sampling_down_factor tunable is unused since commit 8e677ce83bf41ba9c74e5b6d9ee60b07d4e5ed93 (4 years ago). This patch restores the original functionality and documents the tunable. Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | 6 ++++++ drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index c7a2eb8..4dfed30 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ governor but for the opposite direction. For example when set to its default value of '20' it means that if the CPU usage needs to be below 20% between samples to have the frequency decreased. +sampling_down_factor: similar functionality as in "ondemand" governor. +But in "conservative", it controls the rate at which the kernel makes +a decision on when to decrease the frequency while running in any +speed. Load for frequency increase is still evaluated every +sampling rate. + 3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core ============================================= diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c index 4fd0006..1e3be56 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ static struct cs_dbs_tuners cs_tuners = { /* * Every sampling_rate, we check, if current idle time is less than 20% - * (default), then we try to increase frequency Every sampling_rate * - * sampling_down_factor, we check, if current idle time is more than 80%, then - * we try to decrease frequency + * (default), then we try to increase frequency. Every sampling_rate * + * sampling_down_factor, we check, if current idle time is more than 80% + * (default), then we try to decrease frequency * * Any frequency increase takes it to the maximum frequency. Frequency reduction * happens at minimum steps of 5% (default) of maximum frequency @@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ static void cs_check_cpu(int cpu, unsigned int load) return; } + /* if sampling_down_factor is active break out early */ + if (++dbs_info->down_skip < cs_tuners.sampling_down_factor) + return; + dbs_info->down_skip = 0; + /* * The optimal frequency is the frequency that is the lowest that can * support the current CPU usage without triggering the up policy. To be -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html