Re: [RFC,v2 2/3] sched: set number of iterations to h_nr_running

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Feb 09 2017 - 08:38:12 EST


On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 09:43:28AM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> From: Uladzislau 2 Rezki <uladzislau2.rezki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It is possible that busiest run queue has multiple RT tasks,
> whereas no CFS tasks, that is why it is reasonable to use
> h_nr_running instead, because a load balance only applies
> for CFS related tasks.

Sure, I suppose that makes sense, but then it would make even more sense
to do a more thorough audit of the code and make sure all remaining
rq::nr_running uses are correct.