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

From: Juri Lelli
Date: Fri Dec 22 2017 - 07:07:27 EST


Hi Peter,

On 22/12/17 12:46, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 11:02:06AM +0000, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> > > @@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ static unsigned int sugov_next_freq_shared(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time)
> > > unsigned long j_util, j_max;
> > > s64 delta_ns;
> > >
> > > - if (j_sg_cpu != sg_cpu)
> > > - sugov_get_util(j_sg_cpu);
> > > + if (idle_cpu(j))
> > > + continue;
> >
> > That should work to skip IDLE CPUs... however I'm missing where now we
> > get the sugov_get_util(j_sg_cpu) for active CPUs. It has been moved
> > somewhere else I guess...
>
> No, I'm just an idiot... lemme fix that.
>
> > Moreover, that way don't we completely disregard CFS blocked load for
> > IDLE CPUs... as well as DL reserved utilization, which should be
> > released only at the 0-lag time?
>
> I was thinking that since dl is a 'global' scheduler the reservation
> would be too and thus the freq just needs a single CPU to be observed;
> but I suppose there's nothing stopping anybody from splitting a clock
> domain down the middle scheduling wise. So yes, good point.

Also, for CFS current behaviour is to start ignoring contributions after
TICK_NS. It seems that your change might introduce regressions?

Thanks,

- Juri