Re: [PATCH 5/5] sched, autogroup: runtime enable/disable tuning fix

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Sun Feb 20 2011 - 22:13:47 EST


On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 18:22 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 22:10 +0800, Yong Zhang wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 02:09:39PM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 15:08 +0800, Yong Zhang wrote:
> > > > Now enable/disable autogroup at runtime is just a flag,
> > > > it doesn't take effect on current process of the system.
> > >
> > > Yup, they only move upon migration, which can take up to forever.
> >
> > Yeah. so on UP, the user can have autogroup forever or not, and
> > sched_autogroup_enable is a nop.
>
> Yup, and that's the best argument for doing the active switch.
>
> > Apart from runtime enable/disable issue, I think patch1~3 could
> > still be applied beause they really fix some problem or bring
> > some improvement.
>
> Yeah.
>
> Your whole series looked fine to me at a glance (sunday;), with the
> exception of #2, that one is maybe iffy, depending on point of view.

Hm, my mind wandered off to different file somewhere along the line :)

-Mike

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