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diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index c1b8b3031eb2..8fc0d5aa43b1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3670,10 +3670,64 @@ redo:
}
if (!ld_moved) {
+ int active_balance;
+
schedstat_inc(sd, lb_failed[CPU_NEWLY_IDLE]);
if (!sd_idle && sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER &&
!test_sd_parent(sd, SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE))
return -1;
+
+ if (sched_mc_power_savings < POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (sd->nr_balance_failed++ < 2)
+ return -1;
+
+ /*
+ * The only task running in a non-idle cpu can be moved to this
+ * cpu in an attempt to completely freeup the other CPU
+ * package. The same method used to move task in load_balance()
+ * have been extended for load_balance_newidle() to speedup
+ * consolidation at sched_mc=POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP (2)
+ *
+ * The package power saving logic comes from
+ * find_busiest_group(). If there are no imbalance, then
+ * f_b_g() will return NULL. However when sched_mc={1,2} then
+ * f_b_g() will select a group from which a running task may be
+ * pulled to this cpu in order to make the other package idle.
+ * If there is no opportunity to make a package idle and if
+ * there are no imbalance, then f_b_g() will return NULL and no
+ * action will be taken in load_balance_newidle().
+ *
+ * Under normal task pull operation due to imbalance, there
+ * will be more than one task in the source run queue and
+ * move_tasks() will succeed. ld_moved will be true and this
+ * active balance code will not be triggered.
+ */
+
+ /* Lock busiest in correct order while this_rq is held */
+ double_lock_balance(this_rq, busiest);
+
+ /*
+ * don't kick the migration_thread, if the curr
+ * task on busiest cpu can't be moved to this_cpu
+ */
+ if (!cpu_isset(this_cpu, busiest->curr->cpus_allowed)) {
+ double_unlock_balance(this_rq, busiest);
+ all_pinned = 1;
+ return ld_moved;
+ }
+
+ if (!busiest->active_balance) {
+ busiest->active_balance = 1;
+ busiest->push_cpu = this_cpu;
+ active_balance = 1;
+ }
+
+ double_unlock_balance(this_rq, busiest);
+ if (active_balance)
+ wake_up_process(busiest->migration_thread);
+
} else
sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;