linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] time/tick-sched: idle load balancing when nohz

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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 20:38:56 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Levi Yun <ppbuk5246@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
 Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] time/tick-sched: idle load balancing when nohz_full
 cpu becomes idle.

> When nohz_full CPU stops tick in tick_nohz_irq_exit(),
> It wouldn't be chosen to perform idle load balancing bacause it doesn't
…
> So, nohz_balance_enter_idle() could be called safely without !was_stooped
> check.

* Why did you repeat typos in this patch iteration?

* Would you like to take the relevance of imperative wordings for changelogs
  better into account?
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9-rc7#n94

> ---
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 6 ++++--

Will further patch version descriptions become helpful behind the marker line?

Regards,
Markus