linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: fix SCHED_OTHER balance iterator to include all tasks

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Date:	Tue, 6 May 2008 14:06:16 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Bahi <dbahi@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: fix SCHED_OTHER balance iterator to include all
	tasks


* Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
>  The follow patch applies to sched-devel.  I know the original 
>  function was somehow trying to protect against dequeueing by 
>  pre-iterating.  I am not sure if I captured the intent properly in 
>  that regard.  What I can say is that the old algorithm would miss 
>  tasks, and that is now fixed.  It may need further adjustment if I 
>  missed the pre-iterating operation.
> 
> Hi Peter,
>  I was wrong earlier when I mentioned there might be a problem with 
>  entity_is_task().  I think this was the root cause of what I was 
>  seeing. Sorry for the red-herring.

applied Gregory, thanks. Nice fix! Peter, do you concur with Gregory's 
analysis?

	Ingo
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