From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org Subject: [Bug 196263] New: powersave broken Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 20:53:29 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Return-path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org ([198.145.29.98]:48110 "EHLO mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753174AbdGCUxb (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:53:31 -0400 Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C540426D05 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2017 20:53:30 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-pm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org To: linux-pm@kernel.org https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196263 Bug ID: 196263 Summary: powersave broken Product: Power Management Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: 4.11.6 Hardware: Intel OS: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: cpufreq Assignee: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Reporter: roman.gruber@gmx.at Regression: No Recent kernel upgrade enforces driver: intel_pstate. there the powersave governour is broken. To verify this behaviour I emerged the biggest package available in gentoo, libreoffice I changed to the powersave governour. Synced the portage tree and updated my system. This also included libreoffice i7z reported maxed out cpu. Fans were spinning, fan air was quite hot, as in state ondemand or performance. On previous kernels powersave would clock down the cpu to 1200, and the fan hardly will be recognizeable, fan air would stay in a certain lower range. Compile timings of powersave governour iwth intel_pstate is similar to performanceor ondemand on previous kernels. ASUS-G75VW roman # splat app-office/libreoffice-5.3.4.2 * app-office/libreoffice-5.3.4.2 Emerged at: Mo Jul 3 21:22:39 2017 Build time: 1 hour, 10 minutes, and 38 seconds ASUS-G75VW roman # cpupower frequency-info analyzing CPU 0: driver: intel_pstate CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: Cannot determine or is not supported. hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 3.30 GHz available cpufreq governors: performance powersave current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 3.30 GHz. The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency: 1.20 GHz (asserted by call to hardware) boost state support: Supported: yes Active: yes 3100 MHz max turbo 4 active cores 3100 MHz max turbo 3 active cores 3200 MHz max turbo 2 active cores 3300 MHz max turbo 1 active cores ASUS-G75VW roman # uname -a Linux ASUS-G75VW 4.11.6-gentoo-23-06-2017 #1 SMP Fri Jun 23 19:54:15 CEST 2017 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux -- Similar timings with performance governour on older kernels with previous packages, just a few samples taken as reference * app-office/libreoffice-5.2.7.2 Emerged at: Do Mai 11 23:32:41 2017 Build time: 1 hour, 10 minutes, and 55 seconds * app-office/libreoffice-5.2.3.3-r1 Emerged at: Sa Dez 3 23:58:27 2016 Build time: 1 hour, 6 minutes, and 44 seconds -- cpu, ivybridge: model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz -- current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 3.30 GHz. The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use within this range. Please fix this or revert to the old behaviour. I expect powersave to be powersave, therefore no high cpu clocks, no hot air, no recognizeable fans. Kernels around ~4.9.x or before are not affected in my case. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.