Re: [PATCH v4] sched/freq: move call to cpufreq_update_util

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Nov 15 2019 - 09:06:43 EST


On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 02:37:27PM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 14:25, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 06:07:31PM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:

> > > + decayed = update_rt_rq_load_avg(rq_clock_pelt(rq), rq, curr_class == &rt_sched_class);
> > > + decayed |= update_dl_rq_load_avg(rq_clock_pelt(rq), rq, curr_class == &dl_sched_class);
> > > + decayed |= update_irq_load_avg(rq, 0);
> >
> > Should not all 3 have their windows aligned and thus alway return the
> > exact same value?
>
> rt and dl yes but not irq

Any reason for IRQ not to be aligned?

> But having aligned window doesn't mean that they will all decay.
> One can have been updated just before (during a dequeue as an example)
> or at least less than 1ms before

Bah... true.