linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 0/7] Create sched_select

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Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:30:17 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	pjt@...gle.com, paul.mckenney@...aro.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	tj@...nel.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, venki@...gle.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org
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	Steve.Bannister@....com, Liviu.Dudau@....com,
	charles.garcia-tobin@....com, Arvind.Chauhan@....com,
	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/7] Create sched_select_cpu() and use it for workqueues

On 18 March 2013 20:53, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
> In order to save power, it would be useful to schedule light weight work on cpus
> that aren't IDLE instead of waking up an IDLE one.
>
> By idle cpu (from scheduler's perspective) we mean:
> - Current task is idle task
> - nr_running == 0
> - wake_list is empty

Oops!! I forgot the change log:

V2->V3:
- Dropped changes into core queue_work() API, rather create *_on_any_cpu()
  APIs
- Dropped running timers migration patch as that was broken
- Migrated few users of workqueues to use *_on_any_cpu() APIs.
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