3 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index d0036e52a24..2c79e921a68 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ struct sched_group {
          * single CPU.
          */
         unsigned int cpu_power, cpu_power_orig;
+        unsigned int group_weight;
 
         /*
          * The CPUs this group covers.
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index aa14a56f9d0..36a088018fe 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6960,6 +6960,8 @@ static void init_sched_groups_power(int cpu, struct sched_domain *sd)
         if (cpu != group_first_cpu(sd->groups))
                 return;
 
+        sd->groups->group_weight = cpumask_weight(sched_group_cpus(sd->groups));
+
         child = sd->child;
 
         sd->groups->cpu_power = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index f4f6a8326dd..034c4f410b3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -2035,13 +2035,16 @@ struct sd_lb_stats {
         unsigned long this_load_per_task;
         unsigned long this_nr_running;
         unsigned long this_has_capacity;
+        unsigned int  this_idle_cpus;
 
         /* Statistics of the busiest group */
+        unsigned int  busiest_idle_cpus;
         unsigned long max_load;
         unsigned long busiest_load_per_task;
         unsigned long busiest_nr_running;
         unsigned long busiest_group_capacity;
         unsigned long busiest_has_capacity;
+        unsigned int  busiest_group_weight;
 
         int group_imb; /* Is there imbalance in this sd */
 #if defined(CONFIG_SCHED_MC) || defined(CONFIG_SCHED_SMT)
@@ -2063,6 +2066,8 @@ struct sg_lb_stats {
         unsigned long sum_nr_running; /* Nr tasks running in the group */
         unsigned long sum_weighted_load; /* Weighted load of group's tasks */
         unsigned long group_capacity;
+        unsigned long idle_cpus;
+        unsigned long group_weight;
         int group_imb; /* Is there an imbalance in the group ? */
         int group_has_capacity; /* Is there extra capacity in the group? */
 };
@@ -2431,7 +2436,8 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd,
                 sgs->group_load += load;
                 sgs->sum_nr_running += rq->nr_running;
                 sgs->sum_weighted_load += weighted_cpuload(i);
-
+                if (idle_cpu(i))
+                        sgs->idle_cpus++;
         }
 
         /*
@@ -2469,6 +2475,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd,
         sgs->group_capacity = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(group->cpu_power, SCHED_LOAD_SCALE);
         if (!sgs->group_capacity)
                 sgs->group_capacity = fix_small_capacity(sd, group);
+        sgs->group_weight = group->group_weight;
 
         if (sgs->group_capacity > sgs->sum_nr_running)
                 sgs->group_has_capacity = 1;
@@ -2576,13 +2583,16 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
                         sds->this_nr_running = sgs.sum_nr_running;
                         sds->this_load_per_task = sgs.sum_weighted_load;
                         sds->this_has_capacity = sgs.group_has_capacity;
+                        sds->this_idle_cpus = sgs.idle_cpus;
                 } else if (update_sd_pick_busiest(sd, sds, sg, &sgs, this_cpu)) {
                         sds->max_load = sgs.avg_load;
                         sds->busiest = sg;
                         sds->busiest_nr_running = sgs.sum_nr_running;
+                        sds->busiest_idle_cpus = sgs.idle_cpus;
                         sds->busiest_group_capacity = sgs.group_capacity;
                         sds->busiest_load_per_task = sgs.sum_weighted_load;
                         sds->busiest_has_capacity = sgs.group_has_capacity;
+                        sds->busiest_group_weight = sgs.group_weight;
                         sds->group_imb = sgs.group_imb;
                 }
 
@@ -2860,8 +2870,26 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
         if (sds.this_load >= sds.avg_load)
                 goto out_balanced;
 
-        if (100 * sds.max_load <= sd->imbalance_pct * sds.this_load)
-                goto out_balanced;
+        /*
+         * In the CPU_NEWLY_IDLE, use imbalance_pct to be conservative.
+         * And to check for busy balance use !idle_cpu instead of
+         * CPU_NOT_IDLE. This is because HT siblings will use CPU_NOT_IDLE
+         * even when they are idle.
+         */
+        if (idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE || !idle_cpu(this_cpu)) {
+                if (100 * sds.max_load <= sd->imbalance_pct * sds.this_load)
+                        goto out_balanced;
+        } else {
+                /*
+                 * This cpu is idle. If the busiest group load doesn't
+                 * have more tasks than the number of available cpu's and
+                 * there is no imbalance between this and busiest group
+                 * wrt to idle cpu's, it is balanced.
+                 */
+                if ((sds.this_idle_cpus  <= sds.busiest_idle_cpus + 1) &&
+                    sds.busiest_nr_running <= sds.busiest_group_weight)
+                        goto out_balanced;
+        }
 
 force_balance:
         /* Looks like there is an imbalance. Compute it */