linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] powercap/rapl: reduce ipi calls

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:10:03 -0800
From:	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	X86 Kernel <x86@...nel.org>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] powercap/rapl: reduce ipi calls

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:16:22 +0100
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:21:38AM -0800, Jacob Pan wrote:
> > static int cpufreq_p4_setdc(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int newstate)
> > {
> > ...
> > 
> > 	rdmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_THERM_CONTROL, &l, &h);
> > 	if (newstate == DC_DISABLE) {
> > 		pr_debug("CPU#%d disabling modulation\n", cpu);
> > 		wrmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_THERM_CONTROL, l &
> > ~(1<<4), h); } else {
> > 		pr_debug("CPU#%d setting duty cycle to %d%%\n",
> > 			cpu, ((125 * newstate) / 10));
> > 		/* bits 63 - 5	: reserved
> > 		 * bit  4	: enable/disable
> > 		 * bits 3-1	: duty cycle
> > 		 * bit  0	: reserved
> > 		 */
> > 		l = (l & ~14);
> > 		l = l | (1<<4) | ((newstate & 0x7)<<1);
> > 		wrmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_THERM_CONTROL, l, h);
> > 	}   
> 
> This cannot be converted because you need to do the stuff between the
> rdmsr_on_cpu() and wrmsr_on_cpu() calls.
> 
it can be converted if move the below if statement outside read/write
pair. 
 	if (newstate == DC_DISABLE) {

> > static int sfi_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> > unsigned int index) {
> > ...
> > 
> > 	rdmsr_on_cpu(policy->cpu, MSR_IA32_PERF_CTL, &lo, &hi);
> > 	lo = (lo & ~INTEL_PERF_CTL_MASK) |
> > 		((u32) sfi_cpufreq_array[next_perf_state].ctrl_val &
> > 		INTEL_PERF_CTL_MASK);
> > 	wrmsr_on_cpu(policy->cpu, MSR_IA32_PERF_CTL, lo, hi);  
> 
> Ditto.
> 
> These two examples prove my point, actually.

same here, it is just clear mask and set mask, why not?