Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: schedutil: Update last_update from sugov_set_iowait_boost()

[Juri Lelli]

Hi Viresh,

On 18/07/17 10:24, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> sg_cpu->last_update is always updated right after we call
> sugov_set_iowait_boost() and its better to update it from that routine
> itself. This makes it more readable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> index 29a397067ffa..63557b9f36b6 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> @@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ static void sugov_set_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
>  		if (delta_ns > TICK_NSEC)
>  			sg_cpu->iowait_boost = 0;
>  	}
> +
> +	sg_cpu->last_update = time;
>  }
>  
>  static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, unsigned long *util,
> @@ -219,7 +221,6 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
>  	bool busy;
>  
>  	sugov_set_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
> -	sg_cpu->last_update = time;
>  
>  	if (!sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time))
>  		return;
> @@ -299,7 +300,6 @@ static void sugov_update_shared(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
>  	sg_cpu->flags = flags;
>  
>  	sugov_set_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
> -	sg_cpu->last_update = time;

It actually belongs here, IMHO. We update other fields (util, max,
flags) before looking at iowait. Why hiding the time update into a
function dealing with only one of such fields?

Best,

- Juri