From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] cpufreq / sched: Pass flags to cpufreq_update_util() Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:53:59 +0200 Message-ID: <20160824045359.GB8407@kozik-book> References: <6346523.ZooER3FGDH@vostro.rjw.lan> <25822023.SGCZQcEZuy@vostro.rjw.lan> <20160820154049.GA6344@kozik-book> <92003780.FE55FOzMhP@vostro.rjw.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <92003780.FE55FOzMhP@vostro.rjw.lan> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski , Linux PM list , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Peter Zijlstra , Srinivas Pandruvada , Viresh Kumar , Steve Muckle , Juri Lelli , Ingo Molnar List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 07:30:36PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Saturday, August 20, 2016 05:40:49 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 03:08:01AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Friday, August 19, 2016 03:26:21 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki > > > > > > > > > > It is useful to know the reason why cpufreq_update_util() has just > > > > > been called and that can be passed as flags to cpufreq_update_util() > > > > > and to the ->func() callback in struct update_util_data. However, > > > > > doing that in addition to passing the util and max arguments they > > > > > already take would be clumsy, so avoid it. > > > > > > > > > > Instead, use the observation that the schedutil governor is part > > > > > of the scheduler proper, so it can access scheduler data directly. > > > > > This allows the util and max arguments of cpufreq_update_util() > > > > > and the ->func() callback in struct update_util_data to be replaced > > > > > with a flags one, but schedutil has to be modified to follow. > > > > > > > > > > Thus make the schedutil governor obtain the CFS utilization > > > > > information from the scheduler and use the "RT" and "DL" flags > > > > > instead of the special utilization value of ULONG_MAX to track > > > > > updates from the RT and DL sched classes. Make it non-modular > > > > > too to avoid having to export scheduler variables to modules at > > > > > large. > > > > > > > > > > Next, update all of the other users of cpufreq_update_util() > > > > > and the ->func() callback in struct update_util_data accordingly. > > > > > > > > > > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra > > > > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > > > v1 -> v2: Do not check cpu_of(rq) against smp_processor_id() in > > > > > cfs_rq_util_change(). > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig | 5 -- > > > > > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 2 - > > > > > drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 2 - > > > > > include/linux/sched.h | 12 ++++-- > > > > > kernel/sched/cpufreq.c | 2 - > > > > > kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------- > > > > > kernel/sched/deadline.c | 4 +- > > > > > kernel/sched/fair.c | 10 +---- > > > > > kernel/sched/rt.c | 4 +- > > > > > kernel/sched/sched.h | 31 +++++------------ > > > > > 10 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > (...) > > > > > > > > > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig > > > > > +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig > > > > > @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE > > > > > If in doubt, say N. > > > > > > > > > > config CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL > > > > > - tristate "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" > > > > > + bool "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" > > > > > > > > If you change such symbols please remember to update also all the > > > > defconfigs. Without the update they start to show errors. > > > > > > Are there defconfigs that use this particular one? > > > > Yes, ARM/multi_v7 and exynos were using this as module. Javier sent a > > patch for that and should be switched to builtin in upcoming next [1]. > > > > If you would like to base on top of that, let me know, so I would > > prepare a tag. > > I wouldn't like to rebase, but I can pull that branch depending on how > much more material there is on it. Not much, I put only the fix m->y on a separate branch. Anyway if you need it, here it is: The following changes since commit 29b4817d4018df78086157ea3a55c1d9424a7cfc: Linux 4.8-rc1 (2016-08-07 18:18:00 -0700) are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/krzk/linux.git tags/samsung-defconfig-schedutil-4.9 for you to fetch changes up to 08023fb9cec03ee2992df51fa728c3f14a1ba0ea: ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Don't attempt to enable schedutil governor as module (2016-08-19 17:50:13 +0200) ---------------------------------------------------------------- The schedutil cpufreq governor will be switched from tristate to bool. Fix defconfigs. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Javier Martinez Canillas (2): ARM: exynos_defconfig: Don't attempt to enable schedutil governor as module ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Don't attempt to enable schedutil governor as module arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig | 2 +- arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)