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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/8] sched/cpufreq: pass sched class into cpufreq_update_util
On 16 March 2016 at 09:53, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 09:29:59AM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> I wonder if it's really worth passing per sched_class request to
>> sched_util ? sched_util is about selecting a frequency based on the
>> utilization of the CPU, it only needs a value that reflect the whole
>> utilization. Can't we sum (or whatever the formula we want to apply)
>> utilizations before calling cpufreq_update_util
>
> So I've thought the same; but I'm conflicted, its a shame to compute
> anything if the call then doesn't do anything with it.

yes, at least we shoud skip all that stuff (including adding a margin)
if no hook has been set in cpufreq_update_util.
I also see potential optimization of updating the value only if the
utilization has been decayed

>
> And keeping a structure of all the various numbers to pass in also has
> cost of yet another cacheline to touch.

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