linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] Create rebalance_domains from rebalance

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Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:19:26 +1000
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
CC:	akpm@...l.org, Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Dave Chinner <dgc@....com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] Create rebalance_domains from rebalance_tick

Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Create rebalance_domains() from rebalance_tick().
> 
> Essentially rebalance_domains = rebalance_tick. However, we
> do the idle calculation on our own. This removes some processing
> from scheduler_tick into rebalance_domains().
> 
> While we are at it: Take the opportunity to avoid taking
> the request queue lock in wake_priority_sleeper if
> there are no running processes.

Can you split this out? It is good without the tasklet based
rebalancing.

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