Re: [PATCH v3 09/12] Revert "sched: Put rq's sched_avg under CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED"

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Tue Jul 15 2014 - 05:54:08 EST


On 15 July 2014 11:32, Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:27:19AM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> On 11 July 2014 18:13, Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> >
>> > In this example using rq->avg leads to imbalance whereas unweighted load
>> > would not. Correct me if I missed anything.
>>
>> You just miss to take into account how the imbalance is computed
>
> I don't think so. I'm aware that the imbalance is calculated based on
> the runnable_load_avg of the cpus. But if you pick the wrong cpus to
> compare to begin with, it doesn't matter.

The average load of your sched_domain is 1 task per CPU so CPU1 will
pull only 1 task and not 2

>
> Morten
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