MultiQueue Skiplist Scheduler v0.196.5.4-muqss-196

6 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index ef179033a7c2..14b576a531ad 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ config HZ
 	default 1200 if HZ_1200
 	default 1024
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.MuQSS"
+
 config SRM_ENV
 	tristate "SRM environment through procfs"
 	depends on PROC_FS
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 8a50efb559f3..d8507d20c258 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1238,6 +1238,8 @@ config SCHED_SMT
 	  MultiThreading at a cost of slightly increased overhead in some
 	  places. If unsure say N here.
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.MuQSS"
+
 config HAVE_ARM_SCU
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 3f047afb982c..d35eae0a5c7d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@ config SCHED_SMT
 	  MultiThreading at a cost of slightly increased overhead in some
 	  places. If unsure say N here.
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.MuQSS"
+
 config NR_CPUS
 	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-4096)"
 	range 2 4096
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 3e56c9c2f16e..ecee9c2a0062 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -853,6 +853,8 @@ config SCHED_SMT
 	  when dealing with POWER5 cpus at a cost of slightly increased
 	  overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.MuQSS"
+
 config PPC_DENORMALISATION
 	bool "PowerPC denormalisation exception handling"
 	depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
index f18d5067cd0f..fe489fc01c73 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ static struct timer_list spusched_timer;
 static struct timer_list spuloadavg_timer;
 
 /*
- * Priority of a normal, non-rt, non-niced'd process (aka nice level 0).
- */
-#define NORMAL_PRIO		120
-
-/*
  * Frequency of the spu scheduler tick.  By default we do one SPU scheduler
  * tick for every 10 CPU scheduler ticks.
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 8ef85139553f..7299015f6252 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1034,6 +1034,22 @@ config NR_CPUS
 config SCHED_SMT
 	def_bool y if SMP
 
+config SMT_NICE
+	bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) aware nice priority and policy support"
+	depends on SCHED_MUQSS && SCHED_SMT
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Enabling Hyperthreading on Intel CPUs decreases the effectiveness
+	  of the use of 'nice' levels and different scheduling policies
+	  (e.g. realtime) due to sharing of CPU power between hyperthreads.
+	  SMT nice support makes each logical CPU aware of what is running on
+	  its hyperthread siblings, maintaining appropriate distribution of
+	  CPU according to nice levels and scheduling policies at the expense
+	  of slightly increased overhead.
+
+	  If unsure say Y here.
+
+
 config SCHED_MC
 	def_bool y
 	prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
@@ -1064,6 +1080,8 @@ config SCHED_MC_PRIO
 
 	  If unsure say Y here.
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.MuQSS"
+
 config UP_LATE_INIT
        def_bool y
        depends on !SMP && X86_LOCAL_APIC