Re: [PATCH 6/7] thermal: netlink: Add a new event to notify CPU capabilities change

[Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>]

On Thu, 2021-12-09 at 17:57 +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 09/12/2021 17:03, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:29:46AM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > > On 06/11/2021 02:33, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > > > From: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Add a new netlink event to notify change in CPU capabilities in
> > > > terms of
> > > > performance and efficiency.
> > > > 
> > > > Firmware may change CPU capabilities as a result of thermal
> > > > events in the
> > > > system or to account for changes in the TDP (thermal design
> > > > power) level.
> > > > 
> > > > This notification type will allow user space to avoid running
> > > > workloads
> > > > on certain CPUs or proactively adjust power limits to avoid
> > > > future events.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > [ ... ]
> > > 
> > > > +       [THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY_ID]   = { .type =
> > > > NLA_U32 },
> > > > +       [THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY_PERF] = { .type =
> > > > NLA_U32 },
> > > > +       [THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY_EFF]  = { .type =
> > > > NLA_U32 },
> > > >  };
> > > 
> > > AFAIU, 0 <= perf < 256 and 0 <= eff < 256, right?
> > > 
> > > Is the following true?
> > > 
> > >         0 <= perf + eff < 256
> > 
> > No, they are not. They are set independently.
> 
> I understand they can be set independently but is the constraint
> above
> correct? For example, can the system send perf=255 and eff=255 or
> perf=0
> and eff=0 ?
perf = 0 and eff = 0 is already the case in the current processors.
Both FF is not the case as the current generation use real performance
which can't be FF. Also it is unlikely that at max performance you have
max efficiency.

Thanks,
Srinivas

> 
> May be I misunderstood but I was expecting at least some kind of
> connection between perf and eff (when eff is high, perf is low and
> the
> opposite).
> 
>