Re: [PATCH] sched: smpnice - fix average load per run queue calculations

From: Peter Williams
Date: Mon Feb 27 2006 - 01:53:55 EST


Peter Williams wrote:
The logical value to use for the average load per task on a run queue without any runnable tasks is the "default" load for a nice==0 task. Failure to do this may lead to anomalies in try_to_wake_up(), etc.

Signed-off-by: Peter Williams <pwil3058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I missed a bit. Here's a fixed patch.

Signed-off-by: Peter Williams <pwil3058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry,
Peter
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Index: MM-2.6.X/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- MM-2.6.X.orig/kernel/sched.c 2006-02-27 17:18:12.000000000 +1100
+++ MM-2.6.X/kernel/sched.c 2006-02-27 17:53:49.000000000 +1100
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static inline unsigned long cpu_avg_load
runqueue_t *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
unsigned long n = rq->nr_running;

- return n ? rq->raw_weighted_load / n : rq->raw_weighted_load;
+ return n ? rq->raw_weighted_load / n : SCHED_LOAD_SCALE;
}

/*
@@ -2153,6 +2153,8 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *
min(busiest_load_per_task, max_load);
if (this_nr_running)
this_load_per_task /= this_nr_running;
+ else
+ this_load_per_task = SCHED_LOAD_SCALE;
pwr_now += this->cpu_power *
min(this_load_per_task, this_load);
pwr_now /= SCHED_LOAD_SCALE;