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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4][RFC v3] Improve load balancing when tasks have
 large weight differential -v3
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Nikhil Rao <ncrao@google.com>
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On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 13:12 -0700, Nikhil Rao wrote:
> 
> Please find attached a a series of patches that improve load balancing
> when there is a large weight differential between tasks (such as when nicing a
> task or when using SCHED_IDLE). These patches are based off feedback given by
> Peter Zijlstra and Mike Galbraith in earlier posts.


Thanks, I've queued them up, we'll see what happens :-)