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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:30:53 +0200
From: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v3 6/6] arm64/amu: use capacity_ref_freq to set AMU ratio
On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 13:19, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com> wrote:
>
> On 24/10/2023 11:58, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 at 22:58, Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Wednesday 18 Oct 2023 at 18:25:40 (+0200), Vincent Guittot wrote:
> >>> Use the new capacity_ref_freq to set the ratio that is used by AMU for
> >>> computing the arch_scale_freq_capacity().
> >>> This helps to keep everything aligned using the same reference for
> >>> computing CPUs capacity.
> >>>
> >>> The default value of the ratio ensures that arch_scale_freq_capacity()
> >>> returns max capacity until it is set to its correct value with the
> >>> cpu capacity and capacity_ref_freq.
>
> Nitpick: Could you mention that arch_max_freq_scale is the default value
> for this ratio? Took me a while to recreate the (not so simple) story
> for this change, i.e. make the connection between ratio and
> arch_max_freq_scale.
something like :
"
The default value of the ratio (saved in per_cpu(arch_max_freq_scale)
ensures that arch_scale_freq_capacity() returns max capacity until it
is set to its correct value with the cpu capacity and
capacity_ref_freq.
"
Or I can rename the variable per_cpu(arch_max_freq_ratio)
>
> init_cpu_capacity_callback()
>
> freq_inv_set_max_ratio()
>
> u64 ratio
> ...
> per_cpu(arch_max_freq_scale, cpu) = (unsigned long)ratio
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
> static struct scale_freq_data amu_sfd = {
> .set_freq_scale = amu_scale_freq_tick,
> }
>
> #define arch_scale_freq_tick topology_scale_freq_tick
>
> topology_scale_freq_tick()
>
> sfd->set_freq_scale()
>
>
> amu_scale_freq_tick()
>
> ...
> scale *= this_cpu_read(arch_max_freq_scale)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ...
> this_cpu_write(arch_freq_scale, (unsigned long)scale);
>
>
> #define arch_scale_freq_capacity topology_get_freq_scale
>
> topology_get_freq_scale(cpu)
>
> return per_cpu(arch_freq_scale, cpu)
>
> [...]
>
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