linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] sched/pelt: Add a new function to approximate the future util

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Date: Mon,  5 Feb 2024 22:33:42 +0000
From: Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>,
	Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com>,
	Rick Yiu <rickyiu@...gle.com>,
	Chung-Kai Mei <chungkai@...gle.com>,
	Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] sched/pelt: Add a new function to approximate the future util_avg value

Given a util_avg value, the new function will return the future one
given a runtime delta.

This will be useful in later patches to help replace some magic margins
with more deterministic behavior.

Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
---
 kernel/sched/pelt.c  | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 kernel/sched/sched.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/pelt.c b/kernel/sched/pelt.c
index 63b6cf898220..81555a8288be 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/pelt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/pelt.c
@@ -466,4 +466,24 @@ int update_irq_load_avg(struct rq *rq, u64 running)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_SCHED_AVG_IRQ */
+
+/*
+ * Approximate the new util_avg value assuming an entity has continued to run
+ * for @delta us.
+ */
+unsigned long approximate_util_avg(unsigned long util, u64 delta)
+{
+	struct sched_avg sa = {
+		.util_sum = util * PELT_MIN_DIVIDER,
+		.util_avg = util,
+	};
+
+	if (unlikely(!delta))
+		return util;
+
+	accumulate_sum(delta, &sa, 1, 0, 1);
+	___update_load_avg(&sa, 0);
+
+	return sa.util_avg;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index e58a54bda77d..1c15ff5ef5a4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3002,6 +3002,7 @@ unsigned long sugov_effective_cpu_perf(int cpu, unsigned long actual,
 				 unsigned long min,
 				 unsigned long max);
 
+unsigned long approximate_util_avg(unsigned long util, u64 delta);
 
 /*
  * Verify the fitness of task @p to run on @cpu taking into account the
-- 
2.34.1