linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] scheduler changes for v5.7

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Message-ID: <20200331103333.GM3772@suse.de>
Date:   Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:33:33 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...el.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] scheduler changes for v5.7

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 07:31:59PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Linus,
> 
> Please pull the latest sched-core-for-linus git tree from:
> 
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git sched-core-for-linus
> 
>    # HEAD: 313f16e2e35abb833eab5bdebc6ae30699adca18 Merge branch 'sched/rt' into sched/core, to pick up completed topic tree
> 
> The main changes in this cycle are:
> 
>  - Various NUMA scheduling updates: harmonize the load-balancer and NUMA 
>    placement logic to not work against each other. The intended result is 
>    better locality, better utilization and fewer migrations.
> 

Thanks Ingo.

I noticed that the following patch did not make it to the list.

sched/fair: Fix negative imbalance in imbalance calculation
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1585201349-70192-1-git-send-email-aubrey.li@intel.com/

I think it's still relevant even after 6ce4b05e75f6 ("sched/fair: Improve
spreading of utilization") but I could be missing something obvious.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs