diff --git a/cpu/load_balancer.py b/cpu/load_balancer.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See LICENSE for more details.
+#
+# Copyright: 2023 IBM
+# Author: Samir A Mulani <samir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+import re
+import time
+from avocado import Test
+from avocado.utils import process, cpu, distro
+from avocado.utils.software_manager.manager import SoftwareManager
+
+
+class load_balancer(Test):
+    """
+    _test summary_
+    -> This experiment entails executing a workload and subsequently
+        analyzing how a load balancer distributes the workload among
+        the available CPU cores and validate the functionality
+        of load balancer.
+
+    Prerequisite:
+    -> Machine should be SMT capable
+    To install SMT state tool we need below prerequisite,
+    1. RHEL distro version should greter than 8 and distro release
+        should not less than 4
+    2. SUSE supported only after SLES15 SP3.
+    -> Python pandas package need to be installed
+    Below packages to be installed to run the test,
+    -> powerpc-utils, sysstat, stress-ng.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.total_cpus = 0
+        self.current_totalcpus = 0
+        file_path = "/tmp/mpstat.log"
+        if os.path.exists(file_path):
+            os.remove(file_path)
+        if 'ppc' not in distro.detect().arch:
+            self.cancel("Processor is not powerpc")
+        sm = SoftwareManager()
+        self.detected_distro = distro.detect()
+        deps = ["powerpc-utils", "sysstat", "stress-ng"]
+        for package in deps:
+            if not sm.check_installed(package) and not sm.install(package):
+                self.cancel('%s is needed for the test to be run' % package)
+        smt_op = process.run("ppc64_cpu --smt", shell=True,
+                             ignore_status=True).stderr.decode("utf-8")
+        if "is not SMT capable" in smt_op:
+            self.cancel("Machine is not SMT capable, skipping the test")
+        self.no_threads = self.params.get("no_threads", default=4)
+        self.cpu_cycles = self.params.get("cpu_cycles", default=10000000)
+        self.capacity = self.params.get("capacity", default=30)
+        distro_name = self.detected_distro.name
+        distro_ver = self.detected_distro.version
+        distro_rel = self.detected_distro.release
+        if distro_name == "rhel":
+            if (distro_ver == "7" or
+                    (distro_ver == "8" and distro_rel < "4")):
+                self.cancel("smtstate tool is supported only after RHEL8.4")
+        elif distro_name == "SuSE":
+            if (distro_ver == "12" or (distro_ver == "15" and
+                                       distro_rel < 3)):
+                self.cancel("smtstate tool is supported only after \
+                        SLES15 SP3")
+        else:
+            self.cancel("Test case is supported only on RHEL and SLES")
+
+    def run_workload(self, no_threads, cpu_cycles, capacity):
+        """
+        Run the stress-ng workload
+        """
+        cmd = 'nohup stress-ng --cpu %s --cpu-ops %s -l %s &> \
+                /tmp/stress-ng.txt &' % (no_threads, cpu_cycles, capacity)
+        process.run(cmd, shell=True)
+        self.log.info("stress-ng workload started running successfully--!!")
+
+    def mpstat_analyzer(self, on_cpu_count, smt_mode, core):
+        """
+        This function basically capture the mpstat command
+        output for cpu utilization and validate the mpstat data.
