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diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt index 8ce78f82ae23..b14e03ff3528 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ CONTENTS 2.1 Main algorithm ------------------ - SCHED_DEADLINE uses three parameters, named "runtime", "period", and + SCHED_DEADLINE [18] uses three parameters, named "runtime", "period", and "deadline", to schedule tasks. A SCHED_DEADLINE task should receive "runtime" microseconds of execution time every "period" microseconds, and these "runtime" microseconds are available within "deadline" microseconds @@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ CONTENTS scheduling deadline = scheduling deadline + period remaining runtime = remaining runtime + runtime + The SCHED_FLAG_DL_OVERRUN flag in sched_attr's sched_flags field allows a task + to get informed about runtime overruns through the delivery of SIGXCPU + signals. + 2.2 Bandwidth reclaiming ------------------------ @@ -279,6 +283,19 @@ CONTENTS running_bw is incremented. +2.3 Energy-aware scheduling +------------------------ + + When cpufreq's schedutil governor is selected, SCHED_DEADLINE implements the + GRUB-PA [19] algorithm, reducing the CPU operating frequency to the minimum + value that still allows to meet the deadlines. This behavior is currently + implemented only for ARM architectures. + + A particular care must be taken in case the time needed for changing frequency + is of the same order of magnitude of the reservation period. In such cases, + setting a fixed CPU frequency results in a lower amount of deadline misses. + + 3. Scheduling Real-Time Tasks ============================= @@ -505,6 +522,12 @@ CONTENTS 17 - L. Abeni, G. Lipari, A. Parri, Y. Sun, Multicore CPU reclaiming: parallel or sequential?. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2016. + 18 - J. Lelli, C. Scordino, L. Abeni, D. Faggioli, Deadline scheduling in the + Linux kernel, Software: Practice and Experience, 46(6): 821-839, June + 2016. + 19 - C. Scordino, L. Abeni, J. Lelli, Energy-Aware Real-Time Scheduling in + the Linux Kernel, 33rd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC + 2018), Pau, France, April 2018. 4. Bandwidth management |