On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 16:43 +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 04:05:46PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 14:48 +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > > > Commit 88b8dac0 makes load_balance() consider other cpus in its group. > > > But, in that, there is no code for preventing to re-select dst-cpu. > > > So, same dst-cpu can be selected over and over. > > > > > > This patch add functionality to load_balance() in order to exclude > > > cpu which is selected once. > > > > Oh man.. seriously? Did you see this happen? Also, can't we simply > > remove it from lb->cpus? > > I didn't see it, I do just logical thinking. :) > lb->cpus is for source cpus and dst-cpu is for dest cpus. So, it doesn't > works to remove it from lb->cpus.
How about we interpret ->cpus as the total mask to balance; so both source and destination. That way clearing a cpu means we won't take nor put tasks on it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/