linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] intel_pstate: fix turbo not being used after a processor is rebooted

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0hFOA97FAq=CwGXgXTkC8aS_vyHjXuaFUppXktrG62H6w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:02:50 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@...zon.de>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...ica.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] intel_pstate: fix turbo not being used after a
 processor is rebooted

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 5:40 PM srinivas pandruvada
<srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2022-12-27 at 16:38 +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > Hi Srinivas,
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 24 2022, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 2022-12-23 at 10:10 -0800, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > > Hi Pratyush,
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2022-12-22 at 11:39 +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Srinivas,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Dec 21 2022, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, 2022-12-21 at 16:52 +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > > > > > > When a processor is brought offline and online again, it is
> > > > > > > unable to
> > > > > > > use Turbo mode because the _PSS table does not contain the
> > > > > > > whole
> > > > > > > turbo
> > > > > > > frequency range, but only +1 MHz above the max non-turbo
> > > > > > > frequency.
> > > > > > > This
> > > > > > > causes problems when ACPI processor driver tries to set
> > > > > > > frequency
> > > > > > > constraints. See patch 2 for more details.
> > > > > > >
> > > > I can reproduce on a Broadwell server platform. But not on a
> > > > client
> > > > system with acpi_ppc usage.
> > > >
> > > > Need to check what change broke this.
> > >
> > > When PPC limits enforcement changed to PM QOS, this broke.
> > > Previously
> > > acpi_processor_get_platform_limit() was not enforcing any limits.
> > > It
> > > was just setting variable. So any update done after
> > > acpi_register_performance_state() call to pr->performance-
> > > > states[ppc].core_frequency, was effective.
> > >
> > > We don't really need to call
> > >         ret = freq_qos_update_request(&pr->perflib_req,
> > >                         pr->performance->states[ppc].core_frequency
> > > *
> > > 1000);
> > >
> > > if the PPC is not changed. When PPC is changed, this gets called
> > > again,
> > > so then we can call the above function to update cpufreq limit.
> > >
> > > The below change fixed for me.
> >
> > Right.
> I think, this is the only change you require to fix this. In addition
> set pr->performance_platform_limit = 0 in
> acpi_processor_unregister_performance().

Not really, because if the limit is set to a lower frequency and then
reset to _PSS[0], it needs to be set back to "no limit".

I'll send a patch for that in a while.