linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: cpu accounting controller (V2)

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:48:15 -0800
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, skumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: cpu accounting controller (V2)

Hi Vatsa,

Thanks, this looks pretty good.

On Nov 30, 2007 4:42 AM, Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>         - Removed load average information. I felt it needs more thought (esp
>           to deal with SMP and virtualized platforms) and can be added for
>           2.6.25 after more discussions.

The "load" value was never a load average, it was just a count of the
% cpu time used in the previous fixed window of time, updated at the
end of each window.

Maybe we can instead do something based tracking the length of the run
queue for the cgroup?

Paul
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