linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] cpufreq/schedutil: Remove iowait boost

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:07:31 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com, 
	mingo@...hat.com, rafael@...nel.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com, 
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	io-uring@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] cpufreq/schedutil: Remove iowait boost

On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 9:17 PM Christian Loehle
<christian.loehle@....com> wrote:
>
> The previous commit provides a new cpu_util_cfs_boost_io interface for
> schedutil which uses the io boosted utilization of the per-task
> tracking strategy. Schedutil iowait boosting is therefore no longer
> necessary so remove it.

I'm wondering about the cases when schedutil is used without EAS.

Are they still going to be handled as before after this change?