static int load_balance(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
			struct sched_domain *sd, enum cpu_idle_type idle,
			int *continue_balancing)
{
	int ld_moved, cur_ld_moved, active_balance = 0;
	struct sched_domain *sd_parent = sd->parent;
	struct sched_group *group;
	struct rq *busiest;
	struct rq_flags rf;
	struct cpumask *cpus = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(load_balance_mask);

	struct lb_env env = {
		.sd		= sd,
		.dst_cpu	= this_cpu,
		.dst_rq		= this_rq,
		.dst_grpmask    = sched_group_span(sd->groups),
		.idle		= idle,
		.loop_break	= sched_nr_migrate_break,
		.cpus		= cpus,
		.fbq_type	= all,
		.tasks		= LIST_HEAD_INIT(env.tasks),
	};

	cpumask_and(cpus, sched_domain_span(sd), cpu_active_mask);

	schedstat_inc(sd->lb_count[idle]);

redo:
	if (!should_we_balance(&env)) {
		*continue_balancing = 0;
		goto out_balanced;
	}

	group = find_busiest_group(&env);
	if (!group) {
		schedstat_inc(sd->lb_nobusyg[idle]);
		goto out_balanced;
	}

	busiest = find_busiest_queue(&env, group);
	if (!busiest) {
		schedstat_inc(sd->lb_nobusyq[idle]);
		goto out_balanced;
	}

	BUG_ON(busiest == env.dst_rq);

	schedstat_add(sd->lb_imbalance[idle], env.imbalance);

	env.src_cpu = busiest->cpu;
	env.src_rq = busiest;

	ld_moved = 0;
	if (busiest->nr_running > 1) {
		/*
		 * Attempt to move tasks. If find_busiest_group has found
		 * an imbalance but busiest->nr_running <= 1, the group is
		 * still unbalanced. ld_moved simply stays zero, so it is
		 * correctly treated as an imbalance.
		 */
		env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED;
		env.loop_max  = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->nr_running);

more_balance:
		rq_lock_irqsave(busiest, &rf);
		update_rq_clock(busiest);

		/*
		 * cur_ld_moved - load moved in current iteration
		 * ld_moved     - cumulative load moved across iterations
		 */
		cur_ld_moved = detach_tasks(&env);

		/*
		 * We've detached some tasks from busiest_rq. Every
		 * task is masked "TASK_ON_RQ_MIGRATING", so we can safely
		 * unlock busiest->lock, and we are able to be sure
		 * that nobody can manipulate the tasks in parallel.
		 * See task_rq_lock() family for the details.
		 */

		rq_unlock(busiest, &rf);

		if (cur_ld_moved) {
			attach_tasks(&env);
			ld_moved += cur_ld_moved;
		}

		local_irq_restore(rf.flags);

		if (env.flags & LBF_NEED_BREAK) {
			env.flags &= ~LBF_NEED_BREAK;
			goto more_balance;
		}

		/*
		 * Revisit (affine) tasks on src_cpu that couldn't be moved to
		 * us and move them to an alternate dst_cpu in our sched_group
		 * where they can run. The upper limit on how many times we
		 * iterate on same src_cpu is dependent on number of CPUs in our
		 * sched_group.
		 *
		 * This changes load balance semantics a bit on who can move
		 * load to a given_cpu. In addition to the given_cpu itself
		 * (or a ilb_cpu acting on its behalf where given_cpu is
		 * nohz-idle), we now have balance_cpu in a position to move
		 * load to given_cpu. In rare situations, this may cause
		 * conflicts (balance_cpu and given_cpu/ilb_cpu deciding
		 * _independently_ and at _same_ time to move some load to
		 * given_cpu) causing exceess load to be moved to given_cpu.
		 * This however should not happen so much in practice and
		 * moreover subsequent load balance cycles should correct the
		 * excess load moved.
		 */
		if ((env.flags & LBF_DST_PINNED) && env.imbalance > 0) {

			/* Prevent to re-select dst_cpu via env's CPUs */
			cpumask_clear_cpu(env.dst_cpu, env.cpus);

			env.dst_rq	 = cpu_rq(env.new_dst_cpu);
			env.dst_cpu	 = env.new_dst_cpu;
			env.flags	&= ~LBF_DST_PINNED;
			env.loop	 = 0;
			env.loop_break	 = sched_nr_migrate_break;

