linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/3] mmc: Add dynamic frequency scaling

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:20:26 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
To:	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:	Chris Ball <chris@...ntf.net>,
	Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/3] mmc: Add dynamic frequency scaling

On czw, 2015-01-15 at 09:20 +0100, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> + Mike, Stephen (Clock maintainers)
> 
> On 12 January 2015 at 10:23, Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <k.kozlowski@...sung.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I would like to hear some comments about idea of scaling MMC clock
> > frequency. The basic idea is to lower the clock when device is
> > completely idle or not busy enough.
> 
> We already have host drivers that implements runtime PM support.
> Typically that would mean the clock will be gated once the device
> becomes runtime PM suspended.
> 
> Why should we decrease the frequency of an already gated clock?

In case of idle state you're right that clkgate would be better. But
what about finding a compromise between high performance (high
frequency) and energy saving for different loads on MMC?

The frequency scaling could help in that case. Anyway I should prepare
some more benchmarks for such conditions.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

> I think this boils done to how DVFS transitions can be triggered from
> the clock drivers, right?
> 
> Currently the clock framework supports this through clock rate change
> notifiers. Should we have clock notifiers for clk_prepare|unprepare()
> as well? I do remember that someone posted patches for that a while
> ago, but those were rejected.
> 
> Mike, Stephen - comments?
> 
> Kind regards
> Uffe
> 
> >
> > The patchset adds MMC card as a devfreq device and uses simple_ondemand
> > as governor. In idle this gave benefits (less energy consumed during
> > idle):
> > 1. Trats2 (Exynos4412): 2.6%
> > 2. Rinato (Exynos3250): 1%
> >
> > but (especially on Rinato) it had impact on performance (probably
> > because ondemand triggering a little to late). What is interesting
> > manually changing the clock (without this patchset) gave slightly
> > bigger benefits. Maybe the devfreq introduces noticeable overhead?
> >
> >
> > Comments are welcomed. Maybe on other platforms this has bigger impact?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Krzysztof
> >
> >
> > Krzysztof Kozlowski (3):
> >   mmc: Add dynamic frequency scaling
> >   ARM: dts: Specify MSHC realistic clocks and use frequency scaling
> >   ARM: dts: Use frequency scaling for MSHC
> >
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc.txt |   2 +
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250-rinato.dts       |   1 +
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4412-trats2.dts       |   4 +-
> >  drivers/mmc/card/block.c                      | 247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/mmc/core/Kconfig                      |  16 ++
> >  drivers/mmc/core/core.h                       |   1 -
> >  drivers/mmc/core/host.c                       |   2 +
> >  include/linux/mmc/card.h                      |   8 +
> >  include/linux/mmc/host.h                      |   3 +
> >  9 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >

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