@@ -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
=============================================
@@ -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
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@semaphore.gr> --- Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | 6 ++++++ drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)