On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 06:25:07PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> +/*
> + * The SPIKE value is added to metrics when they grow and the DECAY_SHIFT
> value
> + * is used for decreasing metrics on a regular basis.
> + */
> +#define SPIKE 1024
> +#define DECAY_SHIFT 3
> + if (idx_timer >= 0) {
> + unsigned int hits = cpu_data->states[idx_timer].hits;
> + unsigned int misses = cpu_data->states[idx_timer].misses;
> +
> + hits -= hits >> DECAY_SHIFT;
> + misses -= misses >> DECAY_SHIFT;
> +
> + if (idx_timer > idx_hit) {
> + misses += SPIKE;
> + if (idx_hit >= 0)
> + cpu_data->states[idx_hit].early_hits += SPIKE;
> + } else {
> + hits += SPIKE;
> + }
> +
> + cpu_data->states[idx_timer].misses = misses;
> + cpu_data->states[idx_timer].hits = hits;
> + }
That's a pulse-density-modulator, with a signal bound of:
1024 == x/8 -> x := 8192
Anyway; I would suggest s/SPIKE/PULSE/ because of that.
