[Xen-devel] [RFC][PATCH 3/4] sched: balance credits of each vcpu of a domain

[NISHIGUCHI Naoki <nisiguti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

By applying this patch, the credit scheduler balances credits of each
active vcpu of a domain.

Best regards,
Naoki Nishiguchi

diff -r a00eb6595d3c xen/common/sched_credit.c
--- a/xen/common/sched_credit.c Sat Nov 29 09:07:52 2008 +0000
+++ b/xen/common/sched_credit.c Fri Dec 05 18:16:34 2008 +0900
@@ -835,7 +835,8 @@ csched_acct(void)
     int credit_balance;
     int credit_xtra;
     int credit;
-
+    int64_t credit_sum;
+    int credit_average;
 
     spin_lock_irqsave(&csched_priv.lock, flags);
 
@@ -872,6 +873,18 @@ csched_acct(void)
         BUG_ON( sdom->active_vcpu_count == 0 );
         BUG_ON( sdom->weight == 0 );
         BUG_ON( sdom->weight > weight_left );
+
+        /* Compute the average of active VCPUs. */
+        credit_sum = 0;
+        list_for_each_safe( iter_vcpu, next_vcpu, &sdom->active_vcpu )
+        {
+            svc = list_entry(iter_vcpu, struct csched_vcpu, active_vcpu_elem);
+            BUG_ON( sdom != svc->sdom );
+
+            credit_sum += atomic_read(&svc->credit);
+        }
+        credit_average = ( credit_sum + (sdom->active_vcpu_count - 1)
+                         ) / sdom->active_vcpu_count;
 
         weight_left -= sdom->weight;
 
@@ -944,8 +957,9 @@ csched_acct(void)
             svc = list_entry(iter_vcpu, struct csched_vcpu, active_vcpu_elem);
             BUG_ON( sdom != svc->sdom );
 
-            /* Increment credit */
-            atomic_add(credit_fair, &svc->credit);
+            /* Balance and increment credit */
+            credit = atomic_read(&svc->credit);
+            atomic_add(credit_average - credit + credit_fair, &svc->credit);
             credit = atomic_read(&svc->credit);
 
             /*

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