--- linux-2.5/kernel/sched.c.old	2002-10-02 23:14:12.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.5/kernel/sched.c	2002-10-03 10:03:41.000000000 +1000
@@ -689,10 +689,10 @@
 	if (likely(!busiest))
 		goto out;
 
-	*imbalance = (max_load - nr_running) / 2;
+	*imbalance = max_load - nr_running;
 
 	/* It needs an at least ~25% imbalance to trigger balancing. */
-	if (!idle && (*imbalance < (max_load + 3)/4)) {
+	if (!idle && (*imbalance*4 < max_load)) {
 		busiest = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -702,10 +702,11 @@
 	 * Make sure nothing changed since we checked the
 	 * runqueue length.
 	 */
-	if (busiest->nr_running <= nr_running + 1) {
+	if (busiest->nr_running <= nr_running) {
 		spin_unlock(&busiest->lock);
 		busiest = NULL;
 	}
+
 out:
 	return busiest;
 }
@@ -748,7 +749,12 @@
 	busiest = find_busiest_queue(this_rq, this_cpu, idle, &imbalance);
 	if (!busiest)
 		goto out;
-
+	/*
+	 * We only want to steal a number of tasks equal to 1/2 the imbalance,
+	 * otherwise, we'll just shift the imbalance to the new queue.
+	 */
+	imbalance /= 2;
+	
 	/*
 	 * We first consider expired tasks. Those will likely not be
 	 * executed in the near future, and they are most likely to