linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 09/12] Revert "sched: Put rq's sched_avg under CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP

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Message-ID: <20140715093234.GA8700@e103034-lin>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:32:34 +0100
From:	Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>
To:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	LAK <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	"linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <Dietmar.Eggemann@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/12] Revert "sched: Put rq's sched_avg under
 CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED"

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:27:19AM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On 11 July 2014 18:13, Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >
> > In this example using rq->avg leads to imbalance whereas unweighted load
> > would not. Correct me if I missed anything.
> 
> You just miss to take into account how the imbalance is computed

I don't think so. I'm aware that the imbalance is calculated based on
the runnable_load_avg of the cpus. But if you pick the wrong cpus to
compare to begin with, it doesn't matter.

Morten
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