linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix rounding of core

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2014 06:41:20 -0700
From:	"Doug Smythies" <dsmythies@...us.net>
To:	"'Stratos Karafotis'" <stratosk@...aphore.gr>, <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	<viresh.kumar@...aro.org>, <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>
Cc:	<linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix rounding of core_pct


On 2014.06.11 05:34 Stratos Karafotis wrote:

> Local variable core_pct holds fixed point values.
> When we round it we add "1" to core_pct. This has almost
> no effect.
>
> So, add int_toftp(1) to core_pct when rounding.
>
> For example, in a given sample point (values taken from
> tracepoint) with:
> aperf = 5024
> mperf = 10619
>
> the core_pct is (before rounding):
> core_pct = 12111
> fp_toint(core_pct) = 47
>
> After rounding:
> core_pct = 12112
> fp_toint(core_pct) = 47
>
> After rounding with int_toftp(1):
> core_pct = 12367
> fp_toint(core_pct) = 48
>
> Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@...aphore.gr>
> ---
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
> I'm sorry for submitting again in merge window, but
> I thought that maybe we need this fix for 3.16.
>
>
> drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index 4e7f492..dd80aa2 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static inline void intel_pstate_calc_busy(struct cpudata *cpu)
> 	core_pct = div_u64_rem(core_pct, int_tofp(sample->mperf), &rem);
> 
> 	if ((rem << 1) >= int_tofp(sample->mperf))
> -		core_pct += 1;
> +		core_pct += int_tofp(1);
> 
> 	sample->freq = fp_toint(
> 		mul_fp(int_tofp(cpu->pstate.max_pstate * 1000), core_pct));
> -- 
> 1.9.3

No.

The intent was only ever to round properly the pseudo floating point result of the divide.
It was much more important (ugh, well 4 times more) when FRACBITS was still 6, which also got changed to 8 in a recent patch.

... Doug


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