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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-20 10:31:44 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-20 10:31:44 -0700
commit2ba68940c893c8f0bfc8573c041254251bb6aeab (patch)
treefa83ebb01d32abd98123fa28f9f6f0b3eaeee25d /Documentation
parent9c2b957db1772ebf942ae7a9346b14eba6c8ca66 (diff)
parent600e145882802d6ccbfe2c4aea243d97caeb91a9 (diff)
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Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits) printk: Make it compile with !CONFIG_PRINTK sched/x86: Fix overflow in cyc2ns_offset sched: Fix nohz load accounting -- again! sched: Update yield() docs printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments sched/nohz: Correctly initialize 'next_balance' in 'nohz' idle balancer sched: Cleanup cpu_active madness sched: Fix load-balance wreckage sched: Clean up parameter passing of proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice() sched: Ditch per cgroup task lists for load-balancing sched: Rename load-balancing fields sched: Move load-balancing arguments into helper struct sched/rt: Do not submit new work when PI-blocked sched/rt: Prevent idle task boosting sched/wait: Add __wake_up_all_locked() API sched/rt: Document scheduler related skip-resched-check sites sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled() sched/rt: Add schedule_preempt_disabled() sched/rt: Do not throttle when PI boosting sched/rt: Keep period timer ticking when rt throttling is active ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt
index 1cd5d51bc761..8259b34a66ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ First field is a sched_yield() statistic:
1) # of times sched_yield() was called
Next three are schedule() statistics:
- 2) # of times we switched to the expired queue and reused it
+ 2) This field is a legacy array expiration count field used in the O(1)
+ scheduler. We kept it for ABI compatibility, but it is always set to zero.
3) # of times schedule() was called
4) # of times schedule() left the processor idle