Re: [PATCH 12/15] hwmon, fam15h_power: introduce a cpu accumulated power reporting algorithm

Huang Rui
2015-08-31T04:17:32Z

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 07:05:13AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 08/28/2015 03:45 AM, Huang Rui wrote:
> >On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:30:43AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >>On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:07:43PM +0800, Huang Rui wrote:
> >>>This patch introduces an algorithm that computes the average power by
> >>>reading a delta value of “core power accumulator” register during
> >>>measurement interval, and then dividing delta value by the length of
> >>>the time interval.
> >>>
> >>>User is able to use power1_acc entry to measure the processor power
> >>>consumption and power1_acc just needs to be read twice with an needed
> >>>interval in-between.
> >>>
> >>>A simple example:
> >>>
> >>>$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:18.4/hwmon/hwmon0/power1_acc
> >>>$ sleep 10000s
> >>>$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:18.4/hwmon/hwmon0/power1_acc
> >>>
> >>>The result is current average processor power consumption in 10000
> >>>seconds. The unit of the result is uWatt.
> >>>
> >>>Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
> >>>---
> >>> drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>> 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c b/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c
> >>>index d529e4b..3bab797 100644
> >>>--- a/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c
> >>>+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fam15h_power.c
> >>>@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct fam15h_power_data {
> >>> u64 cu_acc_power[MAX_CUS];
> >>> /* performance timestamp counter */
> >>> u64 cpu_sw_pwr_ptsc[MAX_CUS];
> >>>+ struct mutex acc_pwr_mutex;
> >>> };
> >>>
> >>> static ssize_t show_power(struct device *dev,
> >>>@@ -121,17 +122,74 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(power1_crit, S_IRUGO, show_power_crit, NULL);
> >>> static struct attribute_group fam15h_power_group;
> >>> __ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(fam15h_power);
> >>>
> >>>+static ssize_t show_power_acc(struct device *dev,
> >>>+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> >>>+{
> >>>+ int cpu, cu, cu_num, cores_per_cu;
> >>>+ u64 curr_cu_acc_power[MAX_CUS],
> >>>+ curr_ptsc[MAX_CUS], jdelta[MAX_CUS];
> >>>+ u64 tdelta, avg_acc;
> >>>+ struct fam15h_power_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> >>>+
> >>>+ cores_per_cu = amd_get_cores_per_cu();
> >>>+ cu_num = boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores / cores_per_cu;
> >>>+
> >>>+ for (cpu = 0, avg_acc = 0; cpu < cu_num * cores_per_cu; cpu += cores_per_cu) {
> >>>+ cu = cpu / cores_per_cu;
> >>>+ if (rdmsrl_safe_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_F15H_PTSC, &curr_ptsc[cu])) {
> >>>+ pr_err("Failed to read PTSC counter MSR on core%d\n",
> >>>+ cpu);
> >>>+ return 0;
> >>>+ }
> >>>+
> >>>+ if (rdmsrl_safe_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_F15H_CU_PWR_ACCUMULATOR,
> >>>+ &curr_cu_acc_power[cu])) {
> >>>+ pr_err("Failed to read compute unit power accumulator MSR on core%d\n",
> >>>+ cpu);
> >>>+ return 0;
> >>>+ }
> >>>+
> >>>+ if (curr_cu_acc_power[cu] < data->cu_acc_power[cu]) {
> >>>+ jdelta[cu] = data->max_cu_acc_power + curr_cu_acc_power[cu];
> >>>+ jdelta[cu] -= data->cu_acc_power[cu];
> >>>+ } else {
> >>>+ jdelta[cu] = curr_cu_acc_power[cu] - data->cu_acc_power[cu];
> >>>+ }
> >>>+ tdelta = curr_ptsc[cu] - data->cpu_sw_pwr_ptsc[cu];
> >>>+ jdelta[cu] *= data->cpu_pwr_sample_ratio * 1000;
> >>>+ do_div(jdelta[cu], tdelta);
> >>>+
> >>>+ mutex_lock(&data->acc_pwr_mutex);
> >>>+ data->cu_acc_power[cu] = curr_cu_acc_power[cu];
> >>>+ data->cpu_sw_pwr_ptsc[cu] = curr_ptsc[cu];
> >>>+ mutex_unlock(&data->acc_pwr_mutex);
> >>>+
> >>>+ /* the unit is microWatt */
> >>>+ avg_acc += jdelta[cu];
> >>>+ }
> >>>+
> >>>+ return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", (unsigned int) avg_acc);
> >>>+}
> >>>+static DEVICE_ATTR(power1_acc, S_IRUGO, show_power_acc, NULL);
> >>
> >>I am not really a friend of introducing a non-standard attribute.
> >>Does the energy attribute not work here ?
> >>
> >
> >You're right. Non-standard attribute might not be good. Could you
> >please give me some hints if I use "energy" instead?
> >
> 1 Joule = 1 Watt-second.
>
> Something else, though - did you make sure that your code doesn't overflow ?
> Even though you calculate the average in an u64, you display it as unsigned.
>

Thanks to your reminder. It should not be overflow. The maximum power
consumption of processor (AMD CZ and future 15h) is about 15 Watts =
15,000,000 uWatts = 0xE4E1C0 uWatts, the size is 24 < 32 < 64 bits.

Actually, the unit of jdelta is not Joule. Because the tdelta is the
loops (cycles) that PTSC counter (the freqency is about 100 MHz)
counts not seconds.

So avg_acc is the average power consumption not the accumulated energy.

> 100w * 10,000s = 1,000,000ws = 1,000,000,000,000 micro-watt-seconds, which is
> a bit large for an unsigned.
>
> Also, the values should not be reset after reading, but accumulate.
>
> Also, I think your code may be vulnerable to overflows on the CPU register side.
> How long does it take before the CPU counters overflow ?
>

If I use "energy", 15w * 10,000s = 150,000,000,000 microWatt-seconds.
Yes, it's large for an unsigned, but suitable for u64.

The accumulated power of one compute unit is recorded at 64bit MSR.

Let me calculate the extreme case that how long does it take before
overflow:

Use power consumption 15w, max power 2^64 = 1.8 * 10^19
mWatt-ptsc_loops, and PTSC freqency 100 MHz:

1.8 * 10^19 = (15,000) * (Tmax/Tcycle)
1.8 * 10^19 = (15,000) * (Tmax * PTSC_Freq)
1.8 * 10^19 = (15,000) * (Tmax * 100,000,000)
Tmax = 1.2 * 10^7 seconds

Thanks
Rui