From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: [PATCH 4/4] intel_pstate: skip scheduler hook when in "performance" mode. Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 22:11:54 -0700 Message-ID: <68516d288d3968fe22d6c8984a7bcbdcdbed351d.1498280509.git.len.brown@intel.com> References: <1498281114-3868-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org> Reply-To: Len Brown Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1498281114-3868-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: rafael@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de Cc: x86@kernel.org, srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com, peterz@infradead.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org From: Len Brown When the governor is set to "performance", intel_pstate does not need the scheduler hook for doing any calculations. Under these conditions, its only purpose is to continue to maintain cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq. The cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq sysfs attribute is now provided by shared x86 cpufreq code on modern x86 systems, including all systems supported by the intel_pstate driver. So in "performance" governor mode, the scheduler hook can be skipped. This applies to both in Software and Hardware P-state control modes. Suggested-by: Srinivas Pandruvada Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c index 4ec5668..4538182 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c @@ -2031,10 +2031,10 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) */ intel_pstate_clear_update_util_hook(policy->cpu); intel_pstate_max_within_limits(cpu); + } else { + intel_pstate_set_update_util_hook(policy->cpu); } - intel_pstate_set_update_util_hook(policy->cpu); - if (hwp_active) intel_pstate_hwp_set(policy->cpu); -- 2.7.4