On Friday, August 19, 2016 03:26:21 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]> > > > > 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 <[email protected]> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]> > > --- > > > > 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? Thanks, Rafael
