linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] Revert "cpufreq: schedutil: Move max CPU capacity to sugov

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Message-ID: <CAKfTPtAPniqQyDzh=Yu8Z9R9+H2PzBKkHT0SJgHZiUOdNdw3Mg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:42:20 +0100
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Sam Wu <wusamuel@...gle.com>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        "Isaac J . Manjarres" <isaacmanjarres@...gle.com>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] Revert "cpufreq: schedutil: Move max CPU capacity to sugov_policy"

Hi All

Just for the log and because it took me a while to figure out the root
cause of the problem: This patch also creates a regression for
snapdragon845 based systems and probably on any QC chipsets that use a
LUT to update the OPP table at boot. The behavior is the same as
described by Sam with a staled value in sugov_policy.max field.

Regards,
Vincent

On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 09:58, Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com> wrote:
>
> Hi Rafael and Sam
>
> On 11/21/22 19:18, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 2:00 AM Sam Wu <wusamuel@...gle.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 3:35 AM Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com> wrote:
> >>> Which mainline kernel version you use in pixel6?
> >> I am using kernel version 6.1-rc5.
> >>>
> >>> Could you elaborate a bit how is it possible?
> >>> Do you have the sg_policy setup properly (and at right time)?
> >>> Do you have the cpu capacity from arch_scale_cpu_capacity()
> >>> set correctly and at the right time during this cpufreq
> >>> governor setup?
> >>>
> >>> IIRC in Android there is a different code for setting up the
> >>> cpufreq sched governor clones. In mainline we don't have to do
> >>> those tricks, so this might be the main difference.
> >> This behavior is seen on the mainline kernel. There isn't any vendor code
> >> modifying the behavior, and the schedutil governor is being used.
> >>>
> >>> Could you trace the value that is read from
> >>> arch_scale_cpu_capacity() and share it with us?
> >>> I suspect this value changes in time in your kernel.
> >> There's an additional CPU capacity normalization step during
> >> init_cpu_capacity_callback() that does not happen until all the CPUs come
> >> online. However, the sugov_start() function can be called for a subset of
> >> CPUs before all the CPUs are brought up and before the normalization of
> >> the CPU capacity values, so there could be a stale value stored
> >> in sugov_policy.max field.
> >
> > OK, the revert has been applied as 6.1-rc material, thanks!
>
> I was on a business trip last week so couldn't check this.
> Now I'm back and I've checked the booting sequence.
> Yes, there is some race condition and the mechanism
> using blocking_notifier_call_chain() in the cpufreq_online()
> doesn't help while we are registering that schedutil
> new policy.
>
> I will have to go through those mechanisms and check them.
> I agree, for now the best option is to revert the patch.
>
> My apologies for introducing this issues.
> Thanks Sam for capturing it.
>
> Regards,
> Lukasz