linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched/fair: Prepare variables for increased precision of EAS estimated energy

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Date:   Wed, 7 Jul 2021 12:32:40 +0200
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chris Redpath <Chris.Redpath@....com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>,
        "open list:THERMAL" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, segall@...gle.com,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        CCj.Yeh@...iatek.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched/fair: Prepare variables for increased precision
 of EAS estimated energy

On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 12:29, Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 7/7/21 11:11 AM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 12:06, Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com> wrote:
> >>
>
> [snip]
>
> >> No. It's in 0.1uW scale, so 800Watts. Which is 16 CPUs * 64Watts
> >
> > Oh! you want 0.1uW precision .... This doesn't seem realistic at all.
> > I'm not even sure that the power model can even reach an accuracy of
> > 1mW
> >
>
> True, the EM is registering platform with 1mW precision, but 1uW

Do you mean 1uW or 0.1uW ?

> precision makes more sense for internal EAS calculation. I don't
> force platforms to report 1uW power, I just want to operate on
> it internally. PowerCap and DTPM also operate internally on 1uW,
> so it's not that unrealistic that some kernel components want
> better resolution.
>
> But as Peter suggested, we might skip 32bit platforms for this issue.
> I have to discussed this internally.