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Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2023 10:05:38 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] sched/fair: Be less aggressive in calling
 cpufreq_update_util()
To:     Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
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        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
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From:   Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
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Hi Qais,

On 12/8/23 01:52, Qais Yousef wrote:

[snip]

> @@ -6704,14 +6677,6 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
>   	 */
>   	util_est_enqueue(&rq->cfs, p);
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * If in_iowait is set, the code below may not trigger any cpufreq
> -	 * utilization updates, so do it here explicitly with the IOWAIT flag
> -	 * passed.
> -	 */
> -	if (p->in_iowait)
> -		cpufreq_update_util(rq, SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT);
> -

Why this io wait boost is considered as the $subject says 'aggressive'
calling?

Regards,
Lukasz