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From: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
	"Chen, Yu C" <yu.c.chen@intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/13] sched: cpufreq: Rename map_util_perf to sugov_apply_dvfs_headroom
Date: Mon,  4 May 2026 02:59:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260504020003.71306-2-qyousef@layalina.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260504020003.71306-1-qyousef@layalina.io>

We are providing headroom for the utilization to grow until the next
decision point to pick the next frequency. Give the function a better
name and give it some documentation. It is not really mapping anything.

Also move it to cpufreq_schedutil.c. This function relies on updating
util signal appropriately to give a headroom to grow. This is tied to
schedutil and scheduler and not something that can be shared with other
governors.

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
---
 include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h    |  5 -----
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
index bdd31ab93bc5..d01755d3142f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ static inline unsigned long map_util_freq(unsigned long util,
 {
 	return freq * util / cap;
 }
-
-static inline unsigned long map_util_perf(unsigned long util)
-{
-	return util + (util >> 2);
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_CPU_FREQ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_SCHED_CPUFREQ_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 153232dd8276..f6de241fc62c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -206,12 +206,30 @@ static unsigned int get_next_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy,
 	return cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq(policy, freq);
 }
 
+/*
+ * DVFS decision are made at discrete points. If CPU stays busy, the util will
+ * continue to grow, which means it could need to run at a higher frequency
+ * before the next decision point was reached. IOW, we can't follow the util as
+ * it grows immediately, but there's a delay before we issue a request to go to
+ * higher frequency. The headroom caters for this delay so the system continues
+ * to run at adequate performance point.
+ *
+ * This function provides enough headroom to provide adequate performance
+ * assuming the CPU continues to be busy.
+ *
+ * At the moment it is a constant multiplication with 1.25.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long sugov_apply_dvfs_headroom(unsigned long util)
+{
+	return util + (util >> 2);
+}
+
 unsigned long sugov_effective_cpu_perf(int cpu, unsigned long actual,
 				 unsigned long min,
 				 unsigned long max)
 {
 	/* Add dvfs headroom to actual utilization */
-	actual = map_util_perf(actual);
+	actual = sugov_apply_dvfs_headroom(actual);
 	/* Actually we don't need to target the max performance */
 	if (actual < max)
 		max = actual;
-- 
2.34.1


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-04  2:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-04  1:59 [PATCH v2 00/13] sched/fair/schedutil: Better manage system response time Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` Qais Yousef [this message]
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] sched/pelt: Add a new function to approximate the future util_avg value Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] sched/pelt: Add a new function to approximate runtime to reach given util Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] sched/fair: Remove magic hardcoded margin in fits_capacity() Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] sched: cpufreq: Remove magic 1.25 headroom from sugov_apply_dvfs_headroom() Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] sched/fair: Extend util_est to improve rampup time Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] sched/fair: util_est: Take into account periodic tasks Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 RFC 08/13] sched/qos: Add a new sched-qos interface Qais Yousef
2026-05-06 20:38   ` Tim Chen
2026-05-07  9:55     ` Qais Yousef
2026-05-07 14:20       ` Chen, Yu C
2026-05-09  9:39         ` Qais Yousef
2026-05-11 10:57   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-12  7:58     ` Qais Yousef
2026-05-12  8:30       ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-12  8:47         ` Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] sched/qos: Add rampup multiplier QoS Qais Yousef
2026-05-11 11:03   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-12  7:59     ` Qais Yousef
2026-05-12  8:37       ` Christian Loehle
2026-05-12  8:53         ` Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] sched/fair: Disable util_est when rampup_multiplier is 0 Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] sched/fair: Don't mess with util_avg post init Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] sched/fair: Call update_util_est() after dequeue_entities() Qais Yousef
2026-05-04  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 RFC 13/13] sched/pelt: Always allow load updates Qais Yousef
2026-05-11 17:58 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] sched/fair/schedutil: Better manage system response time John Stultz
2026-05-12  8:01   ` Qais Yousef
2026-05-13 15:09 ` Tom Gebhardt
2026-05-15  1:42   ` Qais Yousef

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