Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched/fair: Prepare variables for increased precision of EAS estimated energy

[Lukasz Luba]

On 6/30/21 6:01 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 5:26 PM Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The Energy Aware Scheduler (EAS) tries to find best CPU for a waking up
> > task. It probes many possibilities and compares the estimated energy values
> > for different scenarios. For calculating those energy values it relies on
> > Energy Model (EM) data and em_cpu_energy(). The precision which is used in
> > EM data is in milli-Watts (or abstract scale), which sometimes is not
> > sufficient. In some cases it might happen that two CPUs from different
> > Performance Domains (PDs) get the same calculated value for a given task
> > placement, but in more precised scale, they might differ. This rounding
> > error has to be addressed. This patch prepares EAS code for better
> > precision in the coming EM improvements.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>
>
> If you want me to pick up this series, this patch requires an ACK from
> the scheduler maintainers.

It would be great, if you could take it after e.g. Peter ACK it.

Peter could you have a look at it, please?
In this patch 1/3 we have only variables upgrade.

Regards,
Lukasz