Re: [PATCH] sched/deadline: fix runtime accounting in documentation

From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
Date: Mon Nov 13 2017 - 05:39:35 EST


On 10/13/2017 12:08 PM, Claudio Scordino wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Scordino <claudio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt | 12 +++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
> index e89e36e..79f40c6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
> @@ -204,10 +204,16 @@ CONTENTS
> It does so by decrementing the runtime of the executing task Ti at a pace equal
> to
>
> - dq = -max{ Ui, (1 - Uinact) } dt
> + dq = -max{ Ui / Umax, (1 - Uinact - Uextra) } dt
>
> - where Uinact is the inactive utilization, computed as (this_bq - running_bw),
> - and Ui is the bandwidth of task Ti.
> + where:
> +
> + - Ui is the bandwidth of task Ti;

Just one very very small addition to make it more clear:

> + - Umax is the maximum reclaimable utilization (subject to RT limits);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(subjected to RT Throttling limits)

Anyways,

Acked-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>

> + - Uinact is the (per runqueue) inactive utilization, computed as
> + (this_bq - running_bw);
> + - Uextra is the (per runqueue) extra reclaimable utilization
> + (subject to RT limits).
>
>
> Let's now see a trivial example of two deadline tasks with runtime equal
>