Re: [patch 1/1] sched: update_curr versus correct cfs_rq incheck_preempt_wakeup

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Jul 02 2011 - 05:08:30 EST



* Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We update_curr() versus the current entity as the preemption
> decision is based on the relative vruntime. However, update_curr()
> is not hierarchical and in the group scheduling case
> find_matching_se() will have us making the comparison on a cfs_rq
> different to the one just updated.

Would be nice to include more contextual information in the
changelog: how did you find it, what effect (if any) did you
see from this patch, what effect do you expect others to see
(if any).

Thanks,

Ingo
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