Re: [PATCH] intel_pstate: Do not skip samples partially

From: Srinivas Pandruvada
Date: Thu Mar 10 2016 - 17:55:32 EST


On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 23:45 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> If the current value of MPERF or the current value of TSC is the
> same as the previous one, respectively, intel_pstate_sample() bails
> out early and skips the sample.
>
> However, intel_pstate_adjust_busy_pstate() is still called in that
> case which is not correct, so modify intel_pstate_sample() to
> return a bool value indicating whether or not the sample has been
> taken and use it to decide whether or not to call
> intel_pstate_adjust_busy_pstate().
>
> While at it, remove redundant parentheses from the MPERF/TSC
> check in intel_pstate_sample().
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> On top of my linux-next branch.
>
> ---
> Âdrivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |ÂÂÂ12 +++++++-----
> Â1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static inline void intel_pstate_calc_bus
> Â sample->core_pct_busy = (int32_t)core_pct;
> Â}
> Â
> -static inline void intel_pstate_sample(struct cpudata *cpu, u64
> time)
> +static inline bool intel_pstate_sample(struct cpudata *cpu, u64
> time)
> Â{
> Â u64 aperf, mperf;
> Â unsigned long flags;
> @@ -900,9 +900,9 @@ static inline void intel_pstate_sample(s
> Â rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
> Â rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, mperf);
> Â tsc = rdtsc();
> - if ((cpu->prev_mperf == mperf) || (cpu->prev_tsc == tsc)) {
> + if (cpu->prev_mperf == mperf || cpu->prev_tsc == tsc) {
> Â local_irq_restore(flags);
> - return;
> + return false;
> Â }
> Â local_irq_restore(flags);
> Â
> @@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ static inline void intel_pstate_sample(s
> Â cpu->prev_aperf = aperf;
> Â cpu->prev_mperf = mperf;
> Â cpu->prev_tsc = tsc;
> + return true;
> Â}
> Â
> Âstatic inline int32_t get_target_pstate_use_cpu_load(struct cpudata
> *cpu)
> @@ -1026,8 +1027,9 @@ static void intel_pstate_update_util(str
> Â u64 delta_ns = time - cpu->sample.time;
> Â
> Â if ((s64)delta_ns >= pid_params.sample_rate_ns) {
> - intel_pstate_sample(cpu, time);
> - if (!hwp_active)
> + bool sample_taken = intel_pstate_sample(cpu, time);
> +
> + if (sample_taken && !hwp_active)
> Â intel_pstate_adjust_busy_pstate(cpu);
> Â }
> Â}
>
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