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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sched/fair: Introduce fits_capacity()
On 18-06-19, 09:26, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 5:12 AM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > +Rafael
> >
> > On 17-06-19, 17:02, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 08:22:04AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > > > Hmm, even if the values are same currently I am not sure if we want
> > > > the same for ever. I will write a patch for it though, if Peter/Rafael
> > > > feel the same as you.
> > >
> > > Is it really the same variable or just two numbers that happen to be the
> > > same?
> >
> > In both cases we are trying to keep the load under 80% of what can be supported.
> > But I am not sure of the answer to your question.
> >
> > Maybe Rafael knows :)
>
> Which variable?

Schedutil multiplies the target frequency by 1.25 (20% more capacity eventually)
to get enough room for more load and similar thing is done in fair.c at several
places to see if the new task can fit in a runqueue without overloading it.

Quentin suggested to use common code for this calculation and that is what is
getting discussed here.

--
viresh

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