RE: [PATCH V3 3/7] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Enable AMD Pstate Preferred Core Supporting.

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Hello Wyes:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karny, Wyes <Wyes.Karny@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 2:48 PM
> To: Meng, Li (Jassmine) <Li.Meng@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Karny, Wyes <Wyes.Karny@xxxxxxx>; Rafael J . Wysocki
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> Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 3/7] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Enable AMD Pstate
> Preferred Core Supporting.
>
> Hi Meng Li,
>
> On 24 Aug 10:12, Meng Li wrote:
> > AMD Pstate driver utilizes the functions and data structures provided
> > by the ITMT architecture to enable the scheduler to favor scheduling
> > on cores which can be get a higher frequency with lower voltage. We
> > call it AMD Pstate Preferrred Core.
> >
> > Here sched_set_itmt_core_prio() is called to set priorities and
> > sched_set_itmt_support() is called to enable ITMT feature.
> > AMD Pstate driver uses the highest performance value to indicate the
> > priority of CPU. The higher value has a higher priority.
> >
> > The initial core rankings are set up by AMD Pstate when the system
> > boots.
> >
> > Add device attribute for preferred core states.
> >
> > Add one new early parameter `enable` to allow user to enable the
> > preferred core if the processor and power firmware can support
> > preferred core feature.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@xxxxxxx>
> > Co-developed-by: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Meng Li <li.meng@xxxxxxx>
> > Co-developed-by: Meng Li <li.meng@xxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 120
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 104 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> > b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c index 9a1e194d5cf8..d02305675f66 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> >  #include <linux/static_call.h>
> >  #include <linux/amd-pstate.h>
> > +#include <linux/topology.h>
> >
> >  #include <acpi/processor.h>
> >  #include <acpi/cppc_acpi.h>
> > @@ -49,6 +50,8 @@
> >
> >  #define AMD_PSTATE_TRANSITION_LATENCY      20000
> >  #define AMD_PSTATE_TRANSITION_DELAY        1000
> > +#define AMD_PSTATE_PREFCORE_THRESHOLD      166
> > +#define AMD_PSTATE_MAX_CPPC_PERF   255
> >
> >  /*
> >   * TODO: We need more time to fine tune processors with shared memory
> > solution @@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver
> > amd_pstate_epp_driver;  static int cppc_state =
> AMD_PSTATE_UNDEFINED;
> > static bool cppc_enabled;
> >
> > +/*Preferred Core featue is supported*/ static bool prefcore = true;
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * AMD Energy Preference Performance (EPP)
> >   * The EPP is used in the CCLK DPM controller to drive @@ -290,23
> > +296,21 @@ static inline int amd_pstate_enable(bool enable)  static
> > int pstate_init_perf(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)  {
> >     u64 cap1;
> > -   u32 highest_perf;
> >
> >     int ret = rdmsrl_safe_on_cpu(cpudata->cpu, MSR_AMD_CPPC_CAP1,
> >                                  &cap1);
> >     if (ret)
> >             return ret;
> >
> > -   /*
> > -    * TODO: Introduce AMD specific power feature.
> > -    *
> > -    * CPPC entry doesn't indicate the highest performance in some
> ASICs.
> > +   /* For platforms that do not support the preferred core feature, the
> > +    * highest_pef may be configured with 166 or 255, to avoid max
> frequency
> > +    * calculated wrongly. we take the AMD_CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF(cap1)
> value as
> > +    * the default max perf.
> >      */
> > -   highest_perf = amd_get_highest_perf();
> > -   if (highest_perf > AMD_CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF(cap1))
> > -           highest_perf = AMD_CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF(cap1);
> > -
> > -   WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf, highest_perf);
> > +   if (prefcore)
> > +           WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf,
> AMD_PSTATE_PREFCORE_THRESHOLD);
> > +   else
> > +           WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf,
> AMD_CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF(cap1));
>
> Can we disable `preferred core` in HW? If not then when we disable
> `preferred core` in software (via the cmd line param you have created), HW
> still gives core ranking through highest perf register/MSR. So, we have to
> filter the core ranking info form the highest perf register/MSR and set
> cpudata->highest_perf accordingly. IMO we should have two variables, one
> which indicated HW support and other one which indicates SW overwrite. In
> this function we should be checking only HW support.
>
[Meng, Li (Jassmine)]
We use one variable 'prefcore' to check whether the `preferred core` is supported.
When either HW or SW does not support `preferred core`, it will be set to false.
When 'highest_perf' is 255, it indicates that HW does not support `preferred core`.

