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Message-ID: <51AF60E6.30301@semaphore.gr>
Date:	Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:01:42 +0300
From:	Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@...aphore.gr>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] cpufreq: Remove unused APERF/MPERF support

Calculation of target frequency in ondemand governor changed and it is
independent from measured average frequency.

Remove unused APERF/MPERF support.

Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@...aphore.gr>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 29 -----------------------
 drivers/cpufreq/Makefile         |  2 +-
 drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   |  5 ----
 drivers/cpufreq/mperf.c          | 51 ----------------------------------------
 drivers/cpufreq/mperf.h          |  9 -------
 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 95 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/mperf.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/mperf.h

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 22224b3..2874a3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -941,35 +941,6 @@ extern int set_tsc_mode(unsigned int val);
 
 extern u16 amd_get_nb_id(int cpu);
 
-struct aperfmperf {
-	u64 aperf, mperf;
-};
-
-static inline void get_aperfmperf(struct aperfmperf *am)
-{
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF));
-
-	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, am->aperf);
-	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, am->mperf);
-}
-
-#define APERFMPERF_SHIFT 10
-
-static inline
-unsigned long calc_aperfmperf_ratio(struct aperfmperf *old,
-				    struct aperfmperf *new)
-{
-	u64 aperf = new->aperf - old->aperf;
-	u64 mperf = new->mperf - old->mperf;
-	unsigned long ratio = aperf;
-
-	mperf >>= APERFMPERF_SHIFT;
-	if (mperf)
-		ratio = div64_u64(aperf, mperf);
-
-	return ratio;
-}
-
 extern unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned long sp);
 extern void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile b/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile
index c956094..7f823d9 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPUFREQ_CPU0)	+= cpufreq-cpu0.o
 # powernow-k8 can load then. ACPI is preferred to all other hardware-specific drivers.
 # speedstep-* is preferred over p4-clockmod.
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ)		+= acpi-cpufreq.o mperf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ)		+= acpi-cpufreq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8)		+= powernow-k8.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PCC_CPUFREQ)		+= pcc-cpufreq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K6)		+= powernow-k6.o
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 17e3496..d3a5f35 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
-#include "mperf.h"
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Diefenbaugh, Dominik Brodowski");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI Processor P-States Driver");
@@ -842,10 +841,6 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	/* notify BIOS that we exist */
 	acpi_processor_notify_smm(THIS_MODULE);
 
-	/* Check for APERF/MPERF support in hardware */
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
-		acpi_cpufreq_driver.getavg = cpufreq_get_measured_perf;
-
 	pr_debug("CPU%u - ACPI performance management activated.\n", cpu);
 	for (i = 0; i < perf->state_count; i++)
 		pr_debug("     %cP%d: %d MHz, %d mW, %d uS\n",
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/mperf.c b/drivers/cpufreq/mperf.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 911e193..0000000
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/mperf.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/cpufreq.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-
-#include "mperf.h"
-
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aperfmperf, acfreq_old_perf);
-
-/* Called via smp_call_function_single(), on the target CPU */
-static void read_measured_perf_ctrs(void *_cur)
-{
-	struct aperfmperf *am = _cur;
-
-	get_aperfmperf(am);
-}
-
-/*
- * Return the measured active (C0) frequency on this CPU since last call
- * to this function.
- * Input: cpu number
- * Return: Average CPU frequency in terms of max frequency (zero on error)
- *
- * We use IA32_MPERF and IA32_APERF MSRs to get the measured performance
- * over a period of time, while CPU is in C0 state.
- * IA32_MPERF counts at the rate of max advertised frequency
- * IA32_APERF counts at the rate of actual CPU frequency
- * Only IA32_APERF/IA32_MPERF ratio is architecturally defined and
- * no meaning should be associated with absolute values of these MSRs.
- */
-unsigned int cpufreq_get_measured_perf(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-					unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	struct aperfmperf perf;
-	unsigned long ratio;
-	unsigned int retval;
-
-	if (smp_call_function_single(cpu, read_measured_perf_ctrs, &perf, 1))
-		return 0;
-
-	ratio = calc_aperfmperf_ratio(&per_cpu(acfreq_old_perf, cpu), &perf);
-	per_cpu(acfreq_old_perf, cpu) = perf;
-
-	retval = (policy->cpuinfo.max_freq * ratio) >> APERFMPERF_SHIFT;
-
-	return retval;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_get_measured_perf);
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/mperf.h b/drivers/cpufreq/mperf.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dbf295..0000000
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/mperf.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  (c) 2010 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- *  Your use of this code is subject to the terms and conditions of the
- *  GNU general public license version 2. See "COPYING" or
- *  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
- */
-
-unsigned int cpufreq_get_measured_perf(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-					unsigned int cpu);
-- 
1.8.1.4

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