Re: [Patch v5 2/6] sched/fair: Add infrastructure to store and update instantaneous thermal pressure

From: Thara Gopinath
Date: Tue Nov 05 2019 - 16:02:05 EST


On 11/05/2019 03:21 PM, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> Hi Thara,
>
> On Tuesday 05 Nov 2019 at 13:49:42 (-0500), Thara Gopinath wrote:
> [...]
>> +static void trigger_thermal_pressure_average(struct rq *rq)
>> +{
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>> + update_thermal_load_avg(rq_clock_task(rq), rq,
>> + per_cpu(thermal_pressure, cpu_of(rq)));
>> +#endif
>> +}
>
> Why did you decide to keep trigger_thermal_pressure_average and not
> call update_thermal_load_avg directly?
>
> For !CONFIG_SMP you already have an update_thermal_load_avg function
> that does nothing, in kernel/sched/pelt.h, so you don't need that
> ifdef.
Hi,

Yes you are right. But later with the shift option added, I shift
rq_clock_task(rq) by the shift. I thought it is better to contain it in
a function that replicate it in three different places. I can remove the
CONFIG_SMP in the next version
>
> Thanks,
> Ionela.
>
>> +
>> /*
>> * All the scheduling class methods:
>> */
>> --
>> 2.1.4
>>


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Warm Regards
Thara