2017-11-30 15:46:07

by Patrick Bellasi

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] cpufreq: schedutil: ensure max frequency while running RT/DL tasks

On 30-Nov 14:17, Juri Lelli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 30/11/17 11:47, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > @@ -340,6 +349,7 @@ static void sugov_update_shared(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
> > struct sugov_policy *sg_policy = sg_cpu->sg_policy;
> > unsigned long util, max;
> > unsigned int next_f;
> > + bool rt_mode;
> >
> > sugov_get_util(&util, &max, sg_cpu->cpu);
> >
> > @@ -353,17 +363,27 @@ static void sugov_update_shared(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
> > sg_cpu->flags = 0;
> > goto done;
> > }
> > - sg_cpu->flags = flags;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * While RT/DL tasks are running we do not want FAIR tasks to
> > + * overwrite this CPU's flags, still we can update utilization and
> > + * frequency (if required/possible) to be fair with these tasks.
> > + */
> > + rt_mode = task_has_dl_policy(current) ||
> > + task_has_rt_policy(current) ||
> > + (flags & SCHED_CPUFREQ_RT_DL);
> > + if (rt_mode)
> > + sg_cpu->flags |= flags;
> > + else
> > + sg_cpu->flags = flags;
> >
> > sugov_set_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
> > sg_cpu->last_update = time;
> >
> > if (sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time)) {
> > - if (flags & SCHED_CPUFREQ_RT_DL)
> > - next_f = sg_policy->policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
> > - else
> > - next_f = sugov_next_freq_shared(sg_cpu, time);
> > -
> > + next_f = rt_mode
> > + ? sg_policy->policy->cpuinfo.max_freq
> > + : sugov_next_freq_shared(sg_cpu, time);
> > sugov_update_commit(sg_policy, time, next_f);
>
> Aren't we already at max_freq at this point (since an RT/DL task is
> running)? Do we need to trigger a frequency update?

I think that's required to cover the first time we enter rt_mode in
order to jump to max OPP.

If we are already at max OPP, sugov_update_commit() will just bail out
without doing anything.

Am I missing something?

>
> Best,
>
> Juri

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Patrick Bellasi

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