linux-kernel - Re: [git] CFS-devel, group scheduler, fixes

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Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:40:55 +0200
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Tong Li <tong.n.li@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	dimm <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [git] CFS-devel, group scheduler, fixes

On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 21:48 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:

> I don't know if this is relevant, but 4294966399 in nr_uninterruptible
> for cpu#0 equals -897, exactly the negation of cpu1.nr_uninterruptible.
> I don't know if this rings a bell for someone or if it's a completely
> useless comment, but just in case...

A task can block on one cpu, and wake up on another, which isn't
tracked, hence the fishy looking numbers.  The true nr_uninterruptible
is the sum of all.

	-Mike

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