[PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Set P-state upfront in performance mode

Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-10-19T00:50:39Z

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

After commit a4675fbc4a7a (cpufreq: intel_pstate: Replace timers with
utilization update callbacks) the cpufreq governor callbacks may not
be invoked on NOHZ_FULL CPUs and, in particular, switching to the
"performance" policy via sysfs may not have any effect on them. That
is a problem, because it usually is desirable to squeeze the last
bit of performance out of those CPUs, so work around it by setting
the maximum P-state (within the limits) in intel_pstate_set_policy()
upfront when the policy is CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE.

Fixes: a4675fbc4a7a (cpufreq: intel_pstate: Replace timers with utilization update callbacks)
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -1137,10 +1137,8 @@ static void intel_pstate_get_min_max(str
*min = clamp_t(int, min_perf, cpu->pstate.min_pstate, max_perf);
}

-static void intel_pstate_set_min_pstate(struct cpudata *cpu)
+static void intel_pstate_set_pstate(struct cpudata *cpu, int pstate)
{
- int pstate = cpu->pstate.min_pstate;
-
trace_cpu_frequency(pstate * cpu->pstate.scaling, cpu->cpu);
cpu->pstate.current_pstate = pstate;
/*
@@ -1152,6 +1150,20 @@ static void intel_pstate_set_min_pstate(
pstate_funcs.get_val(cpu, pstate));
}

+static void intel_pstate_set_min_pstate(struct cpudata *cpu)
+{
+ intel_pstate_set_pstate(cpu, cpu->pstate.min_pstate);
+}
+
+static void intel_pstate_max_within_limits(struct cpudata *cpu)
+{
+ int min_pstate, max_pstate;
+
+ update_turbo_state();
+ intel_pstate_get_min_max(cpu, &min_pstate, &max_pstate);
+ intel_pstate_set_pstate(cpu, max_pstate);
+}
+
static void intel_pstate_get_cpu_pstates(struct cpudata *cpu)
{
cpu->pstate.min_pstate = pstate_funcs.get_min();
@@ -1485,7 +1497,7 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struc
pr_debug("set_policy cpuinfo.max %u policy->max %u\n",
policy->cpuinfo.max_freq, policy->max);

- cpu = all_cpu_data[0];
+ cpu = all_cpu_data[policy->cpu];
if (cpu->pstate.max_pstate_physical > cpu->pstate.max_pstate &&
policy->max < policy->cpuinfo.max_freq &&
policy->max > cpu->pstate.max_pstate * cpu->pstate.scaling) {
@@ -1529,6 +1541,15 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struc
limits->max_perf = round_up(limits->max_perf, FRAC_BITS);

out:
+ if (policy->policy == CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE) {
+ /*
+ * NOHZ_FULL CPUs need this as the governor callback may not
+ * be invoked on them.
+ */
+ intel_pstate_clear_update_util_hook(policy->cpu);
+ intel_pstate_max_within_limits(cpu);
+ }
+
intel_pstate_set_update_util_hook(policy->cpu);

intel_pstate_hwp_set_policy(policy);