linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK to recalculate load weights

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Date:	Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:38:14 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Lennart Poettering <lennart@...ttering.net>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK to recalculate load weights

2010/10/11 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>:

> OK, so the problem is that if a RR/FIFO task does s fork() and it has
> SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK set, the child normalization fails to properly set
> the weight?
>
> Does (as Mike just suggested) removing that whole RT clause in
> set_load_weight() work for you?

Yep it sure does! Time to drop some weight.
Sent a new patch for this...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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