Re: [PATCH 7/8] cpufreq: Frequency invariant scheduler load-tracking support

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Mar 15 2016 - 17:33:27 EST


On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 01:19:17PM -0700, Michael Turquette wrote:
> That's what I had in mind. I guess that some day there will be a need to
> select implementations at run-time for both cpufreq (e.g. different
> cpufreq drivers might implement arch_scale_freq_capacity) and for the
> !CONFIG_CPU_FREQ case (e.g. different platforms might implement
> arch_scale_freq_capcity within the same arch).

No, no runtime selection. That gets us function pointers and other
indirect mess.

We should be trying very hard to get rid of that cpufreq_util_update()
pointer, not add more of that gunk.

Use self modifying code if you have to do something.