linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2 RESEND] Two fixes for sysctl_sched_rr

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Message-ID: <20230810083028.l2ov4wpffhv3zw3h@suse.de>
Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:30:28 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ltp@...ts.linux.it
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2 RESEND] Two fixes for sysctl_sched_rr_timeslice

On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 05:19:04PM +0200, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> - Fixes rounding error for initial value with CONFIG_HZ_300
> 
> - Fixes read from the file after reset to default (by writing val <= 0)
> 

Hi Peter,

Any chance this can be picked up in tip please? It might have helped if
the leader mentioned the main problem covered in patch 1 -- some HZ
values can fail LTP tests due to a simple rounding error at compile
time.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs