linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched/cpufreq: always consider blocked FAIR utilization

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 17:33:14 +0100
From:   Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>
To:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:THERMAL" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched/cpufreq: always consider blocked FAIR
 utilization

On 14-May 11:18, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On 11 May 2018 at 11:12, Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com> wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> Do we need a Fixes tag and Cc stable ?
> >
> > Mmm... no sure, I would say that's not a fix.
> >
> > As I say in the changelog above, 8f111bc357aa was doing the correct
> > thing but, since the recent Vincent's commit 31e77c93e432, this is an
> > update worth to have, since now we can trust the decay of blocked
> > utilization.
> >
> > Regarding stable, well... if Vincent patches are not going to be
> > considered for stable, then we should not consider this too, do we?
> 
> commit 31e77c93e432 is not for stable so this patch should not go too

Right, will not add stable in cc.

Thanks

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Patrick Bellasi