On 2019.02.07 03:51 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>
>
> The current iowait boosting mechanism in intel_pstate_update_util()
> is quite aggressive, as it goes to the maximum P-state right away,
> and may cause excessive amounts of energy to be used, which is not
> desirable and arguably isn't necessary too.
>
> Follow commit a5a0809bc58e ("cpufreq: schedutil: Make iowait boost
> more energy efficient") that reworked the analogous iowait boost
> mechanism in the schedutil governor and make the iowait boosting
> in intel_pstate_update_util() work along the same lines.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>
> ---
>
> -> v2:
> * Follow the Doug's suggestion and drop the immediate jump to
> max P-state if boost is max. The code is simpler this way and
> the perf impact should not be noticeable on average.
Hi Rafael,
Something has broken on my incoming e-mail sorting stuff, and I
missed this one (and some others).
This V2 is not actually what I was proposing. I was O.K. with
the immediate jump, but I didn't want the set_pstate step
by-passed if it was already at max because that would also
by-pass the trace sample, if it was enabled.
Anyway, this V2 seems O.K. to me. I tested it compared to V1
and, as you mentioned, wasn't able to detect any energy consumption
or performance differences.
... Doug
