linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] sched/fair: util

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 11:20:53 +0200
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:THERMAL" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] sched/fair: util_est: update before schedutil

Hi Patrick,

On 11 May 2018 at 15:15, Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com> wrote:
> When a task is enqueue the estimated utilization of a CPU is updated
> to better support the selection of the required frequency.
> However, schedutil is (implicitly) updated by update_load_avg() which
> always happens before util_est_{en,de}queue(), thus potentially
> introducing a latency between estimated utilization updates and
> frequency selections.
>
> Let's update util_est at the beginning of enqueue_task_fair(),
> which will ensure that all schedutil updates will see the most
> updated estimated utilization value for a CPU.
>
> Reported-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>
> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 7f65ea42eb00 ("sched/fair: Add util_est on top of PELT")

Acked-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>

>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
>  - improve comment in enqueue_task_fair() (Peter)
>  - add "Fixes" tag
>  - add "Acked-by" Viresh tag
> ---