Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] cpufreq / sched: cpufreq_update_util() flags and iowait boosting

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Aug 08 2016 - 08:55:50 EST


On Monday, August 08, 2016 01:08:22 PM Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 06:30:27PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL m -> y
>
> > > ERROR: "runqueues" [kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.ko] undefined!
>
> > There are some export_symbol declarations missing, I'll fix that up.
>
> Do you really need that thing to be a module? I would raelly like to not
> export runqueues. People have had 'crazy' ideas in the past.

It doesn't have to be a module, but it is today.

Well, I guess accessing scheduler data directly is a good enough resone for
making it non-modular. :-)

Thanks,
Rafael