Hi Alex,

On 11/17/2012 06:34 PM, Alex Shi wrote:
> Except using runnable load average in background, wake_affine and
> move_tasks is also the key functions in load balance. We need consider
> the runnable load average in them in order to the apple to apple load
> comparison in load balance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c |   16 ++++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> @@ -4229,7 +4233,7 @@ static int move_tasks(struct lb_env *env)
>  		if (throttled_lb_pair(task_group(p), env->src_cpu, env->dst_cpu))
>  			goto next;
> 
> -		load = task_h_load(p);
> +		load = task_h_load(p) * p->se.avg.load_avg_contrib;
Shouldn't the above be just load = p->se.avg.load_avg_contrib? This
metric already has considered p->se.load.weight.task_h_load(p) returns
the same.
> 
>  		if (sched_feat(LB_MIN) && load < 16 && !env->failed)
>  			goto next;
> 
Regards
Preeti U Murthy