linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/4] sched: consolidation of cpu

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:31:09 +0200
From:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	LAK <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	"linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/4] sched: consolidation of cpu_power

On 29 March 2014 03:27, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>
>> Part of this patchset was previously part of the larger tasks packing patchset
>> [1]. I have splitted the latter in 3 different patchsets (at least) to make the
>> thing easier.
>> -configuration of sched_domain topology [2]
>> -update and consolidation of cpu_power (this patchset)
>> -tasks packing algorithm
>>
>> SMT system is no more the only system that can have a CPUs with capacity that
>> is different from the default value. We need to extend the use of
>> cpu_power_orig to all kind of platform so the scheduler will have both the
>> maximum capacity (cpu_power_orig/power_orig) and the current capacity
>> (cpu_power/power) of CPUs and groups of the sched_domains.
> [...]
>
> Wouldn't it make sense to have a patch in this series that performs some
> s/power/capacity/ throughout the scheduler code before the other patches
> are applied?  That would help getting consistent terminology and avoid
> confusion before real power related metrics are eventually brought into
> the scheduler.

Fair point. I will add the changes in the next version.

Thanks
Vincent

>
>
> Nicolas
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