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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 01:32:06 +0200
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Pandruvada, Srinivas" <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com>,
	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"dsmythies@...us.net" <dsmythies@...us.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jrg.otte@...il.com" <jrg.otte@...il.com>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [intel-pstate driver regression] processor frequency very high
 even if in idle

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:28 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:25 AM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:17 AM, Pandruvada, Srinivas
>> <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 15:46 -0700, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2016-03-31 at 00:25 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > On 3/31/2016 12:18 AM, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 23:41 +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > Hi,
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > I am using Intel-PState-Driver here with v4.6-rc1 and Intel-
>>>> > > > SandyBridge-CPU.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > Here are my turbostat results attached.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > $ cd $BUILD_DIR
>>>> > > > $ LC_ALL=C make -C tools/ turbostat
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > $ sudo ./turbostat -i 1 --msr=0x199 --debug --out
>>>> > > > /tmp/turbostat-i-1-msr-0x199-debug.txt
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > Will try <https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8702071/>.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > Please see attached files.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > Thanks. Your logs make sense. You have config set to performance
>>>> > > mode
>>>> > > by default (Which I believe default in all kernel Ubuntu). So as
>>>> > > expected Intel P state was asking for max. So there is no issue
>>>> > > here.
>>>> > But the behavior is different from what it used to be, isn't it?
>>>> >
>
> [cut]
>
>>
>> Too much questions.
>
> OK
>
>> I switched to CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE=y and tested with
>> the simplified revert-patch of Rafael.
>
> Why do you need the revert patch in the first place?

I simply wanted to test CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE=y and
keep the rest.

- Sedat -

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