linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] sched: Introduce energy models of CPUs

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Date:   Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:32:53 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Quentin Perret <quentin.perret@....com>,
        Thara Gopinath <thara.gopinath@...aro.org>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Chris Redpath <chris.redpath@....com>,
        Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle@...gle.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] sched: Introduce energy models of CPUs

On 06-04-18, 16:36, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/energy.h b/include/linux/sched/energy.h

> +#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_PM_OPP)
> +extern struct sched_energy_model ** __percpu energy_model;
> +extern struct static_key_false sched_energy_present;
> +extern struct list_head sched_freq_domains;
> +
> +static inline bool sched_energy_enabled(void)
> +{
> +	return static_branch_unlikely(&sched_energy_present);
> +}
> +
> +static inline struct cpumask *freq_domain_span(struct freq_domain *fd)
> +{
> +	return &fd->span;
> +}
> +
> +extern void init_sched_energy(void);
> +
> +#define for_each_freq_domain(fdom) \
> +	list_for_each_entry(fdom, &sched_freq_domains, next)
> +
> +#else
> +struct freq_domain;
> +static inline bool sched_energy_enabled(void) { return false; }
> +static inline struct cpumask
> +*freq_domain_span(struct freq_domain *fd) { return NULL; }
> +static inline void init_sched_energy(void) { }
> +#define for_each_freq_domain(fdom) for (; fdom; fdom = NULL)

I am not sure if this is correct. fdom would normally be a local
uninitialized variable and with above we may end up running the loop
once with an invalid pointer. Maybe rewrite it as:

for (fdom = NULL; fdom; )


And for the whole OPP discussion, perhaps we should have another
architecture specific callback which the scheduler can call to get a
ready-made energy model with all the structures filled in. That way
the OPP specific stuff will move to the architecture specific
callback.

-- 
viresh