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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 21b1168da951..f228c6033832 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -274,6 +274,34 @@ struct load_weight { u32 inv_weight; }; +/** + * struct util_est - Estimation utilization of FAIR tasks + * @enqueued: instantaneous estimated utilization of a task/cpu + * @ewma: the Exponential Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) + * utilization of a task + * + * Support data structure to track an Exponential Weighted Moving Average + * (EWMA) of a FAIR task's utilization. New samples are added to the moving + * average each time a task completes an activation. Sample's weight is chosen + * so that the EWMA will be relatively insensitive to transient changes to the + * task's workload. + * + * The enqueued attribute has a slightly different meaning for tasks and cpus: + * - task: the task's util_avg at last task dequeue time + * - cfs_rq: the sum of util_est.enqueued for each RUNNABLE task on that CPU + * Thus, the util_est.enqueued of a task represents the contribution on the + * estimated utilization of the CPU where that task is currently enqueued. + * + * Only for tasks we track a moving average of the past instantaneous + * estimated utilization. This allows to absorb sporadic drops in utilization + * of an otherwise almost periodic task. + */ +struct util_est { + unsigned int enqueued; + unsigned int ewma; +#define UTIL_EST_WEIGHT_SHIFT 2 +}; + /* * The load_avg/util_avg accumulates an infinite geometric series * (see __update_load_avg() in kernel/sched/fair.c). @@ -335,6 +363,7 @@ struct sched_avg { unsigned long load_avg; unsigned long runnable_load_avg; unsigned long util_avg; + struct util_est util_est; }; struct sched_statistics { |