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On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 02:54:23PM -0500, David Vernet wrote:

> Another consideration is that even if we could adjust newidle_balance()
> to load balance well enough for our specific purpose, we're still
> relying on heuristics to determine when it's appropriate to load
> balance; and that will 

Your thing has heuristics too.

But if we're going to do this, then it should replace newidle <= LLC
domains.