From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Cc: tony.luck@intel.com, bp@alien8.de, tglx@linutronix.de,
mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, bberg@redhat.com,
x86@kernel.org, linux-edac@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hdegoede@redhat.com,
ckellner@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86, mce, therm_throt: Optimize logging of thermal throttle messages
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:48:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191015084833.GD2311@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191014212101.25719-1-srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 02:21:00PM -0700, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> Some modern systems have very tight thermal tolerances. Because of this
> they may cross thermal thresholds when running normal workloads (even
> during boot). The CPU hardware will react by limiting power/frequency
> and using duty cycles to bring the temperature back into normal range.
>
> Thus users may see a "critical" message about the "temperature above
> threshold" which is soon followed by "temperature/speed normal". These
> messages are rate limited, but still may repeat every few minutes.
>
> The solution here is to set a timeout when the temperature first exceeds
> the threshold.
Why can we even reach critical thresholds when the fans are working? I
always thought it was BAD to ever reach the critical temps and have the
hardware throttle.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-15 8:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2019-10-14 21:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86, mce, therm_throt: Optimize logging of thermal throttle messages Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-14 21:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86, mce: Add additional kernel boot parameter Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-14 21:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86, mce, therm_throt: Optimize logging of thermal throttle messages Borislav Petkov
2019-10-14 22:27 ` Luck, Tony
2019-10-15 8:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-15 8:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-15 13:43 ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-14 22:41 ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-15 8:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-15 14:01 ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-15 8:48 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-10-15 13:31 ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-16 8:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-16 14:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-17 21:31 ` Luck, Tony
2019-10-17 21:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-17 23:53 ` Luck, Tony
2019-10-18 6:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-18 7:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 12:26 ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-18 13:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-18 15:55 ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2019-10-18 19:40 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-18 18:02 ` Luck, Tony
2019-10-18 19:45 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-10-18 20:38 ` Luck, Tony
2019-10-19 8:10 ` Borislav Petkov
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