linux-kernel - Re: [patch] CFS scheduler, -v12

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Message-ID: <20070516080843.GA8909@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 10:08:43 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, caglar@...dus.org.tr,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>, Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
Subject: Re: [patch] CFS scheduler, -v12


* Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au> wrote:

> >As usual, any sort of feedback, bugreport, fix and suggestion is more 
> >than welcome,
> 
> Load balancing appears to be badly broken in this version.  When I 
> started 4 hard spinners on my 2 CPU machine one ended up on one CPU 
> and the other 3 on the other CPU and they stayed there.

hm, i cannot reproduce this on 4 different SMP boxen, trying various 
combinations of SCHED_SMT/MC and other .config options that might make a 
difference to balancing. Could you send me your .config?

	Ingo
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