linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 09/12] sched: add usage_load

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Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:18:47 +0200
From:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	LAK <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Morten Rasmussen <Morten.Rasmussen@....com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	"linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 09/12] sched: add usage_load_avg

On 11 September 2014 13:17, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:06:52PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> index 5c2c885..7dfd584 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -1073,10 +1073,10 @@ struct sched_avg {
>>        * above by 1024/(1-y).  Thus we only need a u32 to store them for all
>>        * choices of y < 1-2^(-32)*1024.
>>        */
>> -     u32 runnable_avg_sum, runnable_avg_period;
>> +     u32 runnable_avg_sum, runnable_avg_period, running_avg_sum;
>
> Seeing how we use runnable_avg_period for both runnable and running,
> does it make sense to remove the runnable part of it from the name?

It's right

>
> Also, 4 byte hole here, not sure we've got anything useful to stuff in
> it though.

I can move all u32 declaration at the end of the struct unless it has
been put before any u64 for good reason

>
>>       u64 last_runnable_update;
>>       s64 decay_count;
>> -     unsigned long load_avg_contrib;
>> +     unsigned long load_avg_contrib, usage_avg_contrib;
>>  };
>>
>
> Man, I should go look at Yuyang's rewrite of this all again. I just
> tried to figure out the decay stuff and my head hurts ;-)
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