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From: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v8 3/3] cpufreq: CPPC: Reflect the OSPM nominal in boost and limits
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:57:45 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261030172745.2045743-4-sumitg@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261030172745.2045743-1-sumitg@nvidia.com>

Boost is the performance range above nominal, so lowering the OSPM
Nominal Performance enlarges the boost range and drops the non-boost
ceiling. Keep the policy limits consistent with the register.

Add cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(), which returns the OSPM Nominal
Performance when set and the platform nominal otherwise. Use it for the
non-boost ceiling in set_boost(), and to update the policy limits when
ospm_nominal_freq is written.

The cpufreq core caps scaling_max_freq with a per-policy QoS request,
boost_freq_req, that it sets to cpuinfo.max_freq and refreshes only when
boost is toggled. A write to ospm_nominal_freq changes cpuinfo.max_freq
without toggling boost, so cppc_cpufreq_update_nominal_limits() updates
the request itself, rather than leaving scaling_max_freq at the old
nominal.

When boost is enabled the ceiling is highest_perf, not the nominal, so
the update is skipped. set_boost() applies the new nominal when boost is
turned off.

A platform with highest_perf == nominal_perf has no boost range at boot.
Lowering the OSPM nominal from sysfs can create one. The core, however,
adds its boost FREQ_QOS_MAX request only at policy setup, and only if
boost_supported is already set. Set boost_supported in init() when the
OSPM register is supported and highest_perf > lowest_perf. Boost can
then be enabled after the nominal is lowered.

Suggested-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com>
---
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu      |  4 ++
 drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c                | 72 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 6af7fa86e44c..d219fc27a0c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ Description:	OSPM Nominal Performance (kHz)
 		Write a value in kHz, between the frequencies corresponding to
 		Lowest Performance and Nominal Performance.
 
+		While boost is disabled, cpuinfo_max_freq is set to this value
+		and scaling_max_freq cannot go above it. While boost is
+		enabled, cpuinfo_max_freq is the Highest Performance frequency.
+
 		The register cannot be read back, so a read returns the last
 		value written, rounded to a performance level. It returns
 		"<unset>" before the first write. Reads and writes fail with
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index 662397526433..7cac31de7325 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -915,6 +915,29 @@ static void cppc_cpufreq_put_cpu_data(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	policy->driver_data = NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return the non-boost performance ceiling. This is the OSPM Nominal
+ * Performance the driver last requested, or the platform-reported Nominal
+ * Performance if none was requested.
+ *
+ * The register is write-only, so the requested value comes from the
+ * software-tracked state rather than from hardware.
+ */
+static u32 cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	const struct cppc_policy_state *st = cppc_cpufreq_policy_state(policy);
+	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+	u64 ospm_nominal;
+
+	ospm_nominal = st->regs[CPPC_SAVED_OSPM_NOMINAL_PERF][CPPC_SAVED_REQUESTED];
+
+	/* U64_MAX means OSPM has not selected a nominal level. */
+	if (ospm_nominal == U64_MAX)
+		return cpu_data->perf_caps.nominal_perf;
+
+	return (u32)ospm_nominal;
+}
+
 static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
@@ -974,9 +997,14 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	/*
 	 * If 'highest_perf' is greater than 'nominal_perf', we assume CPU Boost
-	 * is supported.
+	 * is supported. A writable OSPM Nominal Performance register can also
+	 * open a boost range at runtime by lowering the nominal, so assume
+	 * boost is supported in that case too, letting the core register its
+	 * QoS request up front.
 	 */
-	if (caps->highest_perf > caps->nominal_perf)
+	if (caps->highest_perf > caps->nominal_perf ||
+	    (caps->highest_perf > caps->lowest_perf &&
+	     cppc_ospm_nominal_perf_supported(cpu)))
 		policy->boost_supported = true;
 
 	/*
@@ -1280,11 +1308,12 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_set_boost(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, int state)
 {
 	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
 	struct cppc_perf_caps *caps = &cpu_data->perf_caps;
+	u32 nominal = cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(policy);
 
 	if (state)
 		policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->highest_perf);
 	else
-		policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->nominal_perf);
+		policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, nominal);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1494,6 +1523,41 @@ static int cppc_get_perf_limited_filtered(int cpu, u64 *perf_limited)
 CPPC_CPUFREQ_ATTR_RW_U64(perf_limited, cppc_get_perf_limited_filtered,
 			 cppc_set_perf_limited)
 
+/*
+ * While boost is disabled, the nominal is the ceiling. Set cpuinfo.max_freq to
+ * it and update the core's boost_freq_req to match. The core only syncs
+ * boost_freq_req when boost is enabled or disabled, so a plain nominal change
+ * must update it here. Without that, raising the nominal again would leave the
+ * stale request capping the policy.
+ *
+ * Refresh the limits directly rather than leave it to the QoS notifier, which
+ * only schedules the update, so the new ceiling is in place once the write
+ * returns. The sysfs store path holds policy->rwsem, which the refresh needs.
+ */
+static void cppc_cpufreq_update_nominal_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+	u32 nominal;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (policy->boost_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	nominal = cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(policy);
+	policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(&cpu_data->perf_caps,
+						    nominal);
+
+	if (freq_qos_request_active(&policy->boost_freq_req)) {
+		ret = freq_qos_update_request(&policy->boost_freq_req,
+					      policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			pr_debug("Failed to update boost limit on CPU%u (%d)\n",
+				 policy->cpu, ret);
+	}
+
+	refresh_frequency_limits(policy);
+}
+
 static ssize_t show_ospm_nominal_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 {
 	const struct cppc_policy_state *st = cppc_cpufreq_policy_state(policy);
@@ -1552,6 +1616,8 @@ static ssize_t store_ospm_nominal_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	st->regs[CPPC_SAVED_OSPM_NOMINAL_PERF][CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE] =
 		cpu_data->perf_caps.nominal_perf;
 
+	cppc_cpufreq_update_nominal_limits(policy);
+
 	return count;
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-30 17:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-30 17:27 [PATCH v8 0/3] ACPI / cpufreq: CPPC: Add ospm_nominal_perf support Sumit Gupta
2026-10-30 17:27 ` [PATCH v8 1/3] ACPI: " Sumit Gupta
2026-10-30 17:27 ` [PATCH v8 2/3] cpufreq: CPPC: Add ospm_nominal_freq attribute Sumit Gupta
2026-10-30 17:27 ` Sumit Gupta [this message]

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