linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] nohz_full: update cpu load fix in nohz

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Date:	Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:17:04 +0800
From:	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...aro.org>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, morten.rasmussen@....com,
	vincent.guittot@...aro.org, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org,
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	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, arjan@...ux.intel.com, pjt@...gle.com,
	fengguang.wu@...el.com
CC:	james.hogan@...tec.com, alex.shi@...aro.org, jason.low2@...com,
	viresh.kumar@...aro.org, hanjun.guo@...aro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] nohz_full: update cpu load fix in nohz_full

On 12/03/2013 08:35 PM, Alex Shi wrote:
> We are not always 0 when update nohz cpu load, after nohz_full enabled.
> But current code still treat the cpu as idle. that is incorrect.
> Fix it to use correct cpu_load.

Frederic, Could you like to give some comments?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...aro.org>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/proc.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/proc.c b/kernel/sched/proc.c
> index 16f5a30..f1441f0 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/proc.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/proc.c
> @@ -568,8 +568,14 @@ void update_cpu_load_nohz(void)
>  		/*
>  		 * We were idle, this means load 0, the current load might be
>  		 * !0 due to remote wakeups and the sort.
> +		 * or we may has only one task and in NO_HZ_FULL, then still use
> +		 * normal cpu load.
>  		 */
> -		__update_cpu_load(this_rq, 0, pending_updates);
> +		if (this_rq->cfs.h_nr_running) {
> +			unsigned load = get_rq_runnable_load(this_rq);
> +			__update_cpu_load(this_rq, load, pending_updates);
> +		} else
> +			__update_cpu_load(this_rq, 0, pending_updates);
>  	}
>  	raw_spin_unlock(&this_rq->lock);
>  }
> 


-- 
Thanks
    Alex
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