Re: [PATCH][mmotm] Sched fix stale value in average load per task

[Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> cpu_avg_load_per_task() returns a stale value when nr_running is 0. 
>> It returns an older stale (caculated when nr_running was non zero) 
>> value. This patch returns and sets rq->avg_load_per_task to zero 
>> when nr_running is 0.
>>
>> Compile and boot tested on a x86_64 box.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  kernel/sched.c |    2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> applied to tip/sched/urgent, thanks Balbir!
> 
> i'm wondering, have you observed load-balancer misbehavior due to this 
> load-average imprecision bug, on some workload? (or have you found 
> this via code review)


Thanks, Ingo!

I found this issue through code review. I did not see any misbehaviour yet due
to load-average imprecision.


-- 
	Balbir

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