Re: [patch 0/2] fix perf. bug in wake-up load balancing for aim7and db workload

[Nick Piggin]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> Well I don't see any benchmark numbers in the original patch.  Just an
> assertion that it "should" help something.

The regression was in a Ken's commercial database benchmark. I couldn't
reproduce it but presumably it did fix it otherwise Ken would would have
piped up?

> I'm more inclined to revert it and not add the sysctl (ugh) until we have a
> good reason to do so.

If you revert this then Ken's database benchmark gets worse. Hence the
sysctl.

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