Re: [PATCH v3 01/14] sched/core: uclamp: extend sched_setattr to support utilization clamping

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Aug 09 2018 - 11:20:38 EST


On 08/09/2018 01:39 AM, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> On 06-Aug 09:50, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Hi,
>
> Hi Randy,
>
>> On 08/06/2018 09:39 AM, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
>>> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
>>> index 041f3a022122..1d45a6877d6f 100644
>>> --- a/init/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/init/Kconfig
>>> @@ -583,6 +583,25 @@ config HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
>>> config GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
>>> bool
>>>
>>> +menu "Scheduler features"
>>> +
>>> +config UCLAMP_TASK
>>> + bool "Enable utilization clamping for RT/FAIR tasks"
>>> + depends on CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
>>> + default false
>>
>> default n
>> but just omit the line completely since "n" is already the default.
>
>
> Right, will update for next posting!
> Is there a strict rule to omit this line when it's already the
> default?

It's not documented AFAIK, but it's commonly repeated on LKML.

>>> + help
>>> + This feature enables the scheduler to track the clamped utilization
>>> + of each CPU based on RUNNABLE tasks currently scheduled on that CPU.
>>> +
>>> + When this option is enabled, the user can specify a min and max CPU
>>> + bandwidth which is allowed for a task.
>>> + The max bandwidth allows to clamp the maximum frequency a task can
>>> + use, while the min bandwidth allows to define a minimum frequency a
>>> + task will always use.
>>
>> Please clean up the indentation above to use one tab + 2 spaces on all lines.
>
> Sure, my bad I did not notice it... although I'm quite sure the patch
> passed a checkpatch... will check better next time.

Thanks.

>>> +
>>> + If in doubt, say N.
>>> +
>>> +endmenu


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~Randy