Re: [PATCH 1/4] cpufreq: Add a cpufreq pressure feedback for the scheduler

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Thu Dec 14 2023 - 02:57:30 EST


On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 06:43, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12-12-23, 15:27, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> > @@ -2618,6 +2663,9 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> > policy->max = __resolve_freq(policy, policy->max, CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
> > trace_cpu_frequency_limits(policy);
> >
> > + cpus = policy->related_cpus;
> > + cpufreq_update_pressure(cpus, policy->max);
> > +
> > policy->cached_target_freq = UINT_MAX;
>
> One more question, why are you doing this from cpufreq_set_policy ? If
> due to cpufreq cooling or from userspace, we end up limiting the
> maximum possible frequency, will this routine always get called ?

Yes, any update of a FREQ_QOS_MAX ends up calling cpufreq_set_policy()
to update the policy->max


>
> --
> viresh