Re: [PATCH v3 16/24] thermal: intel: hfi: Define a default class for unclassified tasks

[Ricardo Neri]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 06:51:33PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 6:02 AM Ricardo Neri
> <ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > A task may be unclassified if it has been recently created, spend most of
> > its lifetime sleeping, or hardware has not provided a classification.
> >
> > Most tasks will be eventually classified as scheduler's IPC class 1
> > (HFI class 0). This class corresponds to the capabilities in the legacy,
> > classless, HFI table.
> >
> > IPC class 1 is a reasonable choice until hardware provides an actual
> > classification. Meanwhile, the scheduler will place classes of tasks with
> > higher IPC scores on higher-performance CPUs.
> >
> > Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fine with me, so
> 
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Thank you Rafael!