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Date:	Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:42:53 +0200
From:	Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>
To:	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Doug Smythies <dsmythies@...us.net>
Subject: Re: [intel-pstate driver regression] processor frequency very high
 even if in idle

2016-03-31 19:55 GMT+02:00 Srinivas Pandruvada
<srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>:
> On Thu, 2016-03-31 at 19:27 +0200, Jörg Otte wrote:
>> 2016-03-31 17:43 GMT+02:00 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>:
>> > On Thursday, March 31, 2016 05:25:18 PM Jörg Otte wrote:
>> > > 2016-03-31 13:42 GMT+02:00 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>:
>> > > > On Thursday, March 31, 2016 11:05:56 AM Jörg Otte wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > [cut]
>> > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Yes, works for me.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > CPUID(7): No-SGX
>> > > > >      CPU Avg_MHz   Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz
>> > > > >        -      11    0.66 1682 2494
>> > > > >        0      11    0.60 1856 2494
>> > > > >        1       6    0.34    1898    2494
>> > > > >        2      13    0.82    1628    2494
>> > > > >        3      13    0.87    1528    2494
>> > > > >      CPU Avg_MHz   Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz
>> > > > >        -       6    0.58     963    2494
>> > > > >        0       8    0.83     957    2494
>> > > > >        1       1    0.08     984    2494
>> > > > >        2      10    1.04     975    2494
>> > > > >        3       3    0.35     934    2494
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> >
>> > [cut]
>> >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > No, this patch doesn't help.
>> >
>> > Well, more work to do then.
>> >
>> > I've just noticed a bug in this patch, which is not relevant for
>> > the results,
>> > but below is a new version.
>> >
>> > > CPUID(7): No-SGX
>> > >       CPU Avg_MHz   Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz
>> > >        -       8    0.32    2507    2495
>> > >        0      13    0.53    2505    2495
>> > >        1       3    0.11    2523    2495
>> > >        2       1    0.06    2555    2495
>> > >        3      15    0.59    2500    2495
>> > >      CPU Avg_MHz   Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz
>> > >        -       8    0.33    2486    2495
>> > >        0      12    0.50    2482    2495
>> > >        1       5    0.22    2489    2495
>> > >        2       1    0.04    2492    2495
>> > >        3      15    0.59    2487    2495
>> >
>> > Please apply the patch below and take a (1s or so) trace from the
>> > pstate_sample
>> > tracepoint (under /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/ on my
>> > systems).
>> >
>> > Then please apply the revert instead of it and take a trace from
>> > that tracepoint
>> > again and send both of the traces to me.
>> >
>> > ---
>> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>> > Subject: [PATCH] intel_pstate: Do not set utilization update hook
>> > too early
>> >
>> > The utilization update hook in the intel_pstate driver is set too
>> > early, as it only should be set after the policy has been fully
>> > initialized by the core.  That may cause intel_pstate_update_util()
>> > to use incorrect data and put the CPUs into incorrect P-states as
>> > a result.
>> >
>> > To prevent that from happening, make intel_pstate_set_policy() set
>> > the utilization update hook instead of intel_pstate_init_cpu() so
>> > intel_pstate_update_util() only runs when all things have been
>> > initialized as appropriate.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |   27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
>> >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
>> > ===================================================================
>> > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
>> > +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
>> > @@ -1103,7 +1103,6 @@ static int intel_pstate_init_cpu(unsigne
>> >         intel_pstate_sample(cpu, 0);
>> >
>> >         cpu->update_util.func = intel_pstate_update_util;
>> > -       cpufreq_set_update_util_data(cpunum, &cpu->update_util);
>> >
>> >         pr_debug("intel_pstate: controlling: cpu %d\n", cpunum);
>> >
>> > @@ -1122,18 +1121,29 @@ static unsigned int intel_pstate_get(uns
>> >         return get_avg_frequency(cpu);
>> >  }
>> >
>> > +static void intel_pstate_set_update_util_hook(unsigned int cpu)
>> > +{
>> > +       cpufreq_set_update_util_data(cpu, &all_cpu_data[cpu]-
>> > >update_util);
>> > +}
>> > +
>> > +static void intel_pstate_clear_update_util_hook(unsigned int cpu)
>> > +{
>> > +       cpufreq_set_update_util_data(cpu, NULL);
>> > +       synchronize_sched();
>> > +}
>> > +
>> >  static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>> >  {
>> >         if (!policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
>> >                 return -ENODEV;
>> >
>> > +       intel_pstate_clear_update_util_hook(policy->cpu);
>> > +
>> >         if (policy->policy == CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE &&
>> >             policy->max >= policy->cpuinfo.max_freq) {
>> >                 pr_debug("intel_pstate: set performance\n");
>> >                 limits = &performance_limits;
>> > -               if (hwp_active)
>> > -                       intel_pstate_hwp_set(policy->cpus);
>> > -               return 0;
>> > +               goto out;
>> >         }
>> >
>> >         pr_debug("intel_pstate: set powersave\n");
>> > @@ -1163,6 +1173,9 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struc
>> >         limits->max_perf = div_fp(int_tofp(limits->max_perf_pct),
>> >                                   int_tofp(100));
>> >
>> > + out:
>> > +       intel_pstate_set_update_util_hook(policy->cpu);
>> > +
>> >         if (hwp_active)
>> >                 intel_pstate_hwp_set(policy->cpus);
>> >
>> > @@ -1187,8 +1200,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_stop_cpu(struct
>> >
>> >         pr_debug("intel_pstate: CPU %d exiting\n", cpu_num);
>> >
>> > -       cpufreq_set_update_util_data(cpu_num, NULL);
>> > -       synchronize_sched();
>> > +       intel_pstate_clear_update_util_hook(cpu_num);
>> >
>> >         if (hwp_active)
>> >                 return;
>> > @@ -1455,8 +1467,7 @@ out:
>> >         get_online_cpus();
>> >         for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
>> >                 if (all_cpu_data[cpu]) {
>> > -                       cpufreq_set_update_util_data(cpu, NULL);
>> > -                       synchronize_sched();
>> > +                       intel_pstate_clear_update_util_hook(cpu);
>> >                         kfree(all_cpu_data[cpu]);
>> >                 }
>> >         }
>> >
>>
>> OK, patch is applied.
>> After some configurations and compilations I'm there.
>> Under pstate_sample I see:
>> enable  filter  format  id  trigger
>>
>> what to do now ? (never did tracing before)'
>
> # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
> # echo 1 > events/power/pstate_sample/enable
> # echo 1 > events/power/cpu_frequency/enable
> # cat trace
> Send us the trace file.
>
> Also your kernel config doesn't have many modules, Is it a custom
> configuration you do for your system?
>

I compile a minimum kernel for my notebook. The hardware is fix and
will never change. So I don't need thousends of modules to compile.
Kbuild supports this with target "localmodconfig".
In the rare cases where I get new usb-hardware I add a new driver
and compile a new kernel which takes only a minute.

Thanks, Jörg

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