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Date:   Mon, 21 May 2018 15:22:55 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
To:     Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@arm.com>
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] cpufreq: schedutil: Cleanup and document iowait
 boost
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On 21-05-18, 09:51, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> +static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
> +			       unsigned int flags)
> +{
> +	bool set_iowait_boost = flags & SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT;
> +
> +	/* Reset boost if the CPU appears to have been idle enough */
> +	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost &&
> +	    sugov_iowait_reset(sg_cpu, time, set_iowait_boost))
> +		return;
> +
> +	/* Boost only tasks waking up after IO */
> +	if (!set_iowait_boost)
> +		return;
> +
> +	/* Ensure boost doubles only one time at each request */
> +	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending)
> +		return;
> +	sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = true;
> +
> +	/* Double the boost at each request */
> +	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost) {
> +		sg_cpu->iowait_boost <<= 1;
> +		if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost > sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max)
> +			sg_cpu->iowait_boost = sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max;
> +		return;

Maybe add "else" part of the if block and drop the "return" statement
here ?

>  	}
> +
> +	/* First wakeup after IO: start with minimum boost */
> +	sg_cpu->iowait_boost = sg_cpu->sg_policy->policy->min;
>  }


> +static void sugov_iowait_apply(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
> +			       unsigned long *util, unsigned long *max)
>  {
>  	unsigned int boost_util, boost_max;
>  
> +	/* No boost currently required */
>  	if (!sg_cpu->iowait_boost)
>  		return;
>  
> +	/* Reset boost if the CPU appears to have been idle enough */
> +	if (sugov_iowait_reset(sg_cpu, time, false))
> +		return;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * An IO waiting task has just woken up:
> +	 * allow to further double the boost value
> +	 */
>  	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending) {
>  		sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = false;
>  	} else {
> +		/*
> +		 * Otherwise: reduce the boost value and disable it when we
> +		 * reach the minimum.
> +		 */
>  		sg_cpu->iowait_boost >>= 1;
>  		if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost < sg_cpu->sg_policy->policy->min) {
>  			sg_cpu->iowait_boost = 0;
> @@ -247,9 +322,12 @@ static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, unsigned long *util,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Apply the current boost value: a CPU is boosted only if its current
> +	 * utilization is smaller then the current IO boost level.
> +	 */
>  	boost_util = sg_cpu->iowait_boost;
>  	boost_max = sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max;
> -

Maybe keep this blank line as is ?

>  	if (*util * boost_max < *max * boost_util) {
>  		*util = boost_util;
>  		*max = boost_max;

Otherwise looks good.

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

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viresh