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author | Vincent Guittot | 2023-10-09 12:36:16 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar | 2023-10-09 12:59:48 +0200 |
commit | 7bc263840bc3377186cb06b003ac287bb2f18ce2 (patch) | |
tree | 1b1e2ea78cc73c98cb56ebdd1c7add108f157c35 /Documentation/scheduler | |
parent | 089768dfeb3ab294f9ab6a1f2462001f0f879fbb (diff) |
sched/topology: Consolidate and clean up access to a CPU's max compute capacity
Remove the rq::cpu_capacity_orig field and use arch_scale_cpu_capacity()
instead.
The scheduler uses 3 methods to get access to a CPU's max compute capacity:
- arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu) which is the default way to get a CPU's capacity.
- cpu_capacity_orig field which is periodically updated with
arch_scale_cpu_capacity().
- capacity_orig_of(cpu) which encapsulates rq->cpu_capacity_orig.
There is no real need to save the value returned by arch_scale_cpu_capacity()
in struct rq. arch_scale_cpu_capacity() returns:
- either a per_cpu variable.
- or a const value for systems which have only one capacity.
Remove rq::cpu_capacity_orig and use arch_scale_cpu_capacity() everywhere.
No functional changes.
Some performance tests on Arm64:
- small SMP device (hikey): no noticeable changes
- HMP device (RB5): hackbench shows minor improvement (1-2%)
- large smp (thx2): hackbench and tbench shows minor improvement (1%)
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231009103621.374412-2-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/scheduler')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst index e2c1cf743158..de414b33dd2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst @@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ per Hz, leading to:: ------------------- Two different capacity values are used within the scheduler. A CPU's -``capacity_orig`` is its maximum attainable capacity, i.e. its maximum -attainable performance level. A CPU's ``capacity`` is its ``capacity_orig`` to -which some loss of available performance (e.g. time spent handling IRQs) is -subtracted. +``original capacity`` is its maximum attainable capacity, i.e. its maximum +attainable performance level. This original capacity is returned by +the function arch_scale_cpu_capacity(). A CPU's ``capacity`` is its ``original +capacity`` to which some loss of available performance (e.g. time spent +handling IRQs) is subtracted. Note that a CPU's ``capacity`` is solely intended to be used by the CFS class, -while ``capacity_orig`` is class-agnostic. The rest of this document will use -the term ``capacity`` interchangeably with ``capacity_orig`` for the sake of +while ``original capacity`` is class-agnostic. The rest of this document will use +the term ``capacity`` interchangeably with ``original capacity`` for the sake of brevity. 1.3 Platform examples |