			/*
			 * Go back to "more_balance" rather than "redo" since we
			 * need to continue with same src_cpu.
			 */
			goto more_balance;
		}

		/*
		 * We failed to reach balance because of affinity.
		 */
		if (sd_parent) {
			int *group_imbalance = &sd_parent->groups->sgc->imbalance;

			if ((env.flags & LBF_SOME_PINNED) && env.imbalance > 0)
				*group_imbalance = 1;
		}

		/* All tasks on this runqueue were pinned by CPU affinity */
		if (unlikely(env.flags & LBF_ALL_PINNED)) {
			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu_of(busiest), cpus);
			/*
			 * Attempting to continue load balancing at the current
			 * sched_domain level only makes sense if there are
			 * active CPUs remaining as possible busiest CPUs to
			 * pull load from which are not contained within the
			 * destination group that is receiving any migrated
			 * load.
			 */
			if (!cpumask_subset(cpus, env.dst_grpmask)) {
				env.loop = 0;
				env.loop_break = sched_nr_migrate_break;
				goto redo;
			}
			goto out_all_pinned;
		}
	}

	if (!ld_moved) {
		schedstat_inc(sd->lb_failed[idle]);
		/*
		 * Increment the failure counter only on periodic balance.
		 * We do not want newidle balance, which can be very
		 * frequent, pollute the failure counter causing
		 * excessive cache_hot migrations and active balances.
		 */
		if (idle != CPU_NEWLY_IDLE)
			sd->nr_balance_failed++;

		if (need_active_balance(&env)) {
			unsigned long flags;

			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&busiest->lock, flags);

			/*
			 * Don't kick the active_load_balance_cpu_stop,
			 * if the curr task on busiest CPU can't be
			 * moved to this_cpu:
			 */
			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, &busiest->curr->cpus_allowed)) {
				raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&busiest->lock,
							    flags);
				env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED;
				goto out_one_pinned;
			}

			/*
			 * ->active_balance synchronizes accesses to
			 * ->active_balance_work.  Once set, it's cleared
			 * only after active load balance is finished.
			 */
			if (!busiest->active_balance) {
				busiest->active_balance = 1;
				busiest->push_cpu = this_cpu;
				active_balance = 1;
			}
			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&busiest->lock, flags);

			if (active_balance) {
				stop_one_cpu_nowait(cpu_of(busiest),
					active_load_balance_cpu_stop, busiest,
					&busiest->active_balance_work);
			}

			/* We've kicked active balancing, force task migration. */
			sd->nr_balance_failed = sd->cache_nice_tries+1;
		}
	} else
		sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;

	if (likely(!active_balance)) {
		/* We were unbalanced, so reset the balancing interval */
		sd->balance_interval = sd->min_interval;
	} else {
		/*
		 * If we've begun active balancing, start to back off. This
		 * case may not be covered by the all_pinned logic if there
		 * is only 1 task on the busy runqueue (because we don't call
		 * detach_tasks).
		 */
		if (sd->balance_interval < sd->max_interval)
			sd->balance_interval *= 2;
	}

	goto out;

out_balanced:
	/*
	 * We reach balance although we may have faced some affinity
	 * constraints. Clear the imbalance flag if it was set.
	 */
	if (sd_parent) {
		int *group_imbalance = &sd_parent->groups->sgc->imbalance;

		if (*group_imbalance)
			*group_imbalance = 0;
	}

out_all_pinned:
	/*
	 * We reach balance because all tasks are pinned at this level so
	 * we can't migrate them. Let the imbalance flag set so parent level
	 * can try to migrate them.
	 */
	schedstat_inc(sd->lb_balanced[idle]);

	sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;

out_one_pinned:
	ld_moved = 0;

	/*
	 * idle_balance() disregards balance intervals, so we could repeatedly
	 * reach this code, which would lead to balance_interval skyrocketting
	 * in a short amount of time. Skip the balance_interval increase logic
	 * to avoid that.
	 */
	if (env.idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE)
		goto out;

	/* tune up the balancing interval */
	if ((env.flags & LBF_ALL_PINNED &&
	     sd->balance_interval < MAX_PINNED_INTERVAL) ||
	    sd->balance_interval < sd->max_interval)
		sd->balance_interval *= 2;
out:
	return ld_moved;
}

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