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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:21:38 +0800
From: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
To: srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>, "Rafael J.
 Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, Linux PM
 <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,  LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/6] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Do not update
 global.turbo_disabled after initialization

On Tue, 2024-06-04 at 09:56 -0700, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > With such a delay, I am not sure how this even worked before.

It didn't work out of box but it worked after manually writing 0 to
no_turbo after 20 seconds, see
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218702.

> > > Can you revert the patch in question and use kernel dynamic debug
> > > dyndbg="file intel_pstate.c +p" kernel command line and collect log
> > > for
> > > 30 seconds?

Attached.  The related part seems:

[    0.553606] intel_pstate: Intel P-state driver initializing
[    0.553630] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 0
[    0.553640] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.553642] intel_pstate: cpu:0 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.553643] intel_pstate: cpu:0 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.553644] intel_pstate: cpu:0 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.553680] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 1
[    0.553702] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.553703] intel_pstate: cpu:1 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.553704] intel_pstate: cpu:1 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.553705] intel_pstate: cpu:1 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.553742] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 2
[    0.553763] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.553764] intel_pstate: cpu:2 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.553765] intel_pstate: cpu:2 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.553766] intel_pstate: cpu:2 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.553809] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 3
[    0.553830] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.553831] intel_pstate: cpu:3 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.553831] intel_pstate: cpu:3 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.553832] intel_pstate: cpu:3 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.553868] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 4
[    0.553892] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.553893] intel_pstate: cpu:4 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.553894] intel_pstate: cpu:4 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.553895] intel_pstate: cpu:4 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.553943] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 5
[    0.553967] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.553968] intel_pstate: cpu:5 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.553968] intel_pstate: cpu:5 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.553969] intel_pstate: cpu:5 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.554009] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 6
[    0.554034] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.554035] intel_pstate: cpu:6 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.554036] intel_pstate: cpu:6 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.554037] intel_pstate: cpu:6 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.554077] intel_pstate: controlling: cpu 7
[    0.554098] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    0.554099] intel_pstate: cpu:7 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    0.554099] intel_pstate: cpu:7 global_min:0 global_max:44
[    0.554100] intel_pstate: cpu:7 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    0.554104] intel_pstate: HWP enabled
[    2.183669] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183675] intel_pstate: cpu:6 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183677] intel_pstate: cpu:6 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183679] intel_pstate: cpu:6 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    2.183710] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183711] intel_pstate: cpu:4 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183713] intel_pstate: cpu:4 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183715] intel_pstate: cpu:4 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    2.183742] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183744] intel_pstate: cpu:2 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183745] intel_pstate: cpu:2 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183747] intel_pstate: cpu:2 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    2.183773] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183775] intel_pstate: cpu:0 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183776] intel_pstate: cpu:0 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183777] intel_pstate: cpu:0 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    2.183803] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183805] intel_pstate: cpu:7 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183806] intel_pstate: cpu:7 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183807] intel_pstate: cpu:7 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    2.183831] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183833] intel_pstate: cpu:5 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183834] intel_pstate: cpu:5 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183836] intel_pstate: cpu:5 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    2.183862] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183864] intel_pstate: cpu:3 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183865] intel_pstate: cpu:3 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183867] intel_pstate: cpu:3 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4
[    2.183893] intel_pstate: set_policy cpuinfo.max 3100000 policy->max 3100000
[    2.183895] intel_pstate: cpu:1 min_policy_perf:4 max_policy_perf:31
[    2.183896] intel_pstate: cpu:1 global_min:4 global_max:44
[    2.183898] intel_pstate: cpu:1 max_perf_ratio:31 min_perf_ratio:4

> > I think that it worked because the MSR was read every time
> > intel_pstate ran, so it got updated at one point and stayed that way.
> 
> But here HWP in active mode is getting used. So it should have fewer
> request calls to set accept via cpufreq set_policy()
> 
>  callback or with some HWP interrupt.

-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University

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