Re: [PATCH v3 09/22] sched: compute runnable load avg in cpu_loadand cpu_avg_load_per_task

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Tue Jan 22 2013 - 04:52:17 EST


On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 15:50 +0800, Alex Shi wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestions and example, Mike!
> I just can't understand the your last words here, Sorry. what the
> detailed concern of you on 'both performance profiles with either
> metric'? Could you like to give your preferred solutions?

Hm.. I'll try rephrasing. Any power saving gain will of necessity be
paid for in latency currency. I don't have a solution other than make a
button, let the user decide whether history influences fast path task
placement or not. Any other decision maker will get it wrong.

-Mike

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