From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Quentin Perret <quentin.perret@arm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
rjw@rjwysocki.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
mingo@redhat.com, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com,
morten.rasmussen@arm.com, chris.redpath@arm.com,
patrick.bellasi@arm.com, valentin.schneider@arm.com,
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joel@joelfernandes.org, smuckle@google.com,
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pkondeti@codeaurora.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
edubezval@gmail.com, srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com,
currojerez@riseup.net, javi.merino@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 10/15] sched: Introduce a sysctl for Energy Aware Scheduling
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:03:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181213140358.GJ5289@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181211144901.hio4b6aw3esw3cgw@queper01-lin>
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 02:49:01PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote:
> Hi Ingo,
>
> On Tuesday 11 Dec 2018 at 15:15:09 (+0100), Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Quentin Perret <quentin.perret@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In its current state, Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS) starts automatically
> > > on asymmetric platforms having an Energy Model (EM). However, there are
> > > users who want to have an EM (for thermal management for example), but
> > > don't want EAS with it.
> >
> > Well, then introduce a new Kconfig variant for EAS, if it's super
> > important to allow this to be disabled.
> >
> > Why do we want to disable it - is it not reliable in some circumstances?
>
> There are people out there using big.little systems who do not care
> about energy. Not very many of them, that is true, but they exist. And
> those people can be interested in having an Energy Model for
> IPA/thermal but also want to spread tasks to minimize latency for
> example. So those guys will appreciate a knob, I think. Otherwise EAS
> gets enabled/disabled only by side effects (by enabling/disabling
> schedutil for example).
Right, also we have a sysctl for numa-balancing, I figured having one
for eas would not be weird.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-13 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-03 9:56 [PATCH v10 00/15] Energy Aware Scheduling Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 01/15] sched: Relocate arch_scale_cpu_capacity Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:32 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/topology: Relocate arch_scale_cpu_capacity() to the internal header tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 02/15] sched/cpufreq: Prepare schedutil for Energy Aware Scheduling Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 12:01 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2018-12-11 12:17 ` Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 12:22 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2018-12-11 12:24 ` Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:33 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 03/15] PM: Introduce an Energy Model management framework Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:33 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 04/15] PM / EM: Expose the Energy Model in sysfs Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 14:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-11 15:04 ` Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 05/15] sched/topology: Reference the Energy Model of CPUs when available Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:34 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 06/15] sched/topology: Lowest CPU asymmetry sched_domain level pointer Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:34 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/topology: Add lowest " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 07/15] sched/topology: Disable EAS on inappropriate platforms Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:35 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 08/15] sched/topology: Make Energy Aware Scheduling depend on schedutil Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:36 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 09/15] sched: Introduce sched_energy_present static key Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:36 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/toplogy: Introduce the 'sched_energy_present' " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-13 13:56 ` Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 10/15] sched: Introduce a sysctl for Energy Aware Scheduling Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 14:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-11 14:49 ` Quentin Perret
2018-12-13 14:03 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-01-21 11:35 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/topology: " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2019-01-21 13:51 ` tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2019-01-27 11:34 ` tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 11/15] sched/fair: Clean-up update_sg_lb_stats parameters Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:37 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 12/15] sched: Add over-utilization/tipping point indicator Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:37 ` [tip:sched/core] sched/fair: " tip-bot for Morten Rasmussen
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 13/15] sched/fair: Introduce an energy estimation helper function Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:38 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 14/15] sched/fair: Select an energy-efficient CPU on task wake-up Quentin Perret
2018-12-11 15:39 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Quentin Perret
2018-12-03 9:56 ` [PATCH v10 15/15] OPTIONAL: cpufreq: dt: Register an Energy Model Quentin Perret
2019-01-08 20:38 ` Matthias Kaehlcke
2019-01-09 10:57 ` Quentin Perret
2019-01-09 18:14 ` Matthias Kaehlcke
2019-01-10 9:08 ` Quentin Perret
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