Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: util_est: fast ramp-up EWMA on utilization increases

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Mon Oct 14 2019 - 10:58:09 EST


On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 16:52, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> The energy aware schedutil patches remimded me this was still pending.
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> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 10:47:25AM +0100, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> > Hi Peter, Vincent,
> > is there anything different I can do on this?
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> I think both Vincent and me are basically fine with the patch, it was
> the Changelog/explanation for it that sat uneasy.

I agree

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> Specifically I think the 'confusion' around the PELT invariance stuff
> doesn't help.
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> I think that if you present it simply as making util_est directly follow
> upward motion and only decay on downward -- and the rationale for it --
> then it should be fine.
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