Re: [PATCH 6/6] cpufreq: schedutil: New governor based on scheduler utilization data

Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-03-10T22:26:38Z

On Thursday, March 10, 2016 11:56:14 AM Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:30:08AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 05:23:54PM +0700, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> >
> > > > No, since its a compile time thing, we can simply do:
> > > >
> > > > #ifdef arch_scale_freq_capacity
> > > > next_freq = (1 + 1/n) * max_freq * (util / max)
> > > > #else
> > > > next_freq = (1 + 1/n) * current_freq * (util_raw / max)
> > > > #endif
> > >
> > > selecting formula at compilation is clearly better. I wrongly thought that
> > > it can't be accepted as a solution.
> >
> > Well, its bound to get more 'interesting' since I forse implementations
> > not always actually doing the invariant thing.
> >
> > Take for example the thing I send:
> >
> > lkml.kernel.org/r/20160303162829.GB6375@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
> >
> > it both shows why you cannot talk about current_freq but also that the
> > above needs a little more help (for the !X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF case).
> >
> > But the !arch_scale_freq_capacity case should indeed be that simple.
>
> Maybe something like:
>
> #ifdef arch_scale_freq_capacity
> #ifndef arch_scale_freq_invariant
> #define arch_scale_freq_invariant() (true)
> #endif
> #else /* arch_scale_freq_capacity */
> #define arch_scale_freq_invariant() (false)
> #endif
>
> if (arch_scale_freq_invariant())
>
> And have archs that have conditional arch_scale_freq_capacity()
> implementation provide a arch_scale_freq_invariant implementation.

Yeah, looks workable to me.