[PATCH 2/7] sched/fair: Fix comment in calculate_imbalance()

From: Dietmar Eggemann
Date: Fri Apr 29 2016 - 15:34:16 EST


The comment survived from commit 2dd73a4f09be ("[PATCH] sched:
implement smpnice") in which the selection of busiest and
busiest->avg_load (max_load) was based on if(avg_load > max_load
&& sum_nr_running > group->cpu_power / SCHED_LOAD_SCALE).

Commit b18855500fc4 ("sched/balancing: Fix 'local->avg_load >
sds->avg_load' case in calculate_imbalance()") added the second
operand of the or operator.

Update this comment accordingly and also use the current variable
names.

Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c77e01b55ec2..bc19fee94f39 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6998,9 +6998,10 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s
}

/*
- * In the presence of smp nice balancing, certain scenarios can have
- * max load less than avg load(as we skip the groups at or below
- * its cpu_capacity, while calculating max_load..)
+ * Avg load of busiest sg can be less and avg load of local sg can
+ * be greater than avg load across all sgs of sd because avg load
+ * factors in sg capacity and sgs with smaller group_type are
+ * skipped when updating the busiest sg.
*/
if (busiest->avg_load <= sds->avg_load ||
local->avg_load >= sds->avg_load) {
--
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