linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] cpufreq: stats: clear statistics

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Date:   Fri,  4 Nov 2016 09:55:36 -0700
From:   Markus Mayer <code@...yer.net>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Power Management List <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] cpufreq: stats: clear statistics

From: Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>

Allow CPUfreq statistics to be cleared by writing anything to
/sys/.../cpufreq/stats/reset.

Signed-off-by: Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>
---
 Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt |  6 ++++++
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c          | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
index 8d9773f..3c355f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
@@ -44,11 +44,17 @@ the stats driver insertion.
 total 0
 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 May 14 16:06 .
 drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    0 May 14 15:58 ..
+--w-------  1 root root 4096 May 14 16:06 reset
 -r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 May 14 16:06 time_in_state
 -r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 May 14 16:06 total_trans
 -r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 May 14 16:06 trans_table
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-  reset
+Write-only attribute that can be used to reset the stat counters. This can be
+useful for evaluating system behaviour under different governors without the
+need for a reboot.
+
 -  time_in_state
 This gives the amount of time spent in each of the frequencies supported by
 this CPU. The cat output will have "<frequency> <time>" pair in each line, which
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index 06d3abd..66419e6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ static int cpufreq_stats_update(struct cpufreq_stats *stats)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void cpufreq_stats_clear_table(struct cpufreq_stats *stats)
+{
+	unsigned int count = stats->max_state;
+
+	memset(stats->time_in_state, 0, count * sizeof(u64));
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
+	memset(stats->trans_table, 0, count * count * sizeof(int));
+#endif
+	stats->last_time = get_jiffies_64();
+	stats->total_trans = 0;
+}
+
 static ssize_t show_total_trans(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", policy->stats->total_trans);
@@ -64,6 +76,14 @@ static ssize_t show_time_in_state(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 	return len;
 }
 
+static ssize_t store_reset(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, const char *buf,
+			   size_t count)
+{
+	/* We don't care what is written to the attribute. */
+	cpufreq_stats_clear_table(policy->stats);
+	return count;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
 static ssize_t show_trans_table(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 {
@@ -113,10 +133,12 @@ cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(trans_table);
 
 cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(total_trans);
 cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(time_in_state);
+cpufreq_freq_attr_wr_perm(reset, 0200);
 
 static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	&total_trans.attr,
 	&time_in_state.attr,
+	&reset.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
 	&trans_table.attr,
 #endif
-- 
2.7.4