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diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst index 805f85f330b5..de414b33dd2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-capacity.rst @@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ per Hz, leading to:: ------------------- Two different capacity values are used within the scheduler. A CPU's -``capacity_orig`` is its maximum attainable capacity, i.e. its maximum -attainable performance level. A CPU's ``capacity`` is its ``capacity_orig`` to -which some loss of available performance (e.g. time spent handling IRQs) is -subtracted. +``original capacity`` is its maximum attainable capacity, i.e. its maximum +attainable performance level. This original capacity is returned by +the function arch_scale_cpu_capacity(). A CPU's ``capacity`` is its ``original +capacity`` to which some loss of available performance (e.g. time spent +handling IRQs) is subtracted. Note that a CPU's ``capacity`` is solely intended to be used by the CFS class, -while ``capacity_orig`` is class-agnostic. The rest of this document will use -the term ``capacity`` interchangeably with ``capacity_orig`` for the sake of +while ``original capacity`` is class-agnostic. The rest of this document will use +the term ``capacity`` interchangeably with ``original capacity`` for the sake of brevity. 1.3 Platform examples @@ -258,9 +259,9 @@ Linux cannot currently figure out CPU capacity on its own, this information thus needs to be handed to it. Architectures must define arch_scale_cpu_capacity() for that purpose. -The arm and arm64 architectures directly map this to the arch_topology driver +The arm, arm64, and RISC-V architectures directly map this to the arch_topology driver CPU scaling data, which is derived from the capacity-dmips-mhz CPU binding; see -Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt. +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/cpu-capacity.txt. 3.2 Frequency invariance ------------------------ |