linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: fix: remove double calculation in fix_small

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Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:56:00 +0100
From:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: fix: remove double calculation in fix_small_imbalance

On 12 March 2014 10:00, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 05:26:06PM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> The tmp value has been already calculated in:
>> scaled_busy_load_per_task =
>>               (busiest->load_per_task * SCHED_POWER_SCALE) /
>>               busiest->group_power;
>
> You created a little confusion in my brain by saying it was a fix; while
> in fact it is an optimization removing duplicate computation.

sorry for the confusion.

>
> I've changed the Subject to read:
>
>   sched: Remove double calculation in fix_small_imbalance
>
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