Re: [PATCH] base: arch_topology: Use policy->max to calculate freq_factor

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Nov 16 2021 - 14:06:15 EST


On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 9:10 PM Thara Gopinath
<thara.gopinath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> cpuinfo.max_freq can reflect boost frequency if enabled during boot. Since
> we don't consider boost frequencies while calculating cpu capacities, use
> policy->max to populate the freq_factor during boot up.

I'm not sure about this. schedutil uses cpuinfo.max_freq as the max frequency.

> Signed-off-by: Thara Gopinath <thara.gopinath@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> index 43407665918f..df818b439bc3 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ init_cpu_capacity_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
> cpumask_andnot(cpus_to_visit, cpus_to_visit, policy->related_cpus);
>
> for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->related_cpus)
> - per_cpu(freq_factor, cpu) = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq / 1000;
> + per_cpu(freq_factor, cpu) = policy->max / 1000;
>
> if (cpumask_empty(cpus_to_visit)) {
> topology_normalize_cpu_scale();
> --
> 2.25.1
>