+        """
+        load_balancer_flag = False
+        load_balancer = []
+        cpu_list = []
+        usr_list = []
+        idle_list = []
+        new_user_list = []
+        avg_utilization = 0
+        log_file = '/tmp/mpstat.log'
+
+        cmd = 'mpstat -P ALL 1 1 | awk \'$3 >= 0 && $4 > 5\' &> %s' % (
+            log_file)
+        process.run(cmd, shell=True)
+        lines = []
+        with open("/tmp/mpstat.log", "r") as file:
+            lines = file.readlines()
+        filtered_lines = [line.strip().split() for line in lines if re.match(
+            "^[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]", line)]
+        for columns in filtered_lines:
+            cpu_list.append(columns[2])
+            usr_list.append(columns[3])
+            idle_list.append(columns[12])
+
+        result_dict = {key: (value1, value2) for key, value1,
+                       value2 in zip(cpu_list, usr_list, idle_list)}
+        for idle in idle_list:
+            data = 100 - int(float(idle))
+            new_user_list.append(data)
+        if len(cpu_list) > 0:
+            self.log.info("CPU\t%user\t%idle")
+            self.log.info("----------------------")
+            for key, (value1, value2) in result_dict.items():
+                self.log.info(f"{key}\t{value1}\t{value2}")
+            count = 0
+            avg_expected_utilization = (
+                self.no_threads/self.current_totalcpus) * self.capacity
+            if avg_expected_utilization > self.capacity:
+                avg_expected_utilization = self.capacity
+            utilization_bck = {}
+            count = 0
+            for utilization in new_user_list:
+                if int(float(utilization)) == int(self.capacity) or \
+                        int(float(utilization)) >= \
+                        (int(self.capacity) - 2):
+                    load_balancer_flag = True
+                    load_balancer.append(load_balancer_flag)
+                else:
+                    utilization_bck[cpu_list[count]] = int(float(utilization))
+                    if 'all' in utilization_bck:
+                        del utilization_bck['all']
+                    else:
+                        load_balancer_flag = False
+                        load_balancer.append(load_balancer_flag)
+                count += 1
+            avg_utilization = int(float(avg_expected_utilization))
+            if ((new_user_list[0] - 4) <= avg_utilization <=
+                    (new_user_list[0] + 4)) or \
+                    (False not in load_balancer):
+                self.log.info("Load -balancer balnced load across \
+                        the available cpu for smt mode \
+                        %s core's: %s ", smt_mode, core)
+            else:
+                self.fail("Load -balancer is failed to balance load across \
+                        the available cpu for smt mode \
+                        %s core's: %s utilization: %s", smt_mode, core,
+                          utilization_bck)
+
+    def test(self):
+        """
+        In this funtion basically we are online and offline the
+        cores and cpu's in sequence,
+        1.Running the stress-ng workload.
+        2.changing the SMT modes.
+        3.Validating the mpstat command output for CPU utilization
+        as per SMT mode.
+        """
+        mpstat_dir = self.logdir + "/mpstat"
+        os.mkdir(mpstat_dir)
+        self.mpstat_log_file = mpstat_dir + "/mpstat_dump.log"
+        process.run('ppc64_cpu --cores-on=all', shell=True)
+        process.run('ppc64_cpu --smt=on', shell=True)
+        totalcpus = int(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+        total_cores = totalcpus//8
+        if (self.no_threads == ""):
+            self.no_threads = totalcpus + 1
+        self.log.info("Total no of cores %d", total_cores)
+        self.log.info("Total no of online cores %d", totalcpus)
+        self.run_workload(self.no_threads, self.cpu_cycles, self.capacity)
+        cpu_controller = ["2", "4", "6", "on", "off"]
+        for core in range(1, total_cores+1):
+            cmd = "ppc64_cpu --cores-on=%s" % (core)
+            self.log.info("Total no of online core's %d", core)
+            process.run(cmd, shell=True)
+            for smt_mode in cpu_controller:
+                cmd = "ppc64_cpu --smt={}".format(smt_mode)
+                self.log.info("smt mode %s", smt_mode)
+                process.run(cmd, shell=True)
+                self.mpstat_log_file = mpstat_dir + \
+                    "/mpstat_core["+str(core)+"]"+"_smt["+str(smt_mode)+"]"
+                cmd = "nohup mpstat -P ALL -u 1 &> %s &" % (
+                    self.mpstat_log_file)
+                process.run(cmd, shell=True)
+                time.sleep(10)
+                lscpu_payload = "lscpu > /tmp/lscpu_" + \
+                    str(core) + "_" + str(smt_mode)
+                process.run(lscpu_payload, shell=True)
+                on_cpu_count = int(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+                self.log.info("After SMT mode %s no of \
+                        online cpu's %d", smt_mode, on_cpu_count)
+                online_cpu = cpu.online_count()
+                self.current_totalcpus = int(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+                self.mpstat_analyzer(on_cpu_count, smt_mode, core)
+                process.run("ps aux | grep '[m]pstat' | grep -v grep | awk \
+                '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9", ignore_status=True,
+                            shell=True)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """
+        1. Restoring the system with turning on all the core's and smt on.
+        2. Killing the stress-ng workload
+        """
+        process.run("ps aux | grep '[m]pstat' | grep -v grep | awk \
+                '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9", ignore_status=True,
+                    shell=True)
+        process.run('ppc64_cpu --cores-on=all', shell=True)
+        process.run('ppc64_cpu --smt=on', shell=True)
+        process.run("ps aux | grep 'stress-ng' | grep -v grep | awk \
+                '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9", ignore_status=True,
+                    shell=True)
+        if os.path.exists("/tmp/stress-ng.txt"):
+            os.remove("/tmp/stress-ng.txt")
diff --git a/cpu/load_balancer.py.data/load_balancer.yaml b/cpu/load_balancer.py.data/load_balancer.yaml
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+no_threads: 24
+cpu_cycles: 10000000
+capacity: 100