Re: [PATCH] Revert "cpufreq: schedutil: Don't restrict kthread to related_cpus unnecessarily"

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Wed May 09 2018 - 00:55:13 EST


On 08-05-18, 22:36, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Because that makes things more complex and harder to debug in general.
>
> What's the exact reason why non-policy CPUs should ever run the sugov
> kthread for the given policy?

The only benefit was to let the scheduler run the kthread on the best
CPU (according to the scheduler), which may help reducing the delay in
running the kthread. But given the way deadline scheduler works, I
don't see a reason why this should be done anymore.

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viresh