From fd187aaf980c45f1d16a94a846faa68e24de03c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:01:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [CPUFREQ] use max load in conservative governor
Instead of using the load of the last CPU in a package, use the
maximum load of all CPUs in a package.
Reported-by: Jean-Christian Goussard <jeanchristian.goussard@sfr.fr>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index 599a40b25cb0..3a147874a465 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ static struct attribute_group dbs_attr_group_old = {
static void dbs_check_cpu(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info)
{
unsigned int load = 0;
+ unsigned int max_load = 0;
unsigned int freq_target;
struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
@@ -501,6 +502,9 @@ static void dbs_check_cpu(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info)
continue;
load = 100 * (wall_time - idle_time) / wall_time;
+
+ if (load > max_load)
+ max_load = load;
}
/*
@@ -511,7 +515,7 @@ static void dbs_check_cpu(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info)
return;
/* Check for frequency increase */
- if (load > dbs_tuners_ins.up_threshold) {
+ if (max_load > dbs_tuners_ins.up_threshold) {
this_dbs_info->down_skip = 0;
/* if we are already at full speed then break out early */
@@ -538,7 +542,7 @@ static void dbs_check_cpu(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info)
* can support the current CPU usage without triggering the up
* policy. To be safe, we focus 10 points under the threshold.
*/
- if (load < (dbs_tuners_ins.down_threshold - 10)) {
+ if (max_load < (dbs_tuners_ins.down_threshold - 10)) {
freq_target = (dbs_tuners_ins.freq_step * policy->max) / 100;
this_dbs_info->requested_freq -= freq_target;
--
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