linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] cpufreq/amd-pstate: add kernel command line to override dynamic epp

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Message-ID: <20250215005448.1216646-3-superm1@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:54:45 -0600
From: Mario Limonciello <superm1@...nel.org>
To: "Gautham R . Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@....com>,
	Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@....com>
Cc: Dhananjay Ugwekar <Dhananjay.Ugwekar@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)),
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org (open list:CPU FREQUENCY SCALING FRAMEWORK),
	Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] cpufreq/amd-pstate: add kernel command line to override dynamic epp

From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>

Add `amd_dynamic_epp=enable` and `amd_dynamic_epp=disable` to override
the kernel configuration option `CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE_DYNAMIC_EPP`
locally.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  7 +++++++
 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst     |  7 +++++++
 drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c                    | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index fb8752b42ec85..1afe6d8ab09bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -392,6 +392,13 @@
 			disable
 			  Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
 
+	amd_dynamic_epp=
+			[X86]
+			disable
+			  Disable amd-pstate dynamic EPP.
+			enable
+			  Enable amd-pstate dynamic EPP.
+
 	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
 			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
 			Format: <a>,<b>
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
index 2e076650dc77c..8424e7119dd7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
@@ -438,6 +438,13 @@ For systems that support ``amd-pstate`` preferred core, the core rankings will
 always be advertised by the platform. But OS can choose to ignore that via the
 kernel parameter ``amd_prefcore=disable``.
 
+``amd_dynamic_epp``
+
+When AMD pstate is in auto mode, dynamic EPP will control whether the kernel
+autonomously changes the EPP mode. The default is configured by
+``CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE_DYNAMIC_EPP`` but can be explicitly enabled with
+``amd_pstate_epp=enable`` or disabled with ``amd_pstate_epp=disable``.
+
 User Space Interface in ``sysfs`` - General
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 95cf8ac29b08c..f72f385f9f92e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -1969,8 +1969,19 @@ static int __init amd_prefcore_param(char *str)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int __init amd_dynamic_epp_param(char *str)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(str, "disable"))
+		dynamic_epp = false;
+	if (!strcmp(str, "enable"))
+		dynamic_epp = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 early_param("amd_pstate", amd_pstate_param);
 early_param("amd_prefcore", amd_prefcore_param);
+early_param("amd_dynamic_epp", amd_dynamic_epp_param);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMD Processor P-state Frequency Driver");
-- 
2.43.0