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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:08:56 -0700
From:	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Cc:	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Ethan Zhao <ethan.zhao@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] intel_pstate: play well with frequency limits set
 by acpi

On Thu, 2015-07-16 at 21:17 +0300, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> IPMI can control CPU P-states remotely: configuration is reported via
> common ACPI interface (_PPC/_PSS/etc). This patch adds required minimal
> support in intel_pstate to receive and use these P-state limits.
> 
> * ignore limit of top state in _PPC: it lower than turbo boost frequency
> * register intel_pstate in acpi-processor to get states from _PSS
> * link acpi_processor_get_bios_limit: this adds attribute "bios_limit"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c |    3 +-
>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c   |   57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
> index cfc8aba72f86..781e328c9d5f 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
> @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static int acpi_processor_ppc_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  
>  	ppc = (unsigned int)pr->performance_platform_limit;
>  
> -	if (ppc >= pr->performance->state_count)
> +	/* Ignore limit of top state: it lower than turbo boost frequency */
> +	if (!ppc || ppc >= pr->performance->state_count)
Why? Isn't the previous check enough?
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, 0,
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index 15ada47bb720..4a34ddf4fa73 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>  #include <linux/fs.h>
>  #include <linux/debugfs.h>
>  #include <linux/acpi.h>
> +#include <acpi/processor.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <trace/events/power.h>
>  
> @@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ struct cpudata {
>  	u64	prev_mperf;
>  	u64	prev_tsc;
>  	struct sample sample;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR
> +	struct acpi_processor_performance acpi_data;
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  static struct cpudata **all_cpu_data;
> @@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ static int hwp_active;
>  
>  struct perf_limits {
>  	int no_turbo;
> +	int no_acpi;
>  	int turbo_disabled;
>  	int max_perf_pct;
>  	int min_perf_pct;
> @@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ struct perf_limits {
>  
>  static struct perf_limits limits = {
>  	.no_turbo = 0,
> +	.no_acpi = !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR),
>  	.turbo_disabled = 0,
>  	.max_perf_pct = 100,
>  	.max_perf = int_tofp(1),
> @@ -449,6 +455,18 @@ static ssize_t store_min_perf_pct(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
>  	return count;
>  }
>  
> +static ssize_t store_no_acpi(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
> +			     const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR
> +	return kstrtouint(buf, 0, &limits.no_acpi) ?: count;
> +#else
> +	return -ENODEV;
> +#endif
> +}
> +show_one(no_acpi, no_acpi);
> +define_one_global_rw(no_acpi);
> +
>  show_one(max_perf_pct, max_perf_pct);
>  show_one(min_perf_pct, min_perf_pct);
>  
> @@ -460,6 +478,7 @@ define_one_global_ro(num_pstates);
>  
>  static struct attribute *intel_pstate_attributes[] = {
>  	&no_turbo.attr,
> +	&no_acpi.attr,
>  	&max_perf_pct.attr,
>  	&min_perf_pct.attr,
>  	&turbo_pct.attr,
> @@ -1049,6 +1068,38 @@ static int intel_pstate_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>  	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
>  	cpumask_set_cpu(policy->cpu, policy->cpus);
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR
> +	if (!limits.no_acpi) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Minimum necessary to get acpi_processor_ppc_notifier() and
> +		 * acpi_processor_get_bios_limit() working.
> +		 */
> +		if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpu->acpi_data.shared_cpu_map,
> +					GFP_KERNEL))
> +			rc = -ENOMEM;
> +		else
> +			rc = acpi_processor_register_performance(
> +					&cpu->acpi_data, policy->cpu);
> +		if (rc) {
> +			pr_err("intel_pstate: acpi init failed: %d\n", rc);
> +			free_cpumask_var(cpu->acpi_data.shared_cpu_map);
> +			limits.no_acpi = 1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +#endif
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int intel_pstate_cpu_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR
> +	struct cpudata *cpu = all_cpu_data[policy->cpu];
> +
> +	if (cpu->acpi_data.state_count)
> +		acpi_processor_unregister_performance(&cpu->acpi_data,
> +						      policy->cpu);
> +	free_cpumask_var(cpu->acpi_data.shared_cpu_map);
> +#endif
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1057,7 +1108,11 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver intel_pstate_driver = {
>  	.verify		= intel_pstate_verify_policy,
>  	.setpolicy	= intel_pstate_set_policy,
>  	.get		= intel_pstate_get,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR
> +	.bios_limit	= acpi_processor_get_bios_limit,
> +#endif
>  	.init		= intel_pstate_cpu_init,
> +	.exit		= intel_pstate_cpu_exit,
>  	.stop_cpu	= intel_pstate_stop_cpu,
>  	.name		= "intel_pstate",
>  };
> @@ -1286,6 +1341,8 @@ static int __init intel_pstate_setup(char *str)
>  		force_load = 1;
>  	if (!strcmp(str, "hwp_only"))
>  		hwp_only = 1;
> +	if (!strcmp(str, "no_acpi"))
> +		limits.no_acpi = 1;
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  early_param("intel_pstate", intel_pstate_setup);
> 
_PPC is index into _PSS. Since intel P state doesn't follow _PSS, the
states may not be 1:1 matching. So we have to harmonize them.


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