linux-kernel - Re: [Resend][PATCH 2/3] cpufreq: schedutil: Add iowait boosting

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Message-ID: <20160913074420.GE5008@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:44:20 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.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>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Juri Lelli <Juri.Lelli@....com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle@...aro.org>,
        Doug Smythies <doug.smythies@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Resend][PATCH 2/3] cpufreq: schedutil: Add iowait boosting

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:00:31AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> Modify the schedutil cpufreq governor to boost the CPU
> frequency if the SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT flag is passed to
> it via cpufreq_update_util().
> 
> If that happens, the frequency is set to the maximum during
> the first update after receiving the SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT flag
> and then the boost is reduced by half during each following update.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> Looks-good-to: Steve Muckle <smuckle@...aro.org>

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>