Re: [PATCH 0/5] Rework system pressure interface to the scheduler

[Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>]

On 12/14/23 08:29, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 09:21, Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Vincent,
>>
>> I've been waiting for this feature, thanks!
>>
>>
>> On 12/12/23 14:27, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>> Following the consolidation and cleanup of CPU capacity in [1], this serie
>>> reworks how the scheduler gets the pressures on CPUs. We need to take into
>>> account all pressures applied by cpufreq on the compute capacity of a CPU
>>> for dozens of ms or more and not only cpufreq cooling device or HW
>>> mitigiations. we split the pressure applied on CPU's capacity in 2 parts:
>>> - one from cpufreq and freq_qos
>>> - one from HW high freq mitigiation.
>>>
>>> The next step will be to add a dedicated interface for long standing
>>> capping of the CPU capacity (i.e. for seconds or more) like the
>>> scaling_max_freq of cpufreq sysfs. The latter is already taken into
>>> account by this serie but as a temporary pressure which is not always the
>>> best choice when we know that it will happen for seconds or more.
>>>
>>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231211104855.558096-1-vincent.guittot@linaro.org/
>>>
>>> Vincent Guittot (4):
>>>     cpufreq: Add a cpufreq pressure feedback for the scheduler
>>>     sched: Take cpufreq feedback into account
>>>     thermal/cpufreq: Remove arch_update_thermal_pressure()
>>>     sched: Rename arch_update_thermal_pressure into
>>>       arch_update_hw_pressure
>>>
>>>    arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h               |  6 +--
>>>    arch/arm64/include/asm/topology.h             |  6 +--
>>>    drivers/base/arch_topology.c                  | 26 ++++-----
>>>    drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c                     | 48 +++++++++++++++++
>>>    drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c             |  4 +-
>>>    drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c             |  3 --
>>>    include/linux/arch_topology.h                 |  8 +--
>>>    include/linux/cpufreq.h                       | 10 ++++
>>>    include/linux/sched/topology.h                |  8 +--
>>>    .../{thermal_pressure.h => hw_pressure.h}     | 14 ++---
>>>    include/trace/events/sched.h                  |  2 +-
>>>    init/Kconfig                                  | 12 ++---
>>>    kernel/sched/core.c                           |  8 +--
>>>    kernel/sched/fair.c                           | 53 ++++++++++---------
>>>    kernel/sched/pelt.c                           | 18 +++----
>>>    kernel/sched/pelt.h                           | 16 +++---
>>>    kernel/sched/sched.h                          |  4 +-
>>>    17 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
>>>    rename include/trace/events/{thermal_pressure.h => hw_pressure.h} (55%)
>>>
>>
>> I would like to test it, but something worries me. Why there is 0/5 in
>> this subject and only 4 patches?
> 
> I removed a patch from the series but copied/pasted the cover letter
> subject without noticing the /5 instead of /4

OK

> 
>>
>> Could you tell me your base branch that I can apply this, please?
> 
> It applies on top of tip/sched/core + [1]
> and you can find it here:
> https://git.linaro.org/people/vincent.guittot/kernel.git/log/?h=sched/system-pressure

Thanks for the info and handy link.

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