Re: [PATCH v3] sched/fair: unlink misfit task from cpu overutilized

From: Qais Yousef
Date: Tue Jan 17 2023 - 11:39:03 EST


On 01/16/23 09:07, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:

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> Not sure if people get what `performance requirements` mean here? I know
> we want to use `performance` rather `bandwidth hint` to describe what
> uclamp is. So shouldn't we use `utilization but also uclamp`?

We do have the uclamp doc now which explains this, no? I'm not keen on
utilization because it's an overloaded term. In the context of uclamp
- utilization _signal_ in the scheduler is used to indicate performance
requirements of a workload, no?

Using 'uclamp hint' if you found it really confusing, is fine by me. But I'd
rather steer away from 'bandwidth' or 'utilization' when describing uclamp and
its intention.

I like using performance requirements because it enforces what this hint
actually means.


Cheers

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Qais Yousef