Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] sched/uclamp: add SCHED_FLAG_UTIL_CLAMP_RESET flag to reset uclamp

[Dietmar Eggemann]

On 14/10/2020 17:00, Yun Hsiang wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 10:25:48PM +0200, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
>> Hi Yun,
>>
>> On 12/10/2020 18:31, Yun Hsiang wrote:

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> The tg uclamp value may also change. If top-app's cpu.uclamp.min change
> to 50 (~500), then task A's effective uclamp min value is 300 not ~500.
> We can set task A's uclamp to 1024, it will be restricted by the tg.
> But when task A move to root group, it's effective uclamp min value
> will be 1024 not 0. If a task is in root group and it doesn't want to
> control it's uclamp, the effective uclamp min value of that task should be 0.
> So I think reset functionality is needed.

OK, looks like the intended solution { a) or b) in
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87zh4ohnf9.derkling@xxxxxxxxxx} is not really
feasible.

So we do need the uclamp reset to enable throughout the entire lifetime
of task p 'p is !user_defined -> p is controlled by taskgroup hierarchy)'.