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The Energy Model (EM) can be modified at runtime which brings new possibilities. The em_cpu_energy() is called by the Energy Aware Scheduler (EAS) in its hot path. The energy calculation uses power value for a given performance state (ps) and the CPU busy time as percentage for that given frequency. It is possible to avoid the division by 'scale_cpu' at runtime, because EM is updated whenever new max capacity CPU is set in the system. Use that feature and do the needed division during the calculation of the coefficient 'ps->cost'. That enhanced 'ps->cost' value can be then just multiplied simply by utilization: pd_nrg = ps->cost * \Sum cpu_util to get the needed energy for whole Performance Domain (PD). With this optimization and earlier removal of map_util_freq(), the em_cpu_energy() should run faster on the Big CPU by 1.43x and on the Little CPU by 1.69x (RockPi 4B board). Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.