sched: Ensure cpu_power periodic update
authorVincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:21:08 +0000 (20:21 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:28:49 +0000 (13:28 +0100)
commit4ec4412e1e91f44a3dcb97b6c9172a13fc78bac9
treea98f635907975c2f14c01c24418e102337250b8d
parent39be350127ec60a078edffe5b4915dafba4ba514
sched: Ensure cpu_power periodic update

With a lot of small tasks, the softirq sched is nearly never called
when no_hz is enabled. In this case load_balance() is mainly called
with the newly_idle mode which doesn't update the cpu_power.

Add a next_update field which ensure a maximum update period when
there is short activity.

Having stale cpu_power information can skew the load-balancing
decisions, this is cured by the guaranteed update.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323717668-2143-1-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
include/linux/sched.h
kernel/sched/fair.c