linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] sched: fix nohz idle load balancer issues

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Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:31:05 +0530
From:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	Venki Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] sched: fix nohz idle load balancer issues

* Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> [2011-09-26 17:20:49]:

> @@ -4695,8 +4719,11 @@ static inline int nohz_kick_needed(struc
>  	second_pick_cpu = atomic_read(&nohz.second_pick_cpu);
>  
>  	if (first_pick_cpu < nr_cpu_ids && first_pick_cpu != cpu &&
> -	    second_pick_cpu < nr_cpu_ids && second_pick_cpu != cpu)
> +	    second_pick_cpu < nr_cpu_ids && second_pick_cpu != cpu) {
> +		if (rq->nr_running > 1)
> +			return 1;
>  		return 0;
> +	}

I should have added a comment to explain this change ..will do it in
next version (along with any other changes suggested).

- vatsa

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