linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: Make iowait boost a policy option

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 22:00:16 -0700
From:   Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: Make iowait boost a policy option

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:00 AM, Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com> wrote:
>> Make iowait boost a cpufreq policy option and enable it for intel_pstate
>> cpufreq driver. Governors like schedutil can use it to determine if
>> boosting for tasks that wake up with p->in_iowait set is needed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 1 +
>>  include/linux/cpufreq.h        | 3 +++
>>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> Please refer to MAINTAINERS file to find the list of people/list you need to
> send these patches to. You can take help from scripts/get_maintainers.pl
> as well.

Ok with me.

thanks,