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From: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@semaphore.gr>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Change the calculation of
 next pstate
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 07:16:24 +0300
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On 12/05/2014 11:01 =CE=BC=CE=BC, Yuyang Du wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 06:59:42AM +0300, Stratos Karafotis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 12/05/2014 10:34 =CE=BC=CE=BC, Yuyang Du wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:30:03PM +0300, Stratos Karafotis wrote:
>>>> On 09/05/2014 05:56 =CE=BC=CE=BC, Stratos Karafotis wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Next performance state =3D min_perf + (max_perf - min_perf) * load=
 / 100
>>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This formula is fundamentally broken. You need to associate the loa=
d with its
>>> frequency.
>>
>> Could you please explain why is it broken? I think the load should b=
e
>> independent from the current frequency.
>=20
> Why independent? The load not (somewhat) determined by that?
>=20
>=20

Maybe, in some cases yes. But not always.
=46or example, please consider a CPU running a tight "for" loop in 100M=
Hz
for a couple of seconds. This produces a load of 100%.
It will produce the same load (100%) in any other frequency.


Stratos