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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:12:28 -0800
From: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To: Lukasz Luba <l.luba@...tner.samsung.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, myungjoo.ham@...sung.com,
cw00.choi@...sung.com, kyungmin.park@...sung.com,
m.szyprowski@...sung.com, s.nawrocki@...sung.com, tkjos@...gle.com,
joel@...lfernandes.org, chris.diamand@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers: devfreq: change devfreq workqueue
mechanism
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:20:42PM +0100, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
>
> On 2/11/19 10:42 PM, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > Hi Lukasz,
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 04:30:04PM +0100, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> >> There is no need for creating another workqueue in the system,
> >> the existing one should meet the requirements.
> >> This patch removes devfreq's custom workqueue and uses system one.
> >> It switches from queue_delayed_work() to schedule_delayed_work().
> >> It also does not wake up the system when it enters suspend (this
> >> functionality stays the same).
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <l.luba@...tner.samsung.com>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 25 ++++++-------------------
> >> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> >> index 0ae3de7..882e717 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> >> @@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
> >>
> >> static struct class *devfreq_class;
> >>
> >> -/*
> >> - * devfreq core provides delayed work based load monitoring helper
> >> - * functions. Governors can use these or can implement their own
> >> - * monitoring mechanism.
> >> - */
> >> -static struct workqueue_struct *devfreq_wq;
> >> -
> >> /* The list of all device-devfreq governors */
> >> static LIST_HEAD(devfreq_governor_list);
> >> /* The list of all device-devfreq */
> >> @@ -391,8 +384,8 @@ static void devfreq_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
> >> if (err)
> >> dev_err(&devfreq->dev, "dvfs failed with (%d) error\n", err);
> >>
> >> - queue_delayed_work(devfreq_wq, &devfreq->work,
> >> - msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
> >> + schedule_delayed_work(&devfreq->work,
> >> + msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
> >> mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
> >> }
> >>
> >> @@ -409,7 +402,7 @@ void devfreq_monitor_start(struct devfreq *devfreq)
> >> {
> >> INIT_DEFERRABLE_WORK(&devfreq->work, devfreq_monitor);
> >> if (devfreq->profile->polling_ms)
> >> - queue_delayed_work(devfreq_wq, &devfreq->work,
> >> + schedule_delayed_work(&devfreq->work,
> >> msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
> >> }
> >> EXPORT_SYMBOL(devfreq_monitor_start);
> >> @@ -473,7 +466,7 @@ void devfreq_monitor_resume(struct devfreq *devfreq)
> >>
> >> if (!delayed_work_pending(&devfreq->work) &&
> >> devfreq->profile->polling_ms)
> >> - queue_delayed_work(devfreq_wq, &devfreq->work,
> >> + schedule_delayed_work(&devfreq->work,
> >> msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
> >>
> >> devfreq->last_stat_updated = jiffies;
> >> @@ -516,7 +509,7 @@ void devfreq_interval_update(struct devfreq *devfreq, unsigned int *delay)
> >>
> >> /* if current delay is zero, start polling with new delay */
> >> if (!cur_delay) {
> >> - queue_delayed_work(devfreq_wq, &devfreq->work,
> >> + schedule_delayed_work(&devfreq->work,
> >> msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
> >> goto out;
> >> }
> >> @@ -527,7 +520,7 @@ void devfreq_interval_update(struct devfreq *devfreq, unsigned int *delay)
> >> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&devfreq->work);
> >> mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
> >> if (!devfreq->stop_polling)
> >> - queue_delayed_work(devfreq_wq, &devfreq->work,
> >> + schedule_delayed_work(&devfreq->work,
> >> msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
> >> }
> >> out:
> >> @@ -1430,12 +1423,6 @@ static int __init devfreq_init(void)
> >> return PTR_ERR(devfreq_class);
> >> }
> >>
> >> - devfreq_wq = create_freezable_workqueue("devfreq_wq");
> >> - if (!devfreq_wq) {
> >> - class_destroy(devfreq_class);
> >> - pr_err("%s: couldn't create workqueue\n", __FILE__);
> >> - return -ENOMEM;
> >> - }
> >> devfreq_class->dev_groups = devfreq_groups;
> >>
> >> return 0;
> >
> > As commented on v1, the change from a custom to a system workqueue
> > seems reasonable to me. However this patch also changes from a
> > freezable workqueue to a non-freezable one. C&P of my comments on v1:
> >
> > ``WQ_FREEZABLE``
> > A freezable wq participates in the freeze phase of the system
> > suspend operations. Work items on the wq are drained and no
> > new work item starts execution until thawed.
> >
> > I'm not entirely sure what the impact of this is.
> >
> > I imagine suspend is potentially quicker because the wq isn't drained,
> > but could works that execute during the suspend phase be a problem?
> The devfreq supports suspend from v4.20-rc6, which picks OPP for a
> device based on its DT 'opp-suspend'. For the devices which do not
> choose the suspend OPP it is possible to enter that state with any
> frequency. Queuing work for calling governor during suspend which
> calculates the device's frequency for the next period is IMO not needed,
> The 'next period' is actually suspend and is not related to
> 'predicted' load by the governor.
If I am not mistaken the monitor can still be running after a device
was suspended:
devfreq_suspend
list_for_each_entry(devfreq, &devfreq_list, node)
devfreq_suspend_device
devfreq->governor->event_handler(devfreq,
DEVFREQ_GOV_SUSPEND, NULL);
According to the comment of devfreq_monitor_suspend() the function is
supposed to be called by the governor in response to
DEVFREQ_GOV_SUSPEND, however this doesn't seem to be universally the case:
git grep devfreq_monitor_suspend
drivers/devfreq/governor_simpleondemand.c: devfreq_monitor_suspend(devfreq);
drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c: devfreq_monitor_suspend(devfreq);
i.e. the other governors don't seem to call devfreq_monitor_suspend().
Am I missing something?
Thanks
Matthias
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