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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst index 7eca9026a9ed..0c74a7784964 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + .. |struct cpufreq_policy| replace:: :c:type:`struct cpufreq_policy <cpufreq_policy>` .. |intel_pstate| replace:: :doc:`intel_pstate <intel_pstate>` @@ -5,9 +8,10 @@ CPU Performance Scaling ======================= -:: +:Copyright: |copy| 2017 Intel Corporation + +:Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> - Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> The Concept of CPU Performance Scaling ====================================== @@ -396,8 +400,8 @@ RT or deadline scheduling classes, the governor will increase the frequency to the allowed maximum (that is, the ``scaling_max_freq`` policy limit). In turn, if it is invoked by the CFS scheduling class, the governor will use the Per-Entity Load Tracking (PELT) metric for the root control group of the -given CPU as the CPU utilization estimate (see the `Per-entity load tracking`_ -LWN.net article for a description of the PELT mechanism). Then, the new +given CPU as the CPU utilization estimate (see the *Per-entity load tracking* +LWN.net article [1]_ for a description of the PELT mechanism). Then, the new CPU frequency to apply is computed in accordance with the formula f = 1.25 * ``f_0`` * ``util`` / ``max`` @@ -698,4 +702,8 @@ hardware feature (e.g. all Intel ones), even if the :c:macro:`CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB` configuration option is set. -.. _Per-entity load tracking: https://lwn.net/Articles/531853/ +References +========== + +.. [1] Jonathan Corbet, *Per-entity load tracking*, + https://lwn.net/Articles/531853/ |