Re: [PATCH 1/7] sched: Add static_key for asymmetric cpu capacity optimizations

[Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@foss.arm.com>]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 02:47:04PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 04:20:48PM +0000, Morten Rasmussen wrote:
> > +static void update_asym_cpucapacity(int cpu)
> > +{
> > +	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&sched_asym_cpucapacity) &&
> > +	    lowest_flag_domain(cpu, SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY))
> > +		static_branch_enable(&sched_asym_cpucapacity);
> > +}
> 
> That looks odd, why not just:
> 
> 	if (lowest_flag_domain(cpu, SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY))
> 		static_branch_enable(&sched_asym_cpucapacity);

I actually had that initially and then I misread the implementation of
static_key_enable() as if it trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE() condition if I
enable an already enabled static key. But I see now that it should be
safe to do. 

> ? possibly with:
> 
> 	else
> 		static_branch_disable(&sched_asym_cpucapacity);
> 
> if you want to play funny games :-)

I thought about that too. It could make certain hotplug scenarios even
more expensive. I think we want the sched_asym_cpucapacity code to behave
even if SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY isn't set anywhere, so the static key would
be permanently from the point we detect asymmetry and leave it set. This
would be in line with how the smt static key works.