Re: [PATCH 3 6/6] sched: Fix sd_parent_degenerate for SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE.

[Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com> [2009-03-18 14:52:48]:

> Currently a sched_domain having a single group can be prevented from getting
> degenerated if it contains a SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE flag. But since it has
> only one group, it won't have any scope for performing powersavings balance as
> it does not have a sibling group to pull from.
> 
> Apart from not provide any powersavings, it also fails to participate
> in normal load-balancing.
> 
> Fix this by allowing such a sched_domain to degenerate and pass on the
> responsibility of performing the POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE to it's parent domain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>
> Cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  kernel/sched.c |   14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
> index 651550c..0e7882a 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched.c
> @@ -6970,6 +6970,20 @@ sd_parent_degenerate(struct sched_domain *sd, struct sched_domain *parent)
>  				SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES);
>  		if (nr_node_ids == 1)
>  			pflags &= ~SD_SERIALIZE;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If the only flag that is preventing us from degenerating
> +		 * a domain with a single group is SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE
> +		 * check if it can be transferred to the new parent,
> +		 * and degenerate this domain. With a single
> +		 * group, it anyway can't contribute to power-aware load
> +		 * balancing.

                   can't contribute to any form of load balancing or
                   power savings.  

                   (SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE flags has not being
                   listed in the flags needing more than 1 group)

> +		 */
> +		if (pflags & SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE && parent->parent) {
> +			pflags &= ~SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE;
> +			parent->parent->flags |=
> +				sd_power_saving_flags(parent->level);
> +		}
>  	}
>  	if (~cflags & pflags)
>  		return 0;

--Vaidy