linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] sched: use runnable load based balance

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Message-ID: <20130501121421.GA19602@dyad.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Wed, 1 May 2013 14:14:22 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] sched: use runnable load based balance

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 01:25:38PM +0800, Alex Shi wrote:
> This patchset bases on tip/sched/core.
> 
> The patchset remove the burst wakeup detection which had worked fine on 3.8

Was this part of the original series from PJT or some patches afterwards?
I missed a few months worth of patches so any extra information to help me
catch up is greatly appreciated :-)

> kernel, since the aim7 is very imbalance. But rwsem write lock stealing 
> enabled in 3.9 kernel. aim7 imbalance disappeared. So the burst wakeup
> care doesn't needed. 

How does this follow.. surely something else can cause burst wakeups just fine
too?

> Peter, 
> Would you like to consider pick up the patchset? or give some comments? :)

I'll go read them.. :-)
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