Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Limit sched_cfs_period_timer loop to avoid hard lockup

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 09:30:42AM -0400, Phil Auld wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:11:50AM +0100 Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Computers _suck_ at /100. And since you're free to pick the constant,
> > pick a power of two, computers love those.
> > 
> 
> Fair enough, I was thinking percents. And also that once we get in
> here it's not a really hot path.

I've seen people say that before; but that's not something I can relate
to. The basic idea is fractions.