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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:20:38 -0800 From: "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com> To: Alexander Miller <Miller@....uni-stuttgart.de> Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: fix conservative/ondemand behaviour with ignore_nice_load On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:42:02AM -0800, Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: cpufreq-owner@...r.kernel.org > >[mailto:cpufreq-owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Miller > >Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 8:27 AM > >To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org > >Cc: cpufreq@...r.kernel.org; Dave Jones > >Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: fix conservative/ondemand behaviour > >with ignore_nice_load > > > >Remove conversion of nice load to microseconds which caused addition > >of times measured in different units and thus unreasonable behaviour > >with both governors. > > Can you describe the "unresonable behavior" you are seeing. Is it > with NO_HZ enabled or disabled? > > I see there can be a problem with this code when NO_HZ is disabled. > But, the patch below is not the right solution as it will result in > Adding times in different units with NO_HZ enabled. > > Thanks, > Venki Does the below test patch (only compile tested) resolve the problem you are seeing? Thanks, Venki --- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 4 ++-- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c index bc33ddc..c7b081b 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c @@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ static inline cputime64_t get_cpu_idle_time_jiffy(unsigned int cpu, idle_time = cputime64_sub(cur_wall_time, busy_time); if (wall) - *wall = cur_wall_time; + *wall = (cputime64_t)jiffies_to_usecs(cur_wall_time); - return idle_time; + return (cputime64_t)jiffies_to_usecs(idle_time);; } static inline cputime64_t get_cpu_idle_time(unsigned int cpu, cputime64_t *wall) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c index 071699d..4b34ade 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c @@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ static inline cputime64_t get_cpu_idle_time_jiffy(unsigned int cpu, idle_time = cputime64_sub(cur_wall_time, busy_time); if (wall) - *wall = cur_wall_time; + *wall = (cputime64_t)jiffies_to_usecs(cur_wall_time); - return idle_time; + return (cputime64_t)jiffies_to_usecs(idle_time); } static inline cputime64_t get_cpu_idle_time(unsigned int cpu, cputime64_t *wall) -- 1.6.0.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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