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SubjectRe: [RFD PATCH 10/10] sched: io_latency: Tracking via buckets
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 03:57:53PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The size of the bucket is the bucket interval and represent the resolution
> of the statistic model. Eg with a bucket interval of 1us, it leads us to
> do statitics on all numbers, with of course a bad prediction because the
> number of latencies is big. A big interval can give better statistics,
> but can give us a misprediction as the interval is larger.
>
> Choosing the size of the bucket interval vs the idle sleep time is the
> tradeoff to find. With a 200us bucket interval, the measurements show
> we still have good predictions, less mispredictions and cover the idle
> state target residency.
>

For the record:

The suggestion in DUS was to align the bucket sizes with the various
break even times of the actual C states.

I forgot who suggested this; it might have been Morten; but it seems to
make sense.


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