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From: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@linaro.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] cpufreq: Replace timers with utilization update callbacks
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:03:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160210140315.GD11415@e106622-lin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJZ5v0gWV+Qc2CM6YN90=s+TE2HCDOZVCRH7nOrKFW+kGiOpDA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/02/16 14:23, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> wrote:
> > Hi Rafael,
> >
> > On 09/02/16 21:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> +/**
> >> + * cpufreq_update_util - Take a note about CPU utilization changes.
> >> + * @util: Current utilization.
> >> + * @max: Utilization ceiling.
> >> + *
> >> + * This function is called by the scheduler on every invocation of
> >> + * update_load_avg() on the CPU whose utilization is being updated.
> >> + */
> >> +void cpufreq_update_util(unsigned long util, unsigned long max)
> >> +{
> >> +     struct update_util_data *data;
> >> +
> >> +     rcu_read_lock();
> >> +
> >> +     data = rcu_dereference(*this_cpu_ptr(&cpufreq_update_util_data));
> >> +     if (data && data->func)
> >> +             data->func(data, cpu_clock(smp_processor_id()), util, max);
> >
> > Are util and max used anywhere?
> 
> They aren't yet, but they will be.
> 
> Maybe not in this cycle (it it takes too much time to integrate the
> preliminary changes), but we definitely are going to use those
> numbers.
> 

Oh OK. However, I was under the impression that this set was only
proposing a way to get rid of timers and use the scheduler as heartbeat
for cpufreq governors. The governors' sample based approach wouldn't
change, though. Am I wrong in assuming this?

Also, is linux-pm/bleeding-edge the one I want to fetch to try this set
out?

Thanks,

- Juri

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-10 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 134+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-29 22:52 [PATCH 0/3] cpufreq: Replace timers with utilization update callbacks Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-29 22:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] cpufreq: Add a mechanism for registering " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-04  3:31   ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-29 22:56 ` [PATCH 2/3] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Replace timers with " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-29 22:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] cpufreq: governor: " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-03  1:16   ` [Update][PATCH " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-04  4:49     ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-04 10:54       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-05  1:28     ` [PATCH 3/3 v3] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-05  6:50       ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-05 13:36         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-05 14:47           ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-05 23:10             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-07  9:10               ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-07 14:43                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-08  2:08                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-08 11:52                     ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-08 12:52                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-08 13:40                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-05 23:01           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-06  3:40       ` [PATCH 3/3 v4] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-07  9:20         ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-07 14:36           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-07 14:50         ` [PATCH 3/3 v5] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-07 15:36           ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-09 10:01           ` Gautham R Shenoy
2016-02-09 18:49             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-03 22:20 ` [PATCH 0/3] cpufreq: " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-04  0:08   ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2016-02-04 17:16     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-04 10:51   ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-04 17:19     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-08 23:06   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-09  0:39     ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-09  1:01       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-09 20:05         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10  1:02           ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-10  1:57             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10  3:09               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 19:47                 ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-10 21:49                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 22:07                     ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-10 22:12                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 11:59             ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-11 12:24               ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-11 15:26                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-11 18:23                   ` Vincent Guittot
2016-02-12 14:04                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-12 14:48                       ` Vincent Guittot
2016-03-01 13:58                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-01 14:17                           ` Juri Lelli
2016-03-01 14:24                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-01 14:26                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-01 14:42                                 ` Juri Lelli
2016-03-01 15:04                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-01 19:49                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-03-01 14:58                           ` Vincent Guittot
2016-02-11 17:06               ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-11 17:30                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-11 17:34                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 17:38                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-11 18:52                   ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-11 19:04                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12 13:43                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12 14:10                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-12 16:01                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12 16:15                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12 16:53                           ` Ashwin Chaugule
2016-02-12 23:14                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12 17:02                         ` Doug Smythies
2016-02-12 23:17                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 12:33           ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-10 13:23             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 14:03               ` Juri Lelli [this message]
2016-02-10 14:26                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 14:46                   ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-10 15:46                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 16:05                       ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-11 11:51           ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-11 12:08             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 15:29               ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-11 15:58                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 20:47               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 15:21   ` [PATCH v6 1/3] cpufreq: Add mechanism for registering " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 23:01     ` [PATCH v7 " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 17:30       ` [PATCH v8 " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12 13:16         ` [PATCH v9 " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-15 21:47           ` [PATCH v10 " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-18 20:22             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-19  8:09               ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-19 16:42                 ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2016-02-19 17:26                   ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-19 22:26                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-22  9:42                       ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-22 21:41                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-23 11:10                           ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-24  1:52                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-22 10:45                       ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-19 17:28                   ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-19 22:35                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-23  3:58                       ` Steve Muckle
2016-02-22 10:52                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-22 14:33                       ` Vincent Guittot
2016-02-22 15:31                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-22 14:40                       ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-22 15:42                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-22 21:46                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-19 22:14                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-22  9:32                   ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-22 21:26                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-23 11:01                       ` Juri Lelli
2016-02-24  2:01                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-03-08 19:24                           ` Michael Turquette
2016-03-08 20:40                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]                               ` <20160308220632.4103.13377@quark.deferred.io>
2016-03-08 22:43                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-03-09 12:35             ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-09 13:22               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-03-09 13:32               ` Ingo Molnar
2016-03-09 13:39                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-03-10  2:12               ` Vincent Guittot
2016-02-10 15:25   ` [PATCH v6 2/3] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Replace timers with " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 15:36   ` [PATCH v6 3/3] cpufreq: governor: " Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10 23:11   ` [PATCH v6 0/3] cpufreq: " Doug Smythies
2016-02-10 23:17     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 22:50       ` Doug Smythies
2016-02-11 23:28         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12  1:02           ` Doug Smythies
2016-02-12  1:20             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12  7:25         ` Doug Smythies
2016-02-12 13:39           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-12 17:33             ` Doug Smythies
2016-02-12 23:21               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11  6:02     ` Srinivas Pandruvada

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