Re: [PATCH v1] Revert "cpufreq: schedutil: Move max CPU capacity to sugov_policy"

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 12:43 PM Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 11/15/22 22:35, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 11:57 AM Sam Wu <wusamuel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> This reverts commit 6d5afdc97ea71958287364a1f1d07e59ef151b11.
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> >> On a Pixel 6 device, it is observed that this commit increases
> >> latency by approximately 50ms, or 20%, in migrating a task
> >> that requires full CPU utilization from a LITTLE CPU to Fmax
> >> on a big CPU. Reverting this change restores the latency back
> >> to its original baseline value.
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> >> Fixes: 6d5afdc97ea7 ("cpufreq: schedutil: Move max CPU capacity to sugov_policy")
> >> Cc: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Isaac J. Manjarres <isaacmanjarres@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sam Wu <wusamuel@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Rafael, can we pick this up please?
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> > Lukasz, no objections to the idea itself, but it's causing regression
> > and we'd like to revert and then fix it.
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> If you see this in mainline kernel, then I'm fine with reverting it.

OK, I'll wait for the confirmation of this.

> Then I will have to trace why this CPU capacity value can change over
> time in mainline kernel (while it shouldn't, because we register the
> cpufreq policy and the governor later, after we calculate the capacity
> in arch_topology.c). Maybe something has changed in mainline in the
> meantime in this CPU capacity setup code, which caused this side effect.
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> I know that android-mainline has some different setup code for those
> custom vendor governors. I just want to eliminate this bit and be on the
> same page.