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sched_ule(4): Reduce duplicate search for load.

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sched_ule(4): Reduce duplicate search for load.

When sched_highest() called for some CPU group returns nothing, idle
thread calls it for the parent CPU group. But the parent CPU group
also includes the CPU group we've just searched, and unless there is
a race going on, it is unlikely we find anything new this time.

Avoid the double search in case of parent group having only two sub-
groups (the most prominent case). Instead of escalating to the parent
group run the next search over the sibling subgroup and escalate two
levels up after if that fail too. In case of more than two siblings
the difference is less significant, while searching the parent group
can result in better decision if we find several candidate CPUs.

On 2-socket 40-core Xeon system I am measuring ~25% reduction of CPU
time spent inside cpu_search_highest() in both SMT (2x20x2) and non-
SMT (2x20) cases.

MFC after: 1 month

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mavAuthored on Aug 2 2021, 2:07 AM
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rG665895db262f: amd64 pmap_vm_page_alloc_check(): loose the assert
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