| Subject | Re: [patch 4/7] sched: convert rq->avg_idle to rq->avg_event | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:55:30 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 15:22 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > We update rq->clock only at points of interest to the scheduler. > Using this distance has the same effect as measuring idle time > for idle_balance() throttling, and allows other uses as well.
I'm not sure I follow, suppose we're happily context switching away, how is the avg distance between context switches related to idle time?
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