Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | [PATCH] sched: core: Fix comment regarding nr_iowait_cpu() and get_iowait_load() | Date | Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:05:14 +0200 |
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From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
The comment related to nr_iowait_cpu() and get_iowait_load() confuses cpufreq with cpuidle and is not very useful for this reason, so fix it.
Fixes: e33a9bba85a8 "sched/core: move IO scheduling accounting from io_schedule_timeout() into scheduler" Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: linux-pm/kernel/sched/core.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/kernel/sched/core.c +++ linux-pm/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -2915,10 +2915,10 @@ unsigned long nr_iowait(void) } /* - * Consumers of these two interfaces, like for example the cpufreq menu - * governor are using nonsensical data. Boosting frequency for a CPU that has - * IO-wait which might not even end up running the task when it does become - * runnable. + * Consumers of these two interfaces, like for example the cpuidle menu + * governor, are using nonsensical data. Preferring shallow idle state selection + * for a CPU that has IO-wait which might not even end up running the task when + * it does become runnable. */ unsigned long nr_iowait_cpu(int cpu)
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