linux-kernel - Re: [patch v6 8/8] sched: remove blocked_load

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 02:05:18 -0700
From:	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
To:	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch v6 8/8] sched: remove blocked_load_avg in tg

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com> wrote:
> blocked_load_avg sometime is too heavy and far bigger than runnable load
> avg. that make balance make wrong decision. So better don't consider it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 91e60ac..75c200c 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ static inline void __update_cfs_rq_tg_load_contrib(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
>         struct task_group *tg = cfs_rq->tg;
>         s64 tg_contrib;
>
> -       tg_contrib = cfs_rq->runnable_load_avg + cfs_rq->blocked_load_avg;

Nack -- This is necessary for correct shares distribution.
T
> +       tg_contrib = cfs_rq->runnable_load_avg;
>         tg_contrib -= cfs_rq->tg_load_contrib;
>
>         if (force_update || abs64(tg_contrib) > cfs_rq->tg_load_contrib / 8) {
> --
> 1.7.5.4
>
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