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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@linaro.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
	Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>,
	Juri Lelli <Juri.Lelli@arm.com>,
	Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@arm.com>,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched/fair: move cpufreq hook to update_cfs_rq_load_avg()
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:20:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160401092019.GN3430@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56FD95EE.6090007@linaro.org>

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 02:26:06PM -0700, Steve Muckle wrote:
> > Can't, the way the wakeup path is constructed we would be sending the
> > IPI way before we know about utilization.
> 
> Sorry I thought we were referring to the possibility of sending an IPI
> to just run the cpufreq driver rather than to conduct the whole wakeup
> operation.
> 
> My thinking was in CFS we get rid of the (cpu == smp_processor_id())
> condition for calling the cpufreq hook.
> 
> The sched governor can then calculate utilization and frequency required
> for cpu. If (cpu == smp_processor_id()), the update is processed
> normally. If (cpu != smp_processor_id()) and the new frequency is higher
> than cpu's Fcur, the sched gov IPIs cpu to continue running the update
> operation. Otherwise, the update is dropped.
> 
> Does that sound plausible?

Can be done I suppose..

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-01  9:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-22  0:21 [PATCH 1/2] sched/fair: move cpufreq hook to update_cfs_rq_load_avg() Steve Muckle
2016-03-22  0:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] sched/fair: do not call cpufreq hook unless util changed Steve Muckle
2016-03-24 23:47   ` Sai Gurrappadi
2016-03-25  1:01     ` Steve Muckle
2016-03-25 21:24       ` Sai Gurrappadi
2016-04-23 12:57   ` [tip:sched/core] sched/fair: Do " tip-bot for Steve Muckle
2016-03-28 12:02 ` [PATCH 1/2] sched/fair: move cpufreq hook to update_cfs_rq_load_avg() Dietmar Eggemann
2016-03-28 16:34   ` Steve Muckle
2016-03-28 18:30     ` Dietmar Eggemann
2016-03-28 19:38       ` Steve Muckle
2016-03-30 19:35         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-31  1:42           ` Steve Muckle
2016-03-31  7:37             ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-31 21:26               ` Steve Muckle
2016-04-01  9:20                 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2016-04-11 19:28                   ` Steve Muckle
2016-04-11 21:20                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-12 14:29                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-12 19:38                         ` Steve Muckle
2016-04-13 14:45                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-13 17:53                             ` Steve Muckle
2016-04-13 19:39                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-13  0:08                         ` Steve Muckle
2016-04-13  4:48                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-13 16:05                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-13 16:07                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-13 18:06                                 ` Steve Muckle
2016-04-13 19:50                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-20  2:22                                     ` Steve Muckle
2016-03-31  9:27           ` Vincent Guittot
2016-03-31  9:34             ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-31  9:50               ` Vincent Guittot
2016-03-31 10:47                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-31 12:14                   ` Vincent Guittot
2016-03-31 12:34                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-31 12:50                       ` Vincent Guittot
2016-04-23 12:57 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/fair: Move " tip-bot for Steve Muckle

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