Re: PELT initial task load and wake_up_new_task()

[Yuyang Du]

Hi Steve,

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 06:01:45PM -0800, Steve Muckle wrote:
> In init_entity_runnable_average() the last_update_time is initialized to
> zero. The task is given max load and utilization as a pessimistic
> initial estimate.
> 
> But if in wake_up_new_task() the task is placed on a CPU other than
> where it was created, __update_load_avg() will be called via
> set_task_cpu() -> migrate_task_rq_fair() -> remove_entity_load_avg().
> 
> Since last_update_time is zero the delta will be huge and the task's
> load will be entirely decayed away before it is enqueued at the
> destination CPU.
 
Since the new task's last_update_time is equal to 0, it will not be decayed.
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