Re: [RFC PATCH] crypto: crc32c-pclmul - Use pmovzxdq to shrink K_table

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 06:07:16PM -0700, Tim Chen wrote:
 > On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 19:54 -0400, George Spelvin wrote:
 > > Sorry for the delay; my Ivy Bridge test machine isn't in my
 > > office and getting to the console to tweak the BIOS is a
 > > bit of a bother.
 > > 
 > > Anyway, i7-4930K, turbo boost & hyperthreading disabled,
 > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu?/cpufreq/scaling_governor
 > > performance
 > > performance
 > > performance
 > > performance
 > > performance
 > > performance
 > > 
 > > Oddly, though, CPU speed still seems to be fluctuating:
 > > $ grep MHz /proc/cpuinfo
 > > cpu MHz         : 1255.875
 > > cpu MHz         : 3168.375
 > > cpu MHz         : 3062.125
 > > cpu MHz         : 1468.375
 > > cpu MHz         : 1309.000
 > > cpu MHz         : 2212.125
 > > $ grep MHz /proc/cpuinfo
 > > cpu MHz         : 1255.875
 > > cpu MHz         : 2690.250
 > > cpu MHz         : 1255.875
 > > cpu MHz         : 2530.875
 > > cpu MHz         : 2212.125
 > > cpu MHz         : 1521.500
 > 
 > This is odd.  On my Ivy Bridge system the CPU speed from /proc/cpuinfo 
 > is at max freq once I set the performance governor.  
 > The numbers above almost look like
 > the cpu frequency is fluctuating and an average is taken.
 > What version of the kernel are you running?  Is 
 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE compiled in?
 > 
 > Does /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu?/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
 > also changes?
 > 
 > Can you check what are the available governors in your system
 > and available frequencies?
 > 
 > cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
 > cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
 > 
 > If userspace governor is available, you can try set the governor
 > to userspace, then pin frequency to 3400 MHz (assuming that's your
 > max) with command like:
 
intel_pstate overrides any governor choice you make through sysfs.

	Dave