--- linux-2.6.7-rc3-base/kernel/sched.c	2004-06-10 23:29:04.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.7-rc3-backsched/kernel/sched.c	2004-06-12 02:11:13.600754377 +1000
@@ -770,8 +770,7 @@ static int try_to_wake_up(task_t * p, un
 		this_load -= SCHED_LOAD_SCALE;
 
 	/* Don't pull the task off an idle CPU to a busy one */
-	if (load < SCHED_LOAD_SCALE && load + this_load > SCHED_LOAD_SCALE
-			&& this_load > load)
+	if (load < SCHED_LOAD_SCALE/2 && this_load > SCHED_LOAD_SCALE/2)
 		goto out_set_cpu;
 
 	new_cpu = this_cpu; /* Wake to this CPU if we can */
@@ -1633,7 +1632,8 @@ nextgroup:
 	return busiest;
 
 out_balanced:
-	if (busiest && idle != NOT_IDLE && max_load > SCHED_LOAD_SCALE) {
+	if (busiest && (idle == NEWLY_IDLE ||
+			(idle == IDLE && max_load > SCHED_LOAD_SCALE)) ) {
 		*imbalance = 1;
 		return busiest;
 	}