Re: [patch] sched: fix active load balance

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:08:28PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Siddha, Suresh B <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > -	for_each_domain(target_cpu, sd) {
> > +	for_each_domain(target_cpu, sd)
> >  		if ((sd->flags & SD_LOAD_BALANCE) &&
> > -			cpu_isset(busiest_cpu, sd->span)) {
> > -				sd = tmp;
> > +			cpu_isset(busiest_cpu, sd->span))
> >  				break;
> > -		}
> > -	}
> 
> hm, the right fix i think is to do:
> 
>  	for_each_domain(target_cpu, tmp) {
>   		if ((tmp->flags & SD_LOAD_BALANCE) &&
>  			cpu_isset(busiest_cpu, tmp->span)) {
>  				sd = tmp;
>   				break;
>  		}
>  	}

Your suggestion also looks similar to my patch. You are also breaking on the 
first one.

> because when balancing we want to match the widest-scope domain, not the 
> first one.

We want the first domain spanning both the cpu's. That is the domain where
normal load balance failed and we restore to active load balance.

thanks,
suresh
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