Re: [PATCH v10 1/3] cpufreq: Add mechanism for registering utilization update callbacks

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Mar 09 2016 - 08:33:03 EST



* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 10:47:22PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Introduce a mechanism by which parts of the cpufreq subsystem
> > ("setpolicy" drivers or the core) can register callbacks to be
> > executed from cpufreq_update_util() which is invoked by the
> > scheduler's update_load_avg() on CPU utilization changes.
> >
> > This allows the "setpolicy" drivers to dispense with their timers
> > and do all of the computations they need and frequency/voltage
> > adjustments in the update_load_avg() code path, among other things.
> >
> > The update_load_avg() changes were suggested by Peter Zijlstra.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/linux/cpufreq.h | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > kernel/sched/deadline.c | 4 ++++
> > kernel/sched/fair.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > kernel/sched/rt.c | 4 ++++
> > kernel/sched/sched.h | 1 +
> > 6 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
>
> So with the understanding that we'll work on getting rid of
> cpufreq_trigger_update().
>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'm happy with the latest iteration and with the general direction as well!

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Ingo