linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Simplify Util

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Message-ID: <CAKfTPtAhnH8eREUEKo_5hJszxjNhug2HjJwKzqZ99SpvsmVRfg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:55:55 +0100
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Simplify Util_est

On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 13:52, Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com> wrote:
>
> Hi Vincent,
>
> On 11/27/23 14:32, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> > Following comment in [1], I prepared a patch to remove UTIL_EST_FASTUP.
> > This enables us to simplify util_est behavior as proposed in patch 2.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAKfTPtCAZWp7tRgTpwJmyEAkyN65acmYrfu9naEUpBZVWNTcQA@mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > Vincent Guittot (2):
> >    sched/fair: Remove SCHED_FEAT(UTIL_EST_FASTUP, true)
> >    sched/fair: Simplify util_est
> >
> >   Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst |  7 +--
> >   include/linux/sched.h                 | 35 ++----------
> >   kernel/sched/debug.c                  |  7 +--
> >   kernel/sched/fair.c                   | 81 ++++++++++-----------------
> >   kernel/sched/features.h               |  1 -
> >   kernel/sched/pelt.h                   |  4 +-
> >   6 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
> >
>
> I recovered my pixel6 and applied these changes.
> No power regression in Jankbench. No performance regression in GB5.
> Better score in Chrome running Speedometer +3..5%.

Thanks for testing

>
> The code looks much more clean, without the 'struct util_est'
> (we will have to adjust our trace events to that change but it's worth).

Same for me

>
> Also, I was a bit surprised that the UTIL_EST_FASTUP wasn't helping
> that much comparing to that new 'runnable' signal for the
> underestimation corner case...
>
> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>

Thanks