Add the SD_PREFER_SIBLING flag for SMT level in order to ensure that the scheduler will put at least 1 task per core.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guit...@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Preeti U. Murthy <pre...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 29f7037..753f0a2 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -6240,6 +6240,7 @@ sd_init(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu) */ if (sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY) { + sd->flags |= SD_PREFER_SIBLING; sd->imbalance_pct = 110; sd->smt_gain = 1178; /* ~15% */ -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/