Re: [PATCH 1/4] sched/fair: Be less aggressive in calling cpufreq_update_util()

[Lukasz Luba]

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