Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932505AbWCWBiW (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:38:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932513AbWCWBiW (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:38:22 -0500 Received: from fmr22.intel.com ([143.183.121.14]:61595 "EHLO scsfmr002.sc.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932505AbWCWBiV (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:38:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:37:54 -0800 From: "Siddha, Suresh B" To: kernel@kolivas.org Cc: Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Nick Piggin , Peter Williams , "Siddha, Suresh B" , "Chen, Kenneth W" , Mike Galbraith , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cpu scheduler merge plans Message-ID: <20060322173754.A19085@unix-os.sc.intel.com> References: <20060322155122.2745649f.akpm@osdl.org> <1143068226.4421d6424ecf1@vds.kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1143068226.4421d6424ecf1@vds.kolivas.org>; from kernel@kolivas.org on Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 09:57:06AM +1100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1429 Lines: 37 On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 09:57:06AM +1100, kernel@kolivas.org wrote: > Quoting Andrew Morton : > > # > > # "strange load balancing problems": pwil3058@bigpond.net.au > > sched-new-sched-domain-for-representing-multi-core.patch > > sched-fix-group-power-for-allnodes_domains.patch > > x86-dont-use-cpuid2-to-determine-cache-info-if-cpuid4-is-supported.patch I'd like to see the three above patches in 2.6.17. Peters "strange load balancing problems" seems to be a false alarm(this patch will have minimal impact on a single core cpu because of domain degeneration..) and doesn't happen on recent -mm kernels.. > > > > > > I'm not sure what the "Suresh had problems" comment refers to - perhaps a > > now-removed patch. > > On previous versions of smp nice Suresh found some throughput issues. Peter has > addressed these as far as I'm aware, but we really need Suresh to check all > those again. I am just back from vacation. I will soon review and provide feedback. > > > > afaik, the load balancing problem which Peter observed remains unresolved. > > That was a multicore enabled balancing problem which he reported went away on a > later -mm. thanks, suresh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/