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Venkatesh Pallipadi 58b26c4c02 sched: Increment cache_nice_tries only on periodic lb 
scheduler uses cache_nice_tries as an indicator to do cache_hot and
active load balance, when normal load balance fails. Currently,
this value is changed on any failed load balance attempt. That ends
up being not so nice to workloads that enter/exit idle often, as
they do more frequent new_idle balance and that pretty soon results
in cache hot tasks being pulled in.

Making the cache_nice_tries ignore failed new_idle balance seems to
make better sense. With that only the failed load balance in
periodic load balance gets accounted and the rate of accumulation
of cache_nice_tries will not depend on idle entry/exit (short
running sleep-wakeup kind of tasks). This reduces movement of
cache_hot tasks.

schedstat diff (after-before) excerpt from a workload that has
frequent and short wakeup-idle pattern (:2 in cpu col below refers
to NEWIDLE idx) This snapshot was across ~400 seconds.

Without this change:
domainstats:  domain0
 cpu     cnt      bln      fld      imb     gain    hgain  nobusyq  nobusyg
 0:2  306487   219575    73167  110069413    44583    19070     1172   218403
 1:2  292139   194853    81421  120893383    50745    21902     1259   193594
 2:2  283166   174607    91359  129699642    54931    23688     1287   173320
 3:2  273998   161788    93991  132757146    57122    24351     1366   160422
 4:2  289851   215692    62190  83398383    36377    13680      851   214841
 5:2  316312   222146    77605  117582154    49948    20281      988   221158
 6:2  297172   195596    83623  122133390    52801    21301      929   194667
 7:2  283391   178078    86378  126622761    55122    22239      928   177150
 8:2  297655   210359    72995  110246694    45798    19777     1125   209234
 9:2  297357   202011    79363  119753474    50953    22088     1089   200922
10:2  278797   178703    83180  122514385    52969    22726     1128   177575
11:2  272661   167669    86978  127342327    55857    24342     1195   166474
12:2  293039   204031    73211  110282059    47285    19651      948   203083
13:2  289502   196762    76803  114712942    49339    20547     1016   195746
14:2  264446   169609    78292  115715605    50459    21017      982   168627
15:2  260968   163660    80142  116811793    51483    21281     1064   162596

With this change:
domainstats:  domain0
 cpu     cnt      bln      fld      imb     gain    hgain  nobusyq  nobusyg
 0:2  272347   187380    77455  105420270    24975        1      953   186427
 1:2  267276   172360    86234  116242264    28087        6     1028   171332
 2:2  259769   156777    93281  123243134    30555        1     1043   155734
 3:2  250870   143129    97627  127370868    32026        6     1188   141941
 4:2  248422   177116    64096  78261112    22202        2      757   176359
 5:2  275595   180683    84950  116075022    29400        6      778   179905
 6:2  262418   162609    88944  119256898    31056        4      817   161792
 7:2  252204   147946    92646  122388300    32879        4      824   147122
 8:2  262335   172239    81631  110477214    26599        4      864   171375
 9:2  261563   164775    88016  117203621    28331        3      849   163926
10:2  243389   140949    93379  121353071    29585        2      909   140040
11:2  242795   134651    98310  124768957    30895        2     1016   133635
12:2  255234   166622    79843  104696912    26483        4      746   165876
13:2  244944   151595    83855  109808099    27787        3      801   150794
14:2  241301   140982    89935  116954383    30403        6      845   140137
15:2  232271   128564    92821  119185207    31207        4     1416   127148

