Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] cpufreq: schedutil: fixes for flags updates

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Dec 22 2017 - 03:30:22 EST


On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 04:13:17PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 21-12-17, 11:39, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > The difference is that we apply the per-cpu boost on the per-cpu util
> > value and _then_ find the overall maximum.
> >
> > Instead of finding the overall maximum and then apply the per-cpu boost
> > to that.
>
> Okay, so it is just about the right sequencing of these comparisons but the
> outcome will still be same, i.e. max of the 3 util/max values. Thanks.

Aah, you're right. I was thinking we have relative boost, and in that
case the ordering matters much more.