For the learned ..... Adding as a point to start with .. no guarantees that this is the Saviour .... just a lead to who can get the heads and tails out of it
# diff -cp tick-sched.c(2.6.37-rc4) tick-sched.c(2.6.25-23) ... *** tick.sched-2.6.37-rc4.c 2010-12-06 17:50:03.960025002 +0530 --- tick-sched-2.6.35-23.c 2010-11-18 03:45:19.000000000 +0530 *************** void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidl *** 405,411 **** * the scheduler tick in nohz_restart_sched_tick. */ if (!ts->tick_stopped) { ! select_nohz_load_balancer(1); ts->idle_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer); ts->tick_stopped = 1; --- 405,417 ---- * the scheduler tick in nohz_restart_sched_tick. */ if (!ts->tick_stopped) { ! if (select_nohz_load_balancer(1)) { ! /* ! * sched tick not stopped! ! */ ! cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, nohz_cpu_mask); ! goto out; ! } ts->idle_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer); ts->tick_stopped = 1; *************** void tick_setup_sched_timer(void) *** 774,779 **** --- 780,786 ---- { struct tick_sched *ts = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_sched); ktime_t now = ktime_get(); + u64 offset; /* * Emulate tick processing via per-CPU hrtimers: *************** void tick_setup_sched_timer(void) *** 783,788 **** --- 790,799 ---- /* Get the next period (per cpu) */ hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, tick_init_jiffy_update()); + offset = ktime_to_ns(tick_period) >> 1; + do_div(offset, num_possible_cpus()); + offset *= smp_processor_id(); + hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ts->sched_timer, offset); for (;;) { hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period); -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Registry Administrators, which is the registrant for Debian. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524281 Title: Tens of wakes per second in "[kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick" on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~registry Post to : registry@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~registry More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp