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Message-ID: <20200213173602.GQ14897@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:36:02 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, juri.lelli@...hat.com, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pauld@...hat.com,
        parth@...ux.ibm.com, valentin.schneider@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/4] sched/fair: replace runnable load average by runnable
 average

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 06:46:50PM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> @@ -367,6 +367,14 @@ struct util_est {
>   * For cfs_rq, it is the aggregated load_avg of all runnable and
>   * blocked sched_entities.
>   *
> + * [runnable_avg definition]
> + *
> + *   runnable_avg = runnable%

				 * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE

right, just like we have for util_avg.

> + *
> + * where runnable% is the time ratio that a sched_entity is runnable.
> + * For cfs_rq, it is the aggregated runnable_avg of all runnable and
> + * blocked sched_entities.

Which is a verbatim repeat of the runnable% definition for load_avg,
right? Perhaps re-arrange the text such that we only have a single
definition for each symbol?

> + *
>   * [util_avg definition]
>   *
>   *   util_avg = running% * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE

Can you please split this patch in two? First remove everything
runnable_load_avg, and then introduce runnable_avg.

I didn't quickly spot anything off, and you're right that runnable vs
util is an interesting signal.

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