_PREFER_SIBLING
+                                * flaged, we have to try to check other
+                                * siblings first.
+                                */
+                               if (sd->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING) {
+                                       prefer = sd;
+
+                                       /*
+                                        * fallback_cpu should be one
+                                        * in the closest domain among
+                                        * SD_PREFER_SIBLING domains,
+                                        * in case that more than one
+                                        * SD_PREFER_SIBLING domains
+                                        * exist in the hierachy.
+                                        */
+                                       if (fallback_cpu == -1)
+                                               fallback_cpu = best_cpu;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
                                rcu_read_unlock();
                                return best_cpu;
                        }
@@ -1393,6 +1438,29 @@ static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
        /*
+        * If fallback_cpu is valid, all our guesses failed *except* for
+        * SD_PREFER_SIBLING domain. Now, we can return the fallback cpu.
+        *
+        * XXX: Consider the following example, 4 cores SMT2 system:
+        *
+        *    LLC [0       -        7]
+        *    SMT [0 1][2 3][4 5][6 7]
+        *         o x  o x  x x  x x
+        *
+        *    where 'o': occupied and 'x': empty.
+        *
+        * A wakeup on cpu0 will exclude cpu1 and choose cpu3, since
+        * cpu1 is in a SD_PREFER_SIBLING sd and cpu3 is not. However,
+        * in this case, cpu4 would have been a better choice, since
+        * cpu3 is a (SMT) thread of an already loaded core.
+        *
+        * Doing it 'right' is difficult and expensive. The current
+        * solution is an acceptable approximation.
+        */
+       if (fallback_cpu != -1)
+               return fallback_cpu;
+
+       /*
         * At this point, all our guesses failed, we just return
         * 'something', and let the caller sort the things out.
         */
-- 
1.9.1

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