Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  sched: Do less agressive buddy clearing
  sched: Disable SD_PREFER_LOCAL for MC/CPU domains

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 4e777b47eeda..c32c3e643daa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -861,12 +861,21 @@ wakeup_preempt_entity(struct sched_entity *curr, struct sched_entity *se);
 static struct sched_entity *pick_next_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 {
         struct sched_entity *se = __pick_next_entity(cfs_rq);
+        struct sched_entity *buddy;
 
-        if (cfs_rq->next && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->next, se) < 1)
-                return cfs_rq->next;
+        if (cfs_rq->next) {
+                buddy = cfs_rq->next;
+                cfs_rq->next = NULL;
+                if (wakeup_preempt_entity(buddy, se) < 1)
+                        return buddy;
+        }
 
-        if (cfs_rq->last && wakeup_preempt_entity(cfs_rq->last, se) < 1)
-                return cfs_rq->last;
+        if (cfs_rq->last) {
+                buddy = cfs_rq->last;
+                cfs_rq->last = NULL;
+                if (wakeup_preempt_entity(buddy, se) < 1)
+                        return buddy;
+        }
 
         return se;
 }
@@ -1654,16 +1663,6 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq)
 
         do {
                 se = pick_next_entity(cfs_rq);
-                /*
-                 * If se was a buddy, clear it so that it will have to earn
-                 * the favour again.
-                 *
-                 * If se was not a buddy, clear the buddies because neither
-                 * was elegible to run, let them earn it again.
-                 *
-                 * IOW. unconditionally clear buddies.
-                 */
-                __clear_buddies(cfs_rq, NULL);
                 set_next_entity(cfs_rq, se);
                 cfs_rq = group_cfs_rq(se);
         } while (cfs_rq);