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FromCon Kolivas <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH][3/4] sched: add above background load function
DateTue, 14 Mar 2006 10:38:25 +1100
Peter Williams writes:

> Con Kolivas wrote:
>> +		if (weighted_cpuload(cpu) >= SCHED_LOAD_SCALE)
>> +			return 1;
> I think that you may need to take into account the contribution to the 
> load by your swap prefetching thread when it calls this function 
> otherwise it could cause an incorrect (from your point of view) positive 
> return value.  If the thread has a positive nice value this comment can 
> probably be ignored.

kprefetchd runs at nice 19.

Cheers,
Con

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