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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] sched: Wholesale removal of sd_idle logic
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    On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 14:38 -0800, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote:
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    > The initial patch here - https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/532501/
    > applies cleanly over the below change and provides a micro-optimization
    > for a specific case, where an idle core can pull tasks instead of a
    > core with one thread being idle and other thread being busy.
    > It will be good to get some data on whether this micro-optimization
    > matters or not.

    I would much rather see a solution that solves that problem for the more
    generic situation where we lower capacity to 1.

    The whole double-balance thing is fairly inherent in the whole design,
    and making an exception for just one special case doesn't look right.


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