tree 238261a9ef88cd4849235db8e08dd2ab32f6c3c5
parent ee22524dbe4fcbaa8186296d197e73982a935565
author Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> 1432597610 -0400
committer Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org> 1432657735 -0700

arm64: topology: fix cpu power calculation

This commit sets the power of the average CPU in SMP systems to
SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE.

Ignoring the condition "min_capacity==max_capacity" causes the function
update_cpu_power( .. ) to generate out of range values. This is
because the default value of middle_capacity is used in the final
calculation instead of a valid scaling factor.

Incidentally, when out of range values are generated and if
SCHED_FEAT(ARCH_POWER) is true, the load balancing algorithm makes
incorrect scheduling decisions typically overallocating all the work
on one of the CPU cores.

This proposed solution to arm64 is in line with the upstream solution
present in arm32 since the commit below was merged:

* SHA: 816a8de0017f16c32e747abc5367bf379515b20a
* From: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@arm.com>
* Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:20:00 +0100
* Subject: ARM: topology: remove hwid/MPIDR dependency from cpu_capac

Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>