Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] sched/fair: Clean up attach_entity_load_avg()

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Tue Jun 14 2016 - 07:11:59 EST


On Thu, 09 Jun, at 07:15:50AM, Yuyang Du wrote:
> attach_entity_load_avg() is called (indirectly) from:
>
> - switched_to_fair(): switch between classes to fair
> - task_move_group_fair(): move between task groups
> - enqueue_entity_load_avg(): enqueue entity
>
> Only in switched_to_fair() is it possible that the task's last_update_time
> is not 0 and therefore the task needs sched avgs update, so move the task
> sched avgs update to switched_to_fair() only. In addition, the code is
> refactored and code comments are updated.
>
> No functionality change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

Looks OK to me and makes the code easier to understand. Chasing
->avg.last_update_time values is tricky at the best of times.

Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>