1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index d7fda41ddaf0..cc97ea498f24 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,17 @@ wake_affine(struct sched_domain *this_sd, struct rq *this_rq,
         tg = task_group(p);
         weight = p->se.load.weight;
 
-        balanced = 100*(tl + effective_load(tg, this_cpu, weight, weight)) <=
+        /*
+         * In low-load situations, where prev_cpu is idle and this_cpu is idle
+         * due to the sync cause above having dropped tl to 0, we'll always have
+         * an imbalance, but there's really nothing you can do about that, so
+         * that's good too.
+         *
+         * Otherwise check if either cpus are near enough in load to allow this
+         * task to be woken on this_cpu.
+         */
+        balanced = !tl ||
+                100*(tl + effective_load(tg, this_cpu, weight, weight)) <=
                 imbalance*(load + effective_load(tg, prev_cpu, 0, weight));
 
         /*