sched: Reduce overestimating rq->avg_idle
authorJason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:26:51 +0000 (11:26 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:03:41 +0000 (12:03 +0200)
commitabfafa54db9aba404e8e6763503f04d35bd07138
tree64a965459a5de970ff15265a9cd9f436591cadde
parent7aff2e3a56b724b79fa2d5abd10d8231ef8fb0c5
sched: Reduce overestimating rq->avg_idle

When updating avg_idle, if the delta exceeds some max value, then avg_idle
gets set to the max, regardless of what the previous avg was. This can cause
avg_idle to often be overestimated.

This patch modifies the way we update avg_idle by always updating it with the
function call to update_avg() first. Then, if avg_idle exceeds the max, we set
it to the max.

Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1379096813-3032-2-git-send-email-jason.low2@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
kernel/sched/core.c