---

yaml
---
r: 234556
b: refs/heads/master
c: cc57aa8
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c186fafe9aba87c1a93df8c7120a6ae01fe435ad
+refs/heads/master: cc57aa8f4b3bece8c26c7929728edcc5fa6b5aed

trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c

@@ -3113,19 +3113,9 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
 	 */
 	update_sd_lb_stats(sd, this_cpu, idle, cpus, balance, &sds);
 
-	/* Cases where imbalance does not exist from POV of this_cpu */
-	/* 1) this_cpu is not the appropriate cpu to perform load balancing
-	 *    at this level.
-	 * 2) There is no busy sibling group to pull from.
-	 * 3) This group is the busiest group.
-	 * 4) This group is more busy than the avg busieness at this
-	 *    sched_domain.
-	 * 5) The imbalance is within the specified limit.
-	 *
-	 * Note: when doing newidle balance, if the local group has excess
-	 * capacity (i.e. nr_running < group_capacity) and the busiest group
-	 * does not have any capacity, we force a load balance to pull tasks
-	 * to the local group. In this case, we skip past checks 3, 4 and 5.
+	/*
+	 * this_cpu is not the appropriate cpu to perform load balancing at
+	 * this level.
 	 */
 	if (!(*balance))
 		goto ret;
@@ -3134,19 +3124,27 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, int this_cpu,
 	    check_asym_packing(sd, &sds, this_cpu, imbalance))
 		return sds.busiest;
 
+	/* There is no busy sibling group to pull tasks from */
 	if (!sds.busiest || sds.busiest_nr_running == 0)
 		goto out_balanced;
 
-	/*  SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE trumps SMP nice when underutilized */
+	/* SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE trumps SMP nice when underutilized */
 	if (idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE && sds.this_has_capacity &&
 			!sds.busiest_has_capacity)
 		goto force_balance;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the local group is more busy than the selected busiest group
+	 * don't try and pull any tasks.
+	 */
 	if (sds.this_load >= sds.max_load)
 		goto out_balanced;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't pull any tasks if this group is already above the domain
+	 * average load.
+	 */
 	sds.avg_load = (SCHED_LOAD_SCALE * sds.total_load) / sds.total_pwr;
-
 	if (sds.this_load >= sds.avg_load)
 		goto out_balanced;