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-rw-r--r--include/linux/energy_model.h16
-rw-r--r--kernel/power/energy_model.c4
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/energy_model.h b/include/linux/energy_model.h
index 3f221dbf5f95..1834752c5617 100644
--- a/include/linux/energy_model.h
+++ b/include/linux/energy_model.h
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ struct em_perf_domain {
#ifdef CONFIG_ENERGY_MODEL
#define EM_MAX_POWER 0xFFFF
+/*
+ * Increase resolution of energy estimation calculations for 64-bit
+ * architectures. The extra resolution improves decision made by EAS for the
+ * task placement when two Performance Domains might provide similar energy
+ * estimation values (w/o better resolution the values could be equal).
+ *
+ * We increase resolution only if we have enough bits to allow this increased
+ * resolution (i.e. 64-bit). The costs for increasing resolution when 32-bit
+ * are pretty high and the returns do not justify the increased costs.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#define em_scale_power(p) ((p) * 1000)
+#else
+#define em_scale_power(p) (p)
+#endif
+
struct em_data_callback {
/**
* active_power() - Provide power at the next performance state of
diff --git a/kernel/power/energy_model.c b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
index 0f4530b3a8cd..a332ccd829e2 100644
--- a/kernel/power/energy_model.c
+++ b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ static int em_create_perf_table(struct device *dev, struct em_perf_domain *pd,
/* Compute the cost of each performance state. */
fmax = (u64) table[nr_states - 1].frequency;
for (i = 0; i < nr_states; i++) {
- table[i].cost = div64_u64(fmax * table[i].power,
+ unsigned long power_res = em_scale_power(table[i].power);
+
+ table[i].cost = div64_u64(fmax * power_res,
table[i].frequency);
}