[PATCH 1/5] cpufreq: amd-pstate: cpufreq: amd-pstate: reset MSR_AMD_PERF_CTL register at init

Perry Yuan
2022-11-17T02:52:03Z

From: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>

MSR_AMD_PERF_CTL is guaranteed to be 0 on a cold boot. However, on a
kexec boot, for instance, it may have a non-zero value (if the cpu was
in a non-P0 Pstate). In such cases, the cores with non-P0 Pstates at
boot will never be pushed to P0, let alone boost frequencies.

Kexec is a common workflow for reboot on Linux and this creates a
regression in performance. Fix it by explicitly setting the
MSR_AMD_PERF_CTL to 0 during amd_pstate driver init.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index ace7d50cf2ac..d844c6f97caf 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -424,12 +424,22 @@ static void amd_pstate_boost_init(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
amd_pstate_driver.boost_enabled = true;
}

+static void amd_perf_ctl_reset(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ wrmsrl_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_AMD_PERF_CTL, 0);
+}
+
static int amd_pstate_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
{
int min_freq, max_freq, nominal_freq, lowest_nonlinear_freq, ret;
struct device *dev;
struct amd_cpudata *cpudata;

+ /*
+ * Resetting PERF_CTL_MSR will put the CPU in P0 frequency,
+ * which is ideal for initialization process.
+ */
+ amd_perf_ctl_reset(policy->cpu);
dev = get_cpu_device(policy->cpu);
if (!dev)
return -ENODEV;
--
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