linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] cpufreq: schedutil: remove redundant code from sugov_next_freq

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Date:   Sat, 04 Mar 2017 01:03:17 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] cpufreq: schedutil: remove redundant code from sugov_next_freq_shared()

On Thursday, March 02, 2017 02:03:22 PM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> The same code is present both within and outside the loop and it doesn't
> look like it provides any additional benefit.

Well, not quite.  This is on purpose.

Note the "if (j == smp_processor_id())" condition within the loop and think
about how the current CPU is taken into account. :-)

Thanks,
Rafael