Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] cpufreq / sched: Pass flags to cpufreq_update_util()

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 03:08:01AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, August 19, 2016 03:26:21 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > It is useful to know the reason why cpufreq_update_util() has just
> > > been called and that can be passed as flags to cpufreq_update_util()
> > > and to the ->func() callback in struct update_util_data.  However,
> > > doing that in addition to passing the util and max arguments they
> > > already take would be clumsy, so avoid it.
> > >
> > > Instead, use the observation that the schedutil governor is part
> > > of the scheduler proper, so it can access scheduler data directly.
> > > This allows the util and max arguments of cpufreq_update_util()
> > > and the ->func() callback in struct update_util_data to be replaced
> > > with a flags one, but schedutil has to be modified to follow.
> > >
> > > Thus make the schedutil governor obtain the CFS utilization
> > > information from the scheduler and use the "RT" and "DL" flags
> > > instead of the special utilization value of ULONG_MAX to track
> > > updates from the RT and DL sched classes.  Make it non-modular
> > > too to avoid having to export scheduler variables to modules at
> > > large.
> > >
> > > Next, update all of the other users of cpufreq_update_util()
> > > and the ->func() callback in struct update_util_data accordingly.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > v1 -> v2: Do not check cpu_of(rq) against smp_processor_id() in
> > >           cfs_rq_util_change().
> > >
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig            |    5 --
> > >  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c |    2 -
> > >  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c     |    2 -
> > >  include/linux/sched.h              |   12 ++++--
> > >  kernel/sched/cpufreq.c             |    2 -
> > >  kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c   |   67 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > >  kernel/sched/deadline.c            |    4 +-
> > >  kernel/sched/fair.c                |   10 +----
> > >  kernel/sched/rt.c                  |    4 +-
> > >  kernel/sched/sched.h               |   31 +++++------------
> > >  10 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
> > 
> > (...)
> > 
> > > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
> > > +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
> > > @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
> > >           If in doubt, say N.
> > >
> > >  config CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
> > > -       tristate "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor"
> > > +       bool "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor"
> > 
> > If you change such symbols please remember to update also all the
> > defconfigs. Without the update they start to show errors.
> 
> Are there defconfigs that use this particular one?

Yes, ARM/multi_v7 and exynos were using this as module. Javier sent a
patch for that and should be switched to builtin in upcoming next [1].

If you would like to base on top of that, let me know, so I would
prepare a tag.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

[1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/krzk/linux.git/commit/?h=for-v4.9/defconfig-cpufreq-schedutil-builtin&id=08023fb9cec03ee2992df51fa728c3f14a1ba0ea