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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 14/14] sched: implement usage tracking
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On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 17:57 +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> > struct sched_avg {
> > u64 runnable_avg_sum, runnable_avg_period;
> > u64 last_runnable_update, decay_count;
> > + u32 usage_avg_sum;
>
> Why usage_avg_sum is 32bits whereas runnable_avg_sum and
> runnable_avg_period are 64bits long ? You are doing the same
> computation on these 3 variables. Only the computation need to be done
> in 64bits but the result could be saved in 32bits ?

Since you can never use more than 100% of cpu time, usage_avg_sum is
bound to 100% of the period, which (assuming your period < ~4s) should
thus still fit in the ~4s u32 provides.

Runnable otoh is not bound by that and thus we cannot guarantee the
value stays within the ~4s value range.


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