Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] sched/uclamp: Ignore (util == 0) optimization in feec() when p_util_max = 0

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Tue Feb 07 2023 - 05:04:18 EST


On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 at 23:43, Qais Yousef <qyousef@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> find_energy_efficient_cpu() bails out early if effective util of the
> task is 0. When uclamp is being used, this could lead to wrong decisions
> when uclamp_max is set to 0. Cater for that.
>
> Fixes: d81304bc6193 ("sched/uclamp: Cater for uclamp in find_energy_efficient_cpu()'s early exit condition")
> Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 7a21ee74139f..a8c3d92ff3f6 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -7374,7 +7374,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
> target = prev_cpu;
>
> sync_entity_load_avg(&p->se);
> - if (!uclamp_task_util(p, p_util_min, p_util_max))
> + if (!uclamp_task_util(p, p_util_min, p_util_max) && p_util_max != 0)

The below should do the same without testing twice p_util_max:
uclamp_task_util(p, p_util_min, ULONG_MAX)


> goto unlock;
>
> eenv_task_busy_time(&eenv, p, prev_cpu);
> --
> 2.25.1
>