sched: use highest_prio.next to optimize pull operations

We currently take the rq->lock for every cpu in an overload state during
pull_rt_tasks().  However, we now have enough information via the
highest_prio.[curr|next] fields to determine if there is any tasks of
interest to warrant the overhead of the rq->lock, before we actually take
it.  So we use this information to reduce lock contention during the
pull for the case where the source-rq doesnt have tasks that preempt
the current task.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@novell.com>
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Gregory Haskins 2008-12-29 09:39:50 -05:00
parent a8728944ef
commit 74ab8e4f64

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@ -1218,6 +1218,18 @@ static int pull_rt_task(struct rq *this_rq)
continue;
src_rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
/*
* Don't bother taking the src_rq->lock if the next highest
* task is known to be lower-priority than our current task.
* This may look racy, but if this value is about to go
* logically higher, the src_rq will push this task away.
* And if its going logically lower, we do not care
*/
if (src_rq->rt.highest_prio.next >=
this_rq->rt.highest_prio.curr)
continue;
/*
* We can potentially drop this_rq's lock in
* double_lock_balance, and another CPU could