linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 3/7] Improve the tracking of active utilisation

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 19:00:29 +0200
From:	luca abeni <luca.abeni@...tn.it>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 3/7] Improve the tracking of active utilisation

Hi Peter,

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:42:18 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 05:12:29PM +0200, Luca Abeni wrote:
> > +static void task_go_inactive(struct task_struct *p)
> > +{
> > +	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se = &p->dl;
> > +	struct hrtimer *timer = &dl_se->inactive_timer;
> > +	struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se);
> > +	struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq);
> > +	ktime_t now, act;
> > +	s64 delta;
> > +	u64 zerolag_time;
> 
> 	s64 zerolag_time;
Ok.

[...]
> Would something like:
> 
> 	zerolag_time -= rq_clock(rq);
> 
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If the "0-lag time" already passed, decrease the active
> > +	 * utilization now, instead of starting a timer
> > +	 */
> > +	if (ktime_us_delta(act, now) < 0) {
> 
> 	if (zerolag_time < 0)
> 
> > +		sub_running_bw(dl_se, dl_rq);
> > +		if (!dl_task(p))
> > +			__dl_clear_params(p);
> > +
> > +		return;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	get_task_struct(p);
> > +	hrtimer_start(timer, act, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
> 
> 	hrtimer_start(timer, ns_to_ktime(zerolag), HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> 
> > +}
> 
> Not be simpler ?
I think I blindly copied this code from the deadline timer, but yes,
you are right, I am doing a lot of useless conversions here. I'll fix
this.



			Thanks,
				Luca