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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 1/2] sched/update_avg: avoid negative time
Hi, Alex

On 01/21/2014 01:33 PM, Alex Shi wrote:
> rq->avg_idle try to reflect the average idle time between the cpu idle
> and first wakeup. But in the function, it maybe get a negative value
> if old avg_idle is too small. Then this negative value will be double
> counted in next time calculation. Guess that is not the original purpose,
> so recalibrate it to zero.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linaro.org>
> ---
> kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 30eb011..af9121c6 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -1358,6 +1358,9 @@ static void update_avg(u64 *avg, u64 sample)
> {
> s64 diff = sample - *avg;
> *avg += diff >> 3;
> +
> + if (*avg < 0)
> + *avg = 0;

This seems like won't happen...

if 'diff' is negative, it's absolute value won't bigger than '*avg', not
to mention we only use 1/8 of it.

Regards,
Michael Wang

> }
> #endif
>



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