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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 06/16] arm: topology: Define TC2 sched energy and provide it to scheduler
On Mon, 9 Jun 2014, Morten Rasmussen wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 03:33:58AM +0100, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > > In any case, even with turbo frequencies, switching power use is
> > > probably an order of magnitude higher than leakage current power use,
> > > on any marketable chip, so we should concentrate on being able to
> > > cover this first order effect (P/work ~ V^2), before considering any
> > > second order effects (leakage current).
> >
> > Just so that people are aware... We'll have to introduce thermal
> > constraint management into the scheduler mix as well at some point.
> > Right now what we have is an ad hoc subsystem that simply monitors
> > temperature and apply crude cooling strategies when some thresholds are
> > met. But a better strategy would imply thermal "provisioning".
>
> There is already work going on to improve thermal management:
>
> http://lwn.net/Articles/599598/
>
> The proposal is based on power/energy models (too). The goal is to
> allocate power intelligently based on performance requirements.

Ah, great! I missed that.

> While it is related to energy-aware scheduling and I fully agree that it
> is something we need to consider, I think it is worth developing the two
> ideas in parallel and look at sharing things like the power model later
> once things mature. Energy-aware scheduling is complex enough on its
> own to keep us entertained for a while :-)

Absolutely. This is why I said "at some point".


Nicolas


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