Re: [patch/backport] CFS scheduler, -v24, for v2.6.24-rc3, v2.6.23.8, v2.6.22.13, v2.6.21.7

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@free.fr> wrote:

> > As usual, any sort of feedback, bugreport, fix and suggestion is 
> > more than welcome!
> 
> Testing sched-cfs-v2.6.24-rc3-v24.patch on top of 2.6.24-rc3-git1 
> (ignored the two "already applied" messages coming from git1 commits), 
> I get a 1.00 minimum load in top, coming from the load_balance_mo 
> thread staying in D-state. I get this on 2 different computers with 
> similar configs, so I am attaching one of them here.

does the patch below fix that problem for you?

	Ingo

Index: linux/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/kernel/sched.c
+++ linux/kernel/sched.c
@@ -7138,7 +7138,7 @@ static int load_balance_monitor(void *un
 		else if (timeout < sysctl_sched_max_bal_int_shares)
 			timeout *= 2;
 
-		msleep(timeout);
+		msleep_interruptible(timeout);
 	}
 
 	return 0;