Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: cpufreq: Fix apply_dvfs_headroom() escaping uclamp constraints

[Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>]

On 09/28/23 19:50, Vincent Guittot wrote:

> > 
> > Yep, absolutely. It seems we agree that CFS shouldn't go above 800 if it is
> > capped even if there's headroom, but the question you have on the way it is
> 
> At least I want to ensure that cpufreq has the right information to make a
> smart decision. In the example above, it's not needed to go above 800 for
> neither cfs nor irq.

Okay you want to do even bigger rework :-) I thought I might have pushed some
boundary with the rework I had in mind hehe.

> I'm not in favor of showing all details to cpufreq because it will have to
> follow the internal changes. In instead, I was thinking of something like:
> 
> /* Function name to be changed */
> unsigned_long effective_cpu_util(int cpu, unsigned int *min, unsigned int *max)
> 
> The function returns the actual utilization of the CPU and some minimum and
> maximum limits with the possibility to have the min and/or Actual values > Max
> because the min would be a hard minimum value whereas max only a soft maximum
> value.
> 
> Min would be the minimum perf to provide to the cpu : typically DL_bw + irq
> Actual would be the actual utilization of the cpu: cfs+rt+dl+irq (after scaling
>   everything in the normal range)
> Max would be the maximum needed performance for normal work: typically the
> minimum between uclamp and capacity
> 
> Then cpufreq can use these 3 values to compute a performance level and it 
> will know up to which perf level it should go and if it is worth it.
> Something likr:

Okay thanks! I think I have better clarity now. Let me try to rework the
patches.


Cheers

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Qais Yousef