Exploring the latest code on github. Comparing the two. Again, no guarantees. This is just a lead, for the brave at heart ....
--- tick-sched-2.6.35-23.c 2010-12-06 22:44:02.821102001 +0530 +++ tick-sched-2.6.37-github.c 2010-12-06 22:42:40.451102001 +0530 @@ -405,13 +405,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidl * 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; - } + select_nohz_load_balancer(1); ts->idle_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer); ts->tick_stopped = 1; @@ -780,7 +774,6 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(void) { struct tick_sched *ts = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_sched); ktime_t now = ktime_get(); - u64 offset; /* * Emulate tick processing via per-CPU hrtimers: @@ -790,10 +783,6 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(void) /* 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