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1284167957-3675-1-git-send-email-venki@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-09-21 13:57:11 +02:00
..
debug Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-09-08 11:13:42 -07:00
gcov gcov: fix null-pointer dereference for certain module types 2010-09-09 18:57:23 -07:00
irq irq: Add new IRQ flag IRQF_NO_SUSPEND 2010-07-29 13:24:57 +02:00
power Merge branch 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 2010-09-11 15:50:53 -07:00
time time: Workaround gcc loop optimization that causes 64bit div errors 2010-08-13 12:03:24 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-09-10 07:31:24 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c pass a struct path to vfs_statfs 2010-08-09 16:48:42 -04:00
async.c async: use workqueue for worker pool 2010-07-14 11:29:46 +02:00
audit_tree.c fanotify: use both marks when possible 2010-07-28 10:18:55 -04:00
audit_watch.c Revert "fsnotify: store struct file not struct path" 2010-08-12 14:23:04 -07:00
audit.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify 2010-08-10 11:39:13 -07:00
audit.h Audit: split audit watch Kconfig 2010-07-28 09:58:19 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: do not get and put just to free a watch 2010-07-28 09:58:17 -04:00
auditsc.c vfs: add helpers to get root and pwd 2010-08-11 00:28:20 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c kbuild: move bounds.h to include/generated 2009-12-12 13:08:14 +01:00
capability.c sched: Remove remaining USER_SCHED code 2010-04-02 20:12:00 +02:00
cgroup_freezer.c Freezer / cgroup freezer: Update stale locking comments 2010-05-10 23:18:47 +02:00
cgroup.c cgroups: fix API thinko 2010-09-09 18:57:23 -07:00
compat.c compat: Make compat_alloc_user_space() incorporate the access_ok() 2010-09-14 16:08:45 -07:00
configs.c
cpu.c sched: adjust when cpu_active and cpuset configurations are updated during cpu on/offlining 2010-06-08 21:40:36 +02:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:39:22 -07:00
cred.c Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
early_res.c kmemleak: Add support for NO_BOOTMEM configurations 2010-07-19 11:54:15 +01:00
elfcore.c elf coredump: add extended numbering support 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c sys_personality: remove the bogus checks in sys_personality()->__set_personality() path 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
exit.c Fix unprotected access to task credentials in waitid() 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c mm: make the vma list be doubly linked 2010-08-21 08:49:21 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c futex: Protect pid lookup in compat code with RCU 2009-12-09 14:22:14 +01:00
futex.c futex: futex_find_get_task remove credentails check 2010-06-30 15:43:44 -07:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: fix integer overflow in groups_search 2010-09-09 18:57:24 -07:00
hrtimer.c gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings 2010-09-05 14:36:58 +02:00
hung_task.c softlockup: Fix hung_task_check_count sysctl 2009-11-27 06:21:57 +01:00
hw_breakpoint.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -07:00
itimer.c
kallsyms.c kdb: core for kgdb back end (2 of 2) 2010-05-20 21:04:21 -05:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: return -EFAULT on copy_to_user() failures 2010-08-11 08:59:22 -07:00
kfifo.c kfifo: implement missing __kfifo_skip_r() 2010-08-20 09:34:54 -07:00
kmod.c Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Move enable/disable_kprobe() out from debugfs code 2010-05-08 18:08:30 +02:00
ksysfs.c sysfs: add struct file* to bin_attr callbacks 2010-05-21 09:37:31 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: implement kthread_data() 2010-06-29 10:07:09 +02:00
latencytop.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
lockdep_internals.h lockdep: No need to disable preemption in debug atomic ops 2010-05-04 05:38:16 +02:00
lockdep_proc.c lockstat: Make lockstat counting per cpu 2010-04-06 00:15:37 +02:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c sched_clock: Add local_clock() API and improve documentation 2010-06-09 10:34:49 +02:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify 2010-08-10 11:39:13 -07:00
module.c module: cleanup comments, remove noinline 2010-08-05 12:59:13 +09:30
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h locking: Implement new raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:32 +01:00
mutex.c mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook 2010-09-03 08:19:51 +02:00
mutex.h
notifier.c sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference() 2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c
nsproxy.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
padata.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2010-08-04 15:23:14 -07:00
panic.c lib/bug.c: add oops end marker to WARN implementation 2010-08-11 08:59:22 -07:00
params.c param: locking for kernel parameters 2010-08-11 23:04:20 +09:30
perf_event.c perf: Fix CPU hotplug 2010-09-09 20:38:52 +02:00
pid_namespace.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
