Re: [PATCH V2 3/4] intel_pstate: Ignore scheduler cpufreq callbacks on remote CPUs
From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Thu Jun 29 2017 - 23:27:56 EST
On 29-06-17, 14:23, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-06-29 at 10:56 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > From: Steve Muckle <smuckle.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > In preparation for the scheduler cpufreq callback happening on remote
> > CPUs, check for this case in intel_pstate which currently requires
> > the
> > callback run on the local CPU. Such callbacks are ignored for now.
> Is it possible that we miss a chance to calculate load periodically at
> a predefined interval (10ms default), because the callback happened on
> a different CPU?
We aren't updating cpu->sample.time for remote callbacks here, so no
we shouldn't miss anything.
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viresh