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sched/core: Enable increased load resolution on 64-bit kernels 

Mike ran into the low load resolution limitation on his big machine.

So reenable these bits; nobody could ever reproduce/analyze the
reported power usage claim and Google has been running with this for
years as well.

Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Peter Zijlstra 2016-04-28 12:49:38 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent e7904a28f5
commit 2159197d66
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@ -49,11 +49,13 @@ static inline void cpu_load_update_active(struct rq *this_rq) { }
* and does not change the user-interface for setting shares/weights.
*
* We increase resolution only if we have enough bits to allow this increased
* resolution (i.e. BITS_PER_LONG > 32). The costs for increasing resolution
* when BITS_PER_LONG <= 32 are pretty high and the returns do not justify the
* increased costs.
* resolution (i.e. 64bit). The costs for increasing resolution when 32bit are
* pretty high and the returns do not justify the increased costs.
*
* Really only required when CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED is also set, but to
* increase coverage and consistency always enable it on 64bit platforms.
*/
#if 0 /* BITS_PER_LONG > 32 -- currently broken: it increases power usage under light load */
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
# define SCHED_LOAD_RESOLUTION 10
# define scale_load(w) ((w) << SCHED_LOAD_RESOLUTION)
# define scale_load_down(w) ((w) >> SCHED_LOAD_RESOLUTION)