Re: [PATCH v5 11/11] cpufreq: CPPC: add autonomous mode boot parameter support

Sumit Gupta
2026-01-08T14:05:05Z

On 26/12/25 13:33, zhenglifeng (A) wrote:
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> On 2025/12/23 20:13, Sumit Gupta wrote:
>> Add kernel boot parameter 'cppc_cpufreq.auto_sel_mode' to enable CPPC
>> autonomous performance selection on all CPUs at system startup without
>> requiring runtime sysfs manipulation. When autonomous mode is enabled,
>> the hardware automatically adjusts CPU performance based on workload
>> demands using Energy Performance Preference (EPP) hints.
>>
>> When auto_sel_mode=1:
>> - All CPUs are configured for autonomous operation during init
>> - EPP is set to performance preference (0x0) by default
>> - Min/max performance bounds use defaults or already set values
>> - CPU frequency scaling is handled by hardware instead of OS governor
>>
>> The boot parameter is applied only during first policy initialization.
>> User's runtime sysfs configuration is preserved across hotplug.
>>
>> For Documentation/:
>> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com>
>> ---
>> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 13 +++
>> drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++--
>> 2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> index aab72efa1acd..450f0b0225dc 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> @@ -1035,6 +1035,19 @@ Kernel parameters
>> Format:
>> <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
>>
>> + cppc_cpufreq.auto_sel_mode=
>> + [CPU_FREQ] Enable ACPI CPPC autonomous performance
>> + selection. When enabled, hardware automatically adjusts
>> + CPU frequency on all CPUs based on workload demands.
>> + In Autonomous mode, Energy Performance Preference (EPP)
>> + hints guide hardware toward performance (0x0) or energy
>> + efficiency (0xff).
>> + Requires ACPI CPPC autonomous selection register support.
>> + Format: <bool>
>> + Default: 0 (disabled)
>> + 0: use cpufreq governors
>> + 1: enable if supported by hardware
>> +
>> cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE]
>> disable the cpuidle sub-system
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
>> index b3da263c18b0..8c6869e68504 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
>> @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver cppc_cpufreq_driver;
>>
>> static DEFINE_MUTEX(cppc_cpufreq_update_autosel_config_lock);
>>
>> +/* Autonomous Selection boot parameter */
>> +static bool auto_sel_mode;
>> +
>> #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_CPUFREQ_FIE
>> static enum {
>> FIE_UNSET = -1,
>> @@ -643,11 +646,16 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_set_mperf_limit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, u64 val,
>> * cppc_cpufreq_update_autosel_config - Update autonomous selection config
>> * @policy: cpufreq policy
>> * @is_auto_sel: enable/disable autonomous selection
>> + * @epp_val: EPP value (used only if update_epp true)
>> + * @update_epp: whether to update EPP register
>> + * @update_policy: whether to update policy constraints
>> *
>> * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure
>> */
>> static int cppc_cpufreq_update_autosel_config(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
>> - bool is_auto_sel)
>> + bool is_auto_sel, u32 epp_val,
>> + bool update_epp,
>> + bool update_policy)
> cppc_cpufreq_set_mperf_limit() and cppc_cpufreq_update_autosel_config()
> have too much bool input param. Just break them down into several separate
> functions and call them only when needed. These two functions are now too
> hard to read.

Sure, will break them and open code in v6.

Thank you,
Sumit Gupta

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