linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] cpufreq: governor: Fix nice contribution computation in dbs_check

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:59:13 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] cpufreq: governor: Fix nice contribution computation
 in dbs_check_cpu()

On 15-02-16, 02:15, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> The contribution of the CPU nice time to the idle time in dbs_check_cpu()
> is computed in a bogus way, as the code may subtract current and previous
> nice values for different CPUs.
> 
> That doesn't matter for cases when cpufreq policies are not shared,
> but may lead to problems otherwise.
> 
> Fix the computation and simplify it to avoid taking unnecessary steps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c |   18 +++---------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh