linux-kernel - Re: [tip:sched/balancing] sched: Add comments to find_busiest

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:04:05 -0700
From:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, ego@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, balbir@...ibm.com,
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	svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:sched/balancing] sched: Add comments to find_busiest_group() 
	function

This commit says it's just adding comments, but...

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com> wrote:
> Commit-ID:  b7bb4c9bb01941fe8feb653f3410e7ed0c9bb786
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b7bb4c9bb01941fe8feb653f3410e7ed0c9bb786
> Author:     Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>
> AuthorDate: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:44:27 +0530
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CommitDate: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:28:30 +0100
>
> sched: Add comments to find_busiest_group() function
>
> Impact: cleanup
>
> Add /** style comments around find_busiest_group(). Also add a few
> explanatory comments.

...but there are actual code changes. Hard to know if you intended to
do that and forgot to changelog it, or if it's an unexpected hunk that
accidentally got included:

>        if (balance && !(*balance))
>                goto ret;
>
> -       if (!sds.busiest || sds.this_load >= sds.max_load
> -               || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0)
> +       if (!sds.busiest || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0)
> +               goto out_balanced;
> +
> +       if (sds.this_load >= sds.max_load)
>                goto out_balanced;
>
>        sds.avg_load = (SCHED_LOAD_SCALE * sds.total_load) / sds.total_pwr;
>
> -       if (sds.this_load >= sds.avg_load ||
> -                       100*sds.max_load <= sd->imbalance_pct * sds.this_load)
> +       if (sds.this_load >= sds.avg_load)
> +               goto out_balanced;
> +
> +       if (100 * sds.max_load <= sd->imbalance_pct * sds.this_load)
>                goto out_balanced;
>
>        sds.busiest_load_per_task /= sds.busiest_nr_running;
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