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 11:41:16 +0100
From:   Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
To:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
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 7/7/21 11:32 AM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> 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 ?

In this patch set I've proposed 0.1uW, but I'm open to drop one
order of magnitude. The 1uW still be good.