Re: [PATCH] sched: move enough load to balance average load per task

From: Siddha, Suresh B
Date: Tue Apr 11 2006 - 01:48:51 EST


On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:57:12AM +1000, Peter Williams wrote:
> Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> > Can you give an example scenario where this patch helps? And doesn't
> > the normal imabalance calculations capture those issues?
>
> Yes, I think that the normal imbalance calculations (in
> find_busiest_queue()) will generally capture the aim of having
> approximately equal average loads per task on run queues. But this bit
> of code is a special case in that the extra aggression being taken by
> the load balancer (in response to a scenario raised by you) is being

Can you give a specific example which shows the problem
and which you are trying to fix with this particular patch..

thanks,
suresh
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