linux-kernel - Re: LOAD_FREQ (4*HZ+61) avoids loadavg Moire

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Date:	Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:10:44 +0100
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Klaus Ripke <klaus@...ke.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LOAD_FREQ (4*HZ+61) avoids loadavg Moire

Klaus Ripke wrote:
> With some seconds based load (like SSL heartbeats)
> and LOAD_FREQ at (5*HZ+1) I see Moire patterns like inverse sawtooth,

Thanks for researching this, but I don't see them because I'm too lazy
to reproduce this.  Could you please publish a colorful screenshot
somewhere?

> I suggest (4*HZ+61) for a better distribution.

It appears your attached patch got lost somehow.  ;-)


Regards,
Clemens
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