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    SubjectRe: 4.3 group scheduling regression
    On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:06:48AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
    > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 03:55:17AM +0800, Yuyang Du wrote:
    >
    > > I think maybe the real disease is the tg->load_avg is not updated in time.
    > > I.e., it is after migrate, the source cfs_rq does not decrease its contribution
    > > to the parent's tg->load_avg fast enough.
    >
    > No, using the load_avg for shares calculation seems wrong; that would
    > mean we'd first have to ramp up the avg before you react.
    >
    > You want to react quickly to actual load changes, esp. going up.
    >
    > We use the avg to guess the global group load, since that's the best
    > compromise we have, but locally it doesn't make sense to use the avg if
    > we have the actual values.

    That is, can you send the original patch with a Changelog etc.. so that
    I can press 'A' :-)


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