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SubjectRe: bug in sched.c:activate_task()
Con Kolivas wrote:

> Chen, Kenneth W writes:
>
>> Update p->timestamp to "now" in activate_task() doesn't look right
>> to me at all. p->timestamp records last time it was running on a
>> cpu. activate_task shouldn't update that variable when it queues
>> a task on the runqueue.
>>
>> This bug (and combined with others) triggers improper load balancing.
>
>
> The updated timestamp was placed there by Ingo to detect on-runqueue
> time. If it is being used for load balancing then it is being used in
> error.
>

Load balancing wants to know if a task is considered cache hot.


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