Re: [PATCH v6 02/14] x86/msr: add AMD CPPC MSR definitions

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Dec 21 2021 - 10:45:06 EST


On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:35:16AM +0800, Huang Rui wrote:

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[x86/msr: add AMD CPPC MSR definitions]
[x86/msr: Add AMD CPPC MSR definitions]

> AMD CPPC (Collaborative Processor Performance Control) function uses MSR
> registers to manage the performance hints. So add the MSR register macro
> here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> index 01e2650b9585..e7945ef6a8df 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> @@ -486,6 +486,23 @@
>
> #define MSR_AMD64_VIRT_SPEC_CTRL 0xc001011f
>
> +/* AMD Collaborative Processor Performance Control MSRs */
> +#define MSR_AMD_CPPC_CAP1 0xc00102b0
> +#define MSR_AMD_CPPC_ENABLE 0xc00102b1
> +#define MSR_AMD_CPPC_CAP2 0xc00102b2
> +#define MSR_AMD_CPPC_REQ 0xc00102b3
> +#define MSR_AMD_CPPC_STATUS 0xc00102b4
> +
> +#define CAP1_LOWEST_PERF(x) (((x) >> 0) & 0xff)
> +#define CAP1_LOWNONLIN_PERF(x) (((x) >> 8) & 0xff)
> +#define CAP1_NOMINAL_PERF(x) (((x) >> 16) & 0xff)
> +#define CAP1_HIGHEST_PERF(x) (((x) >> 24) & 0xff)
> +
> +#define REQ_MAX_PERF(x) (((x) & 0xff) << 0)
> +#define REQ_MIN_PERF(x) (((x) & 0xff) << 8)
> +#define REQ_DES_PERF(x) (((x) & 0xff) << 16)
> +#define REQ_ENERGY_PERF_PREF(x) (((x) & 0xff) << 24)

All those bitfield names are too generic - they should at least be
prefixed with "CPPC_"

If an Intel CPPC set of MSRs appears too, then the prefix should be
"AMD_CPPC_" and so on.

Thx.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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