linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Clarify abstract scale usage for power values in Energy Model, EAS and IPA

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Message-ID: <1685b7c8-e6bb-fc3b-c2ff-5c87c35610f0@arm.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:24:14 +0000
From:   Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <Dietmar.Eggemann@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        "Nayak, Rajendra" <rnayak@...eaurora.org>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Clarify abstract scale usage for power values in
 Energy Model, EAS and IPA



On 11/10/20 7:32 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 11:58 AM Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rafael,
>>
>> On 11/3/20 9:05 AM, Lukasz Luba wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The Energy Model supports power values expressed in an abstract scale.
>>> This has an impact on Intelligent Power Allocation (IPA) and should be
>>> documented properly. Kernel sub-systems like EAS, IPA and DTPM
>>> (new comming PowerCap framework) would use the new flag to capture
>>> potential miss-configuration where the devices have registered different
>>> power scales, thus cannot operate together.
>>>
>>> There was a discussion below v2 of this patch series, which might help
>>> you to get context of these changes [2].
>>>
>>> The agreed approach is to have the DT as a source of power values expressed
>>> always in milli-Watts and the only way to submit with abstract scale values
>>> is via the em_dev_register_perf_domain() API.
>>>
>>> Changes:
>>> v4:
>>> - change bool to int type for 'miliwatts' in struct em_perf_domain
>>>     (suggested by Quentin)
>>> - removed one sentence from patch 2/4 in IPA doc power_allocator.rst
>>>     (suggested by Quentin)
>>> - added reviewed-by from Quentin to 1/4, 3/4, 4/4 patches
>>
>> There was no major objections in the v3 and this v4 just addressed
>> minor comments. The important discussions mostly happen in v2.
>>
>> Could you take the patches via your tree, please?
> 
> Applied as 5.11 material, thanks!
> 

Thank you Rafael!

Regards,
Lukasz