Re: [RFC PATCH] sched/fair: update the vruntime to be max vruntime when yield

[Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>]

Hi Xuewen

On 03/01/23 16:20, Xuewen Yan wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 4:09 PM Vincent Guittot
> <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 08:30, Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Vincent
> > >
> > > I noticed the following patch:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230209193107.1432770-1-rkagan@amazon.de/
> > > And I notice the V2 had merged to mainline:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230130122216.3555094-1-rkagan@amazon.de/T/#u
> > >
> > > The patch fixed the inversing of the vruntime comparison, and I see
> > > that in my case, there also are some vruntime is inverted.
> > > Do you think which patch will work for our scenario? I would be very
> > > grateful if you could give us some advice.
> > > I would try this patch in our tree.
> >
> > By default use the one that is merged; The difference is mainly a
> > matter of time range. Also be aware that the case of newly migrated
> > task is not fully covered by both patches.
> 
> Okay, Thank you very much!
> 
> >
> > This patch fixes a problem with long sleeping entity in the presence
> > of low weight and always running entities. This doesn't seem to be
> > aligned with the description of your use case
> 
> Thanks for the clarification! We would try it first to see whether it
> could resolve our problem.

Did you get a chance to see if that patch help? It'd be good to backport it to
LTS if it does.


Thanks

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Qais Yousef