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Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active utilization

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On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:47:15 +0100
luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> wrote:

> Ok... Since I am not good at ascii art, would it be ok to add a textual
> description? If yes, I'll add a comment like:
> "
> The utilization of a task is added to the runqueue's active utilization
> when the task becomes active (is enqueued in the runqueue), and is
> removed when the task becomes inactive. A task does not become
> immediately inactive when it blocks, but becomes inactive at the so
> called "0 lag time"; so, we setup the "inactive timer" to fire at the
> "0 lag time". When the "inactive timer" fires, the task utilization is
> removed from the runqueue's active utilization. If the task wakes up
> again on the same runqueue before the "0 lag time", the active
> utilization must not be changed and the "inactive timer" must be
> cancelled. If the task wakes up again on a different runqueue before
> the "0 lag time", then the task's utilization must be removed from the
> previous runqueue's active utilization and must be added to the new
> runqueue's active utilization.
> In order to avoid races between a task waking up on a runqueue while the
> "inactive timer" is running on a different CPU, the "dl_non_contending"
> flag is used to indicate that a task is not on a runqueue but is active
> (so, the flag is set when the task blocks and is cleared when the
> "inactive timer" fires or when the task  wakes up).

Sure, the above is great if you never want anyone to read it ;)

Can you please break it up a little. My head starts to spin by the
third line down.

-- Steve

> "
> (if this is ok, where can I add this comment?)

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[RFC v5 0/9] CPU reclaiming for SCHED_DEADLINE  luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100
  [RFC v5 8/9] sched/deadline: base GRUB reclaiming on the inactive utilization luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC v5 8/9] sched/deadline: base GRUB reclaiming on the  inactive utilization Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-27 16:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC v5 8/9] sched/deadline: base GRUB reclaiming on the  inactive utilization Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-27 17:00 +0200
        Re: [RFC v5 8/9] sched/deadline: base GRUB reclaiming on the  inactive utilization Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-27 18:20 +0200
          Re: [RFC v5 8/9] sched/deadline: base GRUB reclaiming on the  inactive utilization luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-27 19:10 +0200
  [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active utilization luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-24 14:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-24 14:30 +0100
      Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-24 22:50 +0100
        Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-03-25 03:40 +0100
          Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-27 10:30 +0200
            Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active utilization Claudio Scordino <claudio@evidence.eu.com> - 2017-03-27 11:00 +0200
        Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> - 2017-03-27 09:20 +0200
          Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-27 10:10 +0200
            Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> - 2017-03-27 10:50 +0200
        Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-27 09:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active utilization Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2017-03-26 19:40 +0200
      Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active  utilization luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-26 23:10 +0200
  [RFC v5 6/9] sched/deadline: make GRUB a task's flag luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100
  [RFC v5 7/9] sched/deadline: track the "total rq utilization" too luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100
  [RFC v5 4/9] sched/deadline: implement GRUB accounting luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100
  [RFC v5 3/9] sched/deadline: fix the update of the total -deadline utilization luca abeni <luca.abeni@santannapisa.it> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100

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