From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chegu_vinod@hp.com,
mgorman@suse.de, mingo@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/7] sched,numa: remove task_h_load from task_numa_compare
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:31:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140625053138.GF6758@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53AA5D2C.9000401@redhat.com>
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On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 01:25:00AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
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> On 06/25/2014 01:21 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 07:07:35AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >> Shall I merge this into patch 3?
> >
> > Which gets me the below; which is has a wrong changelog.
> >
> > task_h_load() already computes the load as seen from the root
> > group. effective_load() just does a better (and more expensive) job
> > of computing the task movement implications of a move.
> >
> > So the total effect of this patch shouldn't be very big; regular
> > load balancing also only uses task_h_load(), see move_tasks().
> >
> > Now, we don't run with preemption disabled, don't run as often,
> > etc.., so maybe we can indeed use the more expensive variant just
> > fine, but does it really matter?
>
> In my testing, it appears to make a difference between workloads
> converging, and workloads sitting with one last thread stuck on
> another node that never gets moved...
Fair enough; can you provide a new Changelog that I can paste in?
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-23 15:41 [PATCH 0/7] sched,numa: improve NUMA convergence times riel
2014-06-23 15:41 ` [PATCH 1/7] sched,numa: use group's max nid as task's preferred nid riel
2014-06-25 10:31 ` Mel Gorman
2014-07-05 10:44 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/numa: Use group's max nid as task' s " tip-bot for Rik van Riel
2014-06-23 15:41 ` [PATCH 3/7] sched,numa: use effective_load to balance NUMA loads riel
2014-06-23 15:41 ` [PATCH 4/7] sched,numa: simplify task_numa_compare riel
2014-06-25 10:39 ` Mel Gorman
2014-06-23 15:41 ` [PATCH 5/7] sched,numa: examine a task move when examining a task swap riel
2014-06-23 15:41 ` [PATCH 6/7] sched,numa: rework best node setting in task_numa_migrate riel
2014-07-05 10:45 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/numa: Rework best node setting in task_numa_migrate() tip-bot for Rik van Riel
2014-06-23 15:41 ` [PATCH 7/7] sched,numa: change scan period code to match intent riel
2014-06-25 10:19 ` Mel Gorman
2014-07-05 10:45 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/numa: Change " tip-bot for Rik van Riel
2014-06-23 22:30 ` [PATCH 8/7] sched,numa: do not let a move increase the imbalance Rik van Riel
2014-06-24 14:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-06-24 15:30 ` Rik van Riel
2014-06-25 1:57 ` Rik van Riel
2014-06-24 19:14 ` [PATCH 9/7] sched,numa: remove task_h_load from task_numa_compare Rik van Riel
2014-06-25 5:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-06-25 5:09 ` Rik van Riel
2014-06-25 5:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-06-25 5:25 ` Rik van Riel
2014-06-25 5:31 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2014-06-25 5:39 ` Rik van Riel
2014-06-25 5:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
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