linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 06/23] sched/core: Update the classification of the current task

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Message-ID: <YyHavf3rHNLOWF8Z@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:44:29 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri@...el.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Tim C . Chen" <tim.c.chen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 06/23] sched/core: Update the classification of the
 current task

On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 04:11:48PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:

> +	if (sched_task_classes_enabled() && user_tick)
> +		arch_update_task_class(curr, is_core_idle(cpu));

This evaluates is_core_idle() even if the hardware improves.