linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][mmotm] Sched fix stale value in average load per task

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Date:	Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:46:14 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Vaidyanathan S <svaidyan@...ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, efault@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH][mmotm] Sched fix stale value in average load per task


* Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> * Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> [2008-11-12 16:19:00]:
> 
> > +	else
> > +		rq->avg_load_per_task = 0;
> >  
> >  	return rq->avg_load_per_task;
> 
> On second thoughts, does this look better? (Based on Mike 
> Galbraith's suggestion)

yes - but could you send it as a delta patch against your previous 
patch please? We want the simpler patch for tip/sched/urgent, as a 
v2.6.28 fix - the removal of rq->avg_load_per_task can wait until 
v2.6.29. (Please also include Mike's Ack in the patch if he acks the 
patch.)

	Ingo
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