Setting LBF_ALL_PINNED during active load balance is only valid when there is only 1 running task on the rq otherwise this ends up increasing the balance interval whereas other tasks could migrate after the next interval once they become cache-cold as an example.
LBF_ALL_PINNED flag is now always set it by default. It is then cleared when we find one task that can be pulled when calling detach_tasks() or during active migration. Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guit...@linaro.org> --- kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index 5428b8723e61..a3515dea1afc 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -9626,6 +9626,8 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq, env.src_rq = busiest; ld_moved = 0; + /* Clear this flag as soon as we find a pullable task */ + env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED; if (busiest->nr_running > 1) { /* * Attempt to move tasks. If find_busiest_group has found @@ -9633,7 +9635,6 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq, * still unbalanced. ld_moved simply stays zero, so it is * correctly treated as an imbalance. */ - env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED; env.loop_max = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->nr_running); more_balance: @@ -9759,10 +9760,12 @@ static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq, if (!cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, busiest->curr->cpus_ptr)) { raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&busiest->lock, flags); - env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED; goto out_one_pinned; } + /* Record that we found atleast one task that could run on this_cpu */ + env.flags &= ~LBF_ALL_PINNED; + /* * ->active_balance synchronizes accesses to * ->active_balance_work. Once set, it's cleared -- 2.17.1