Re: [PATCH] docs/scheduler: fix unit error
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Sat Apr 16 2022 - 04:55:26 EST
Jui-Tse Huang <juitse.huang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The unit mentioned in the documentation of scheduler statistics is
> outdated which may mislead the readers.
>
> The unit of statistics that is reported by /proc/schedstat is modified
> to nanosecond, and the unit of statistics that is reported by
> /proc/PID/schedstat is provided as well to make the context consistent.
>
> The rq_cpu_time and the rq_sched_info.run_delay of a run queue, and the
> sched_info.run_delay of a task are all updated based on the clock of the
> run queue, while the se.sum_exec_runtime of a task is updated based on
> the clock_task of the run queue of the task. Both the clock and
> clock_task are relied on the return value of the function sched_clock()
> which is in the unit of nanosecond.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jui-Tse Huang <juitse.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.rst | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Part of this had already been fixed by a previous patch, but git was
able to figure it out...this one's applied as well, thanks.
jon