Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] topology: add a new arch_scale_freq_reference

[Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>]

On 10/9/23 11:36, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> Create a new method to get a unique and fixed max frequency. Currently
> cpuinfo.max_freq or the highest (or last) state of performance domain are
> used as the max frequency when computing the frequency for a level of
> utilization but:
> - cpuinfo_max_freq can change at runtime. boost is one example of
>    such change.
> - cpuinfo.max_freq and last item of the PD can be different leading to
>    different results between cpufreq and energy model.
> 
> We need to save the reference frequency that has been used when computing
> the CPUs capacity and use this fixed and coherent value to convert between
> frequency and CPU's capacity.
> 
> In fact, we already save the frequency that has been used when computing
> the capacity of each CPU. We extend the precision to save khZ instead of
> Mhz currently and we modify the type to be aligned with other variables
> used when converting frequency to capacity and the other way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> ---
>   arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h   |  1 +
>   arch/arm64/include/asm/topology.h |  1 +
>   arch/riscv/include/asm/topology.h |  1 +
>   drivers/base/arch_topology.c      | 29 ++++++++++++++---------------
>   include/linux/arch_topology.h     |  7 +++++++
>   5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

[snip]

> @@ -170,9 +172,9 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, thermal_pressure);
>    * operating on stale data when hot-plug is used for some CPUs. The
>    * @capped_freq reflects the currently allowed max CPUs frequency due to
>    * thermal capping. It might be also a boost frequency value, which is bigger
> - * than the internal 'freq_factor' max frequency. In such case the pressure
> - * value should simply be removed, since this is an indication that there is
> - * no thermal throttling. The @capped_freq must be provided in kHz.
> + * than the internal 'capacity_ref_freq' max frequency. In such case the
> + * pressure value should simply be removed, since this is an indication that
> + * there is no thermal throttling. The @capped_freq must be provided in kHz.
>    */
>   void topology_update_thermal_pressure(const struct cpumask *cpus,
>   				      unsigned long capped_freq)
> @@ -183,10 +185,7 @@ void topology_update_thermal_pressure(const struct cpumask *cpus,
>   
>   	cpu = cpumask_first(cpus);
>   	max_capacity = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu);
> -	max_freq = per_cpu(freq_factor, cpu);
> -
> -	/* Convert to MHz scale which is used in 'freq_factor' */
> -	capped_freq /= 1000;

I do like this small speed-up and I'm happy that it's possible with this
new design. (IIRC some of your platforms can update the thermal
pressure quite many time per sec - that might be the reason why
you see some speed-ups mentioned in the cover letter)

> +	max_freq = arch_scale_freq_ref(cpu);
>   


LGTM

Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>