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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] sched: limit cpu search and rotate search window for
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To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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From:   Subhra Mazumdar <subhra.mazumdar@oracle.com>
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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:43:36 -0700
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On 04/24/2018 05:48 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 05:41:16PM -0700, subhra mazumdar wrote:
>> +	if (per_cpu(next_cpu, target) != -1)
>> +		target_tmp = per_cpu(next_cpu, target);
>> +	else
>> +		target_tmp = target;
>> +
> This one; what's the point here?
Want to start search from target first time and from the next_cpu next time
onwards. If this doesn't many any difference in performance I can change
it. Will require re-running all the tests.