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| author | Morten Rasmussen <Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com> | 2012-09-14 14:38:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> | 2013-03-12 14:54:30 +0530 |
| commit | 00d520269ed1cf7266b595312614e06569da0394 (patch) | |
| tree | da48747d2e17bab183ef8e09f4867946d3c401a2 /arch | |
| parent | 115472b3c6cf5240a0e54ecfc3612db0133f1e5c (diff) | |
sched: Task placement for heterogeneous systems based on task load-tracking
This patch introduces the basic SCHED_HMP infrastructure. Each class of
cpus is represented by a hmp_domain and tasks will only be moved between
these domains when their load profiles suggest it is beneficial.
SCHED_HMP relies heavily on the task load-tracking introduced in Paul
Turners fair group scheduling patch set:
<https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/8/23/267>
SCHED_HMP requires that the platform implements arch_get_hmp_domains()
which should set up the platform specific list of hmp_domains. It is
also assumed that the platform disables SD_LOAD_BALANCE for the
appropriate sched_domains.
Tasks placement takes place every time a task is to be inserted into
a runqueue based on its load history. The task placement decision is
based on load thresholds.
There are no restrictions on the number of hmp_domains, however,
multiple (>2) has not been tested and the up/down migration policy is
rather simple.
Signed-off-by: Morten Rasmussen <Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 5b714695b01..7abe7094def 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -1582,6 +1582,23 @@ config SCHED_SMT MultiThreading at a cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here. +config DISABLE_CPU_SCHED_DOMAIN_BALANCE + bool "(EXPERIMENTAL) Disable CPU level scheduler load-balancing" + help + Disables scheduler load-balancing at CPU sched domain level. + +config SCHED_HMP + bool "(EXPERIMENTAL) Heterogenous multiprocessor scheduling" + depends on DISABLE_CPU_SCHED_DOMAIN_BALANCE && SCHED_MC && FAIR_GROUP_SCHED && !SCHED_AUTOGROUP + help + Experimental scheduler optimizations for heterogeneous platforms. + Attempts to introspectively select task affinity to optimize power + and performance. Basic support for multiple (>2) cpu types is in place, + but it has only been tested with two types of cpus. + There is currently no support for migration of task groups, hence + !SCHED_AUTOGROUP. Furthermore, normal load-balancing must be disabled + between cpus of different type (DISABLE_CPU_SCHED_DOMAIN_BALANCE). + config HAVE_ARM_SCU bool help |