Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] sched/fair, cpufreq: Introduce 'runnable boosting'

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 12:10:29PM +0200, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> index e3211455b203..3b902f533214 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> @@ -155,10 +155,11 @@ static unsigned int get_next_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy,
>  
>  static void sugov_get_util(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu)
>  {
> +	unsigned long util = cpu_util_cfs(sg_cpu->cpu, 1);
>  	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(sg_cpu->cpu);
>  
>  	sg_cpu->bw_dl = cpu_bw_dl(rq);
> -	sg_cpu->util = effective_cpu_util(sg_cpu->cpu, cpu_util_cfs(sg_cpu->cpu),
> +	sg_cpu->util = effective_cpu_util(sg_cpu->cpu, util,
>  					  FREQUENCY_UTIL, NULL);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 1220cfbee258..3a10fe5988d6 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c

> @@ -7355,7 +7362,7 @@ eenv_pd_max_util(struct energy_env *eenv, struct cpumask *pd_cpus,
>  
>  	for_each_cpu(cpu, pd_cpus) {
>  		struct task_struct *tsk = (cpu == dst_cpu) ? p : NULL;
> -		unsigned long util = cpu_util(cpu, p, dst_cpu);
> +		unsigned long util = cpu_util(cpu, p, dst_cpu, 1);
>  		unsigned long cpu_util;
>  
>  		/*

> @@ -10561,7 +10568,7 @@ static struct rq *find_busiest_queue(struct lb_env *env,
>  			break;
>  
>  		case migrate_util:
> -			util = cpu_util_cfs(i);
> +			util = cpu_util_cfs(i, 1);
>  
>  			/*
>  			 * Don't try to pull utilization from a CPU with one

When you move that comment from cpu_util_cfs() to cpu_util() please also
add a paragraph about why boost=1 and why these locations, because I'm
sure we're going to be asking ouselves that at some point.