linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] arm64: idle: Cache AMU counters before entering idle

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Message-ID: <3ed907bf-9526-3a46-41b9-8a0c747122f1@huawei.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 11:17:26 +0800
From: "lihuisong (C)" <lihuisong@...wei.com>
To: Vanshidhar Konda <vanshikonda@...amperecomputing.com>, Beata Michalska
	<beata.michalska@....com>
CC: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<rafael@...nel.org>, <sumitg@...dia.com>, <zengheng4@...wei.com>,
	<yang@...amperecomputing.com>, <will@...nel.org>, <sudeep.holla@....com>,
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	<linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] arm64: idle: Cache AMU counters before entering
 idle


在 2024/3/1 0:25, Vanshidhar Konda 写道:
> AMU counters do not increment while a CPU is in idle. Saving the value
> of the core and constant counters prior to invoking WFI allows FIE to
> compute the frequency of a CPU that is idle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vanshidhar Konda <vanshikonda@...amperecomputing.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/kernel/idle.c     | 10 ++++++++++
>   arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 14 ++++++++------
>   2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idle.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idle.c
> index 05cfb347ec26..5ed2e57188a8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idle.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idle.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ void __cpuidle cpu_do_idle(void)
>   
>   	arm_cpuidle_save_irq_context(&context);
>   
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_AMU_EXTN
> +	/* Update the AMU counters before entering WFI. The cached AMU counter
> +	 * value is used to determine CPU frequency while the CPU is idle
> +	 * without needing to wake up the CPU.
> +	 */
> +
> +	if (cpu_has_amu_feat(smp_processor_id()))
> +		update_freq_counters_refs();
> +#endif
The below point I has mentioned in [1].
This is just for the WFI state.
What about other deeper idle states, like retention and power down?
The path to enter idle state is different for them. We should do this 
for all idle states.

> +
>   	dsb(sy);
>   	wfi();
>   
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> index db8d14525cf4..8905eb0c681f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> @@ -240,13 +240,15 @@ unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
>   	} while (read_seqcount_retry(&cpu_sample->seq, seq));
>   
>   	/*
> -	 * Bail on invalid count and when the last update was too long ago,
> -	 * which covers idle and NOHZ full CPUs.
> +	 * Bail on invalid count and when the last update was too long ago.
> +	 * This covers idle, NOHZ full and isolated CPUs.
> +	 *
> +	 * Idle CPUs don't need to be measured because AMU counters stop
> +	 * incrementing during WFI/WFE.
>   	 */
> -	if (!delta_const_cnt || ((jiffies - last) > MAX_SAMPLE_AGE)) {
> -		if (!(housekeeping_cpu(cpu, HK_TYPE_TICK) && idle_cpu(cpu)))
> -			goto fallback;
> -	}
> +	if (!delta_const_cnt ||
> +	    ((jiffies - last) > MAX_SAMPLE_AGE && !idle_cpu(cpu)))
> +		goto fallback;
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * CPU frequency = reference perf (in Hz) * (/\ delivered) / (/\ reference)
[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20231212072617.14756-1-lihuisong@huawei.com/