From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>, Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@intel.com>,
len.brown@intel.com, rjw@rjwysocki.net,
tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com, arjan@linux.intel.com,
paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, yang.zhang.wz@gmail.com,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
daniel.lezcano@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 00/11] Create fast idle path for short idle periods
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:43:53 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1707180841290.1945@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170718044521.GO3441@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > We need a tradeoff here IMHO. I'll check Daniel's work to understand how/if
> > it's better than menu governor.
>
> I still would like to see how the fast path without the C1 heuristic works.
>
> Fast pathing is a different concept from a better predictor. IMHO we need
> both, but the first is likely lower hanging fruit.
Hacking something on the side is always the lower hanging fruit as it
avoids solving the hard problems. As Peter said already, that's not going
to happen unless there is a real technical reason why the general path
cannot be fixed. So far there is no proof for that.
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-18 6:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 114+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-10 1:38 Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 01/11] sched/idle: create a fast " Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 02/11] cpuidle: attach cpuidle governor statistics to the per-CPU device Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 03/11] cpuidle: introduce cpuidle governor for idle prediction Aubrey Li
2017-07-12 12:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 04/11] sched/idle: make the fast idle path for short idle periods Aubrey Li
2017-07-11 12:58 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-11 16:33 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2017-07-11 18:11 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 3:19 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 5:03 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 5:22 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 12:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 05/11] cpuidle: update idle statistics before cpuidle governor Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 06/11] timers: keep sleep length updated as needed Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 07/11] cpuidle: make idle residency update more generic Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 08/11] cpuidle: menu: remove reduplicative implementation Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 09/11] cpuidle: menu: feed cpuidle prediction to menu governor Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 10/11] cpuidle: update cpuidle governor when needed Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 11/11] sched/idle: Add a tuning knob to allow changing fast idle threshold Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 8:46 ` [RFC PATCH v1 00/11] Create fast idle path for short idle periods Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 9:29 ` Wanpeng Li
2017-07-10 13:59 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-10 14:46 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-10 16:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 17:27 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-11 4:40 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-11 9:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 16:09 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2017-07-11 16:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 18:09 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 11:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 15:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 17:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 18:53 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 19:00 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-19 13:43 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2017-07-19 14:51 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 12:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 15:54 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 17:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 17:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 18:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 18:46 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-13 8:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 4:15 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 8:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 21:32 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-13 8:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-13 14:48 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-13 14:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-13 15:13 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-13 18:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 3:56 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-14 15:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 15:52 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-14 15:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 16:03 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-17 9:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-17 13:41 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-14 15:53 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-14 16:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 16:26 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-17 19:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-17 19:27 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-17 19:46 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-17 19:51 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-17 19:59 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-17 19:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-17 19:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-17 19:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 3:23 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-18 18:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-18 3:14 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-18 4:45 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-18 6:43 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2017-07-18 6:56 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-18 15:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-18 15:29 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 16:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-18 16:37 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 17:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-19 5:44 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-19 14:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-19 15:03 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-07-19 16:54 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-20 1:40 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-20 12:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-20 13:45 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-20 14:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-20 16:02 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-18 16:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-18 6:59 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-18 7:19 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-19 6:12 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-19 7:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-20 1:56 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-20 8:11 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-20 13:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 7:24 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-18 13:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-19 13:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-13 15:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-14 3:47 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-14 4:05 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-17 13:24 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-17 13:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-17 14:02 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 12:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 17:58 ` Christoph Lameter
2017-07-12 2:07 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 2:35 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 18:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 9:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
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