> >
> >     WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->nominal_perf,
> AMD_CPPC_NOMINAL_PERF(cap1));
> >     WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->lowest_nonlinear_perf,
> > AMD_CPPC_LOWNONLIN_PERF(cap1)); @@ -318,17 +322,15 @@ static int
> > pstate_init_perf(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)  static int
> > cppc_init_perf(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)  {
> >     struct cppc_perf_caps cppc_perf;
> > -   u32 highest_perf;
> >
> >     int ret = cppc_get_perf_caps(cpudata->cpu, &cppc_perf);
> >     if (ret)
> >             return ret;
> >
> > -   highest_perf = amd_get_highest_perf();
> > -   if (highest_perf > cppc_perf.highest_perf)
> > -           highest_perf = cppc_perf.highest_perf;
> > -
> > -   WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf, highest_perf);
> > +   if (prefcore)
> > +           WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf,
> AMD_PSTATE_PREFCORE_THRESHOLD);
> > +   else
> > +           WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf,
> cppc_perf.highest_perf);
>
> Here also we should be checking only HW support.
>
> >
> >     WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->nominal_perf, cppc_perf.nominal_perf);
> >     WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->lowest_nonlinear_perf,
> > @@ -676,6 +678,72 @@ static void amd_perf_ctl_reset(unsigned int cpu)
> >     wrmsrl_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_AMD_PERF_CTL, 0);  }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Set AMD Pstate Preferred Core enable can't be done directly from
> > +cpufreq callbacks
> > + * due to locking, so queue the work for later.
> > + */
> > +static void amd_pstste_sched_prefcore_workfn(struct work_struct
> > +*work) {
> > +   sched_set_itmt_support();
> > +}
> > +static DECLARE_WORK(sched_prefcore_work,
> > +amd_pstste_sched_prefcore_workfn);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Get the highest performance register value.
> > + * @cpu: CPU from which to get highest performance.
> > + * @highest_perf: Return address.
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 for success, -EIO otherwise.
> > + */
> > +static int amd_pstate_get_highest_perf(int cpu, u64 *highest_perf) {
> > +       int ret;
> > +
> > +       if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CPPC)) {
> > +               u64 cap1;
> > +
> > +               ret = rdmsrl_safe_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_AMD_CPPC_CAP1, &cap1);
> > +               if (ret)
> > +                       return ret;
> > +               WRITE_ONCE(*highest_perf, AMD_CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF(cap1));
> > +       } else {
> > +               ret = cppc_get_highest_perf(cpu, highest_perf);
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       return (ret);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void amd_pstate_init_prefcore(void) {
> > +   int cpu, ret;
> > +   u64 highest_perf;
> > +
> > +   if (!prefcore)
> > +           return;
> > +
> > +   for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> > +           ret = amd_pstate_get_highest_perf(cpu, &highest_perf);
> > +           if (ret)
> > +                   break;
> > +
> > +           sched_set_itmt_core_prio(highest_perf, cpu);
> > +
> > +           /* check if CPPC preferred core feature is enabled*/
> > +           if (highest_perf == AMD_PSTATE_MAX_CPPC_PERF) {
> > +                   prefcore = false;
> > +                   return;
>
> 255 is a valid core ranking right?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Wyes
>
> > +           }
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   /*
> > +    * This code can be run during CPU online under the
> > +    * CPU hotplug locks, so sched_set_amd_prefcore_support()
> > +    * cannot be called from here.  Queue up a work item
> > +    * to invoke it.
> > +    */
> > +   schedule_work(&sched_prefcore_work);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int amd_pstate_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)  {
> >     int min_freq, max_freq, nominal_freq, lowest_nonlinear_freq, ret;
> @@
> > -1037,6 +1105,12 @@ static ssize_t status_store(struct device *a, struct
> device_attribute *b,
> >     return ret < 0 ? ret : count;
> >  }
> >
> > +static ssize_t prefcore_show(struct device *dev,
> > +                              struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) {
> > +   return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", prefcore ? "enabled" : "disabled"); }
> > +
> >  cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(amd_pstate_max_freq);
> >  cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(amd_pstate_lowest_nonlinear_freq);
> >
> > @@ -1044,6 +1118,7 @@ cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(amd_pstate_highest_perf);
> >  cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(energy_performance_preference);
> >  cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(energy_performance_available_preferences);
> >  static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(status);
> > +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(prefcore);
> >
> >  static struct freq_attr *amd_pstate_attr[] = {
> >     &amd_pstate_max_freq,
> > @@ -1063,6 +1138,7 @@ static struct freq_attr *amd_pstate_epp_attr[] =
> > {
> >
> >  static struct attribute *pstate_global_attributes[] = {
> >     &dev_attr_status.attr,
> > +   &dev_attr_prefcore.attr,
> >     NULL
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -1506,6 +1582,8 @@ static int __init amd_pstate_init(void)
> >             }
> >     }
> >
> > +   amd_pstate_init_prefcore();
> > +
> >     return ret;
> >
> >  global_attr_free:
> > @@ -1527,7 +1605,17 @@ static int __init amd_pstate_param(char *str)
> >
> >     return amd_pstate_set_driver(mode_idx);  }
> > +
> > +static int __init amd_prefcore_param(char *str) {
> > +   if (!strcmp(str, "disable"))
> > +           prefcore = false;
> > +
> > +   return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  early_param("amd_pstate", amd_pstate_param);
> > +early_param("amd_prefcore", amd_prefcore_param);
> >
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>");
> > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMD Processor P-state Frequency Driver");
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >




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