Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] cpufreq: set invariance scale factor on transition end

Viresh Kumar
2020-08-04T06:27:50Z

On 03-08-20, 14:58, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> Hi Viresh,
>
> On Thursday 30 Jul 2020 at 09:43:34 (+0530), Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > On 22-07-20, 10:37, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> > > While the move of the invariance setter calls (arch_set_freq_scale())
> > > from cpufreq drivers to cpufreq core maintained the previous
> > > functionality for existing drivers that use target_index() and
> > > fast_switch() for frequency switching, it also gives the possibility
> > > of adding support for users of the target() callback, which is exploited
> > > here.
> > >
> > > To be noted that the target() callback has been flagged as deprecated
> > > since:
> > >
> > > commit 9c0ebcf78fde ("cpufreq: Implement light weight ->target_index() routine")
> > >
> > > It also doesn't have that many users:
> > >
> > > cpufreq-nforce2.c:371:2: .target = nforce2_target,
> > > cppc_cpufreq.c:416:2: .target = cppc_cpufreq_set_target,
> > > gx-suspmod.c:439:2: .target = cpufreq_gx_target,
> > > pcc-cpufreq.c:573:2: .target = pcc_cpufreq_target,
> > >
> > > Similarly to the path taken for target_index() calls in the cpufreq core
> > > during a frequency change, all of the drivers above will mark the end of a
> > > frequency change by a call to cpufreq_freq_transition_end().
> > >
> > > Therefore, cpufreq_freq_transition_end() can be used as the location for
> > > the arch_set_freq_scale() call to potentially inform the scheduler of the
> > > frequency change.
> > >
> > > This change maintains the previous functionality for the drivers that
> > > implement the target_index() callback, while also adding support for the
> > > few drivers that implement the deprecated target() callback.
> > >
> > > Two notes are worthwhile here:
> > > - In __target_index(), cpufreq_freq_transition_end() is called only for
> > > drivers that have synchronous notifications enabled. There is only one
> > > driver that disables them,
> > >
> > > drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c:1142: .flags = CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION,
> > >
> > > which is deprecated.
> >
> > I don't think this is deprecated.

Heh, maybe I misunderstood. I thought you are talking about the flag,
while you were talking about the driver.

> Sorry, possibly 'deprecated' is a strong word.
>
> As far as I knew acpi_cpufreq was recommended more recently for K8/K10
> CPUs so that's why I decided not to create a special case for it, also
> considering that it was not supporting cpufreq-based frequency
> invariance to begin with.
>
> We could support this as well by having a call to arch_set_freq_scale()
> on the else path in __target_index(). But given that there was only this
> one user of CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION, I thought I'd propose this simpler
> version first.
>
> Let me know if my reasoning is wrong.

Nevertheless, I don't think you need to mention this detail in
changelog for powernow-k8 as cpufreq_freq_transition_end() does get
called for it as well, by the driver instead of the core.

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viresh