linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Tidy up left over smpnice code after changes introduced with CFS

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Message-ID: <20070802102913.GB26377@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:29:13 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tidy up left over smpnice code after changes
	introduced with CFS


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

> 1. The only place that RTPRIO_TO_LOAD_WEIGHT() is used is in the call 
> to move_tasks() in the function active_load_balance() and its purpose 
> here is just to make sure that the load to be moved is big enough to 
> ensure that exactly one task is moved (if there's one available).  
> This can be accomplished by using ULONG_MAX instead and this allows 
> RTPRIO_TO_LOAD_WEIGHT() to be deleted.
> 
> 2. This, in turn, allows PRIO_TO_LOAD_WEIGHT() to be deleted.
> 
> 3. This allows load_weight() to be deleted which allows 
> TIME_SLICE_NICE_ZERO to be deleted along with the comment above it.

thanks, i've added this to my tree.

	Ingo
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