pid.c pids: alloc_pidmap: remove the unnecessary boundary checks 2010-08-11 08:59:20 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c PM QoS: Correct pr_debug() misuse and improve parameter checks 2010-09-11 00:53:05 +02:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'writable_limits' of git://decibel.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/linux 2010-08-10 12:07:51 -07:00
posix-timers.c posix_timer: Move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down in timer_create() 2010-07-23 15:08:12 +02:00
printk.c gcc-4.6: printk: use stable variable to dump kmsg buffer 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
profile.c numa: in-kernel profiling: use cpu_to_mem() for per cpu allocations 2010-05-27 09:12:57 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: optimize exit_ptrace() for the likely case 2010-08-11 08:59:19 -07:00
range.c kernel/range: remove unused definition of ARRAY_SIZE() 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
rcupdate.c tree/tiny rcu: Add debug RCU head objects 2010-06-14 16:37:26 -07:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: slim down rcutiny by removing rcu_scheduler_active and friends 2010-05-10 11:08:34 -07:00
rcutiny.c tree/tiny rcu: Add debug RCU head objects 2010-06-14 16:37:26 -07:00
rcutorture.c sched_clock: Add local_clock() API and improve documentation 2010-06-09 10:34:49 +02:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: remove all rcu head initializations, except on_stack initializations 2010-05-11 16:10:47 -07:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: reduce the number of spurious RCU_SOFTIRQ invocations 2010-05-10 11:08:35 -07:00
rcutree.c tree/tiny rcu: Add debug RCU head objects 2010-06-14 16:37:26 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: reduce the number of spurious RCU_SOFTIRQ invocations 2010-05-10 11:08:35 -07:00
relay.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
res_counter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
resource.c resource: shared I/O region support 2010-05-11 12:01:10 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched_clock: Add local_clock() API and improve documentation 2010-06-09 10:34:49 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c sched: No need for bootmem special cases 2010-07-17 12:06:22 +02:00
sched_cpupri.h sched: No need for bootmem special cases 2010-07-17 12:06:22 +02:00
sched_debug.c sched: Use correct macro to display sched_child_runs_first in /proc/sched_debug 2010-07-21 21:46:12 +02:00
sched_fair.c sched: Increment cache_nice_tries only on periodic lb 2010-09-21 13:57:11 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: Remove ASYM_GRAN feature 2010-03-11 18:32:53 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Cure load average vs NO_HZ woes 2010-04-23 11:02:02 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: task_tick_rt: Remove the obsolete ->signal != NULL check 2010-06-18 10:46:56 +02:00
sched_stats.h sched: Remove the obsolete exit_state/signal hacks 2010-06-18 10:46:56 +02:00
sched.c Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc5' into sched/core 2010-09-21 13:56:49 +02:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c CRED: Fix RCU warning due to previous patch fixing __task_cred()'s checks 2010-08-04 11:17:10 -07:00
smp.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
softirq.c kernel/: fix BUG_ON checks for cpu notifier callbacks direct call 2010-06-04 15:21:45 -07:00
spinlock.c locking: Cleanup the name space completely 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
srcu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: struct cpu_stopper, remove alignment padding on 64 bits 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
sys_ni.c fanotify: sys_fanotify_mark declartion 2010-07-28 09:58:55 -04:00
sys.c pid: make setpgid() system call use RCU read-side critical section 2010-08-31 17:00:18 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: don't use own implementation of hex_to_bin() 2010-05-25 08:07:05 -07:00
sysctl_check.c ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses 2009-12-03 12:14:38 -08:00
sysctl.c gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings 2010-09-05 14:36:58 +02:00
taskstats.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME 2010-07-27 12:40:54 +02:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c kernel/timer.c: fix kernel-doc function parameter warning 2010-08-10 15:33:09 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Let tracepoints have data passed to tracepoint callbacks 2010-05-14 09:50:34 -04:00
tsacct.c mm: clean up mm_counter 2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c user_ns: Introduce user_nsmap_uid and user_ns_map_gid. 2010-06-16 14:55:34 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c core: Clean up user return notifers use of per_cpu 2009-12-02 10:22:59 +01:00
user.c sched: Remove a stale comment 2010-05-10 08:48:39 +02:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
wait.c
watchdog.c lockup_detector: Sync touch_*_watchdog back to old semantics 2010-09-01 10:02:28 +02:00
workqueue_sched.h workqueue: implement concurrency managed dynamic worker pool 2010-06-29 10:07:14 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: add documentation 2010-09-13 10:26:52 +02:00