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diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst index 32c7d69fc86c..803fba8fc714 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/schedutil.rst @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ For more detail see: - Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst:"1. CPU Capacity + 2. Task utilization" -UTIL_EST / UTIL_EST_FASTUP -========================== +UTIL_EST +======== Because periodic tasks have their averages decayed while they sleep, even though when running their expected utilization will be the same, they suffer a @@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ though when running their expected utilization will be the same, they suffer a To alleviate this (a default enabled option) UTIL_EST drives an Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) EWMA with the 'running' value on dequeue -- when it is -highest. A further default enabled option UTIL_EST_FASTUP modifies the IIR -filter to instantly increase and only decay on decrease. +highest. UTIL_EST filters to instantly increase and only decay on decrease. A further runqueue wide sum (of runnable tasks) is maintained of: |