util_est is mainly meant to be a lower-bound for tasks utilization. That's why task_util_est() returns the actual util_avg when it's higher than the estimated utilization. With new invaraince signal and without any special check on samples collection, if a task is limited because of thermal capping for example, we could end up overestimating its utilization and thus perhaps generating an unwanted frequency spike when the capping is relaxed... and (even worst) it will take some more activations for the estimated utilization to converge back to the actual utilization. Since we cannot easily know if there is idle time in a CPU when a task completes an activation with a utilization higher then the CPU capacity, we skip the sampling when utilization is higher than CPU's capacity. Suggested-by: Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: bsegall@google.com Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com Cc: pjt@google.com Cc: pkondeti@codeaurora.org Cc: quentin.perret@arm.com Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net Cc: srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com Cc: thara.gopinath@linaro.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1548257214-13745-4-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> |
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README
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.