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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix find busiest queue 2.6.0-test9


Martin J. Bligh wrote:

>On the same vein ... this looks odd:
>
> * We fend off statistical fluctuations in runqueue lengths by
> * saving the runqueue length during the previous load-balancing
> * operation and using the smaller one the current and saved lengths.
> * If a runqueue is long enough for a longer amount of time then
> * we recognize it and pull tasks from it.
>...
> if (idle || (this_rq->nr_running > this_rq->prev_cpu_load[this_cpu]))
> nr_running = this_rq->nr_running;
> else
> nr_running = this_rq->prev_cpu_load[this_cpu];
>
>It says we uses the smaller of the two in the comment, but then it seems to
>use the > of the two in the code? Unless I'm losing it, which is likely ;-)
>

You want the larger of the two values to be taken for the destination
queue, and the smaller to be taken for the source queue. This way you
get a minimal imbalance.


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