Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: util_est: fast ramp-up EWMA on utilization increases

From: Patrick Bellasi
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 02:19:17 EST


Hi Peter,

On 14-Oct 16:52, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> The energy aware schedutil patches remimded me this was still pending.
>
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 10:47:25AM +0100, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> > Hi Peter, Vincent,
> > is there anything different I can do on this?
>
> I think both Vincent and me are basically fine with the patch, it was
> the Changelog/explanation for it that sat uneasy.
>
> Specifically I think the 'confusion' around the PELT invariance stuff
> doesn't help.
>
> I think that if you present it simply as making util_est directly follow
> upward motion and only decay on downward -- and the rationale for it --
> then it should be fine.

Ok, I'll update the commit message to remove the PELT related
ambiguity and post a new version soon.

Cheers,
Patrick

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Patrick Bellasi