On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 04:13:17PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 21-12-17, 11:39, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > The difference is that we apply the per-cpu boost on the per-cpu util > > value and _then_ find the overall maximum. > > > > Instead of finding the overall maximum and then apply the per-cpu boost > > to that. > > Okay, so it is just about the right sequencing of these comparisons but the > outcome will still be same, i.e. max of the 3 util/max values. Thanks.
Aah, you're right. I was thinking we have relative boost, and in that case the ordering matters much more.