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[V5,2/2] cpufreq: Process remote callbacks from any CPU if the platform permits

Message ID c121a20eff05565155852c070e83504bf117da3e.1501223897.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit 99d14d0e16fadb4de001bacc0ac0786a9ebecf2a
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Series [V5,1/2] sched: cpufreq: Allow remote cpufreq callbacks | expand

Commit Message

Viresh Kumar July 28, 2017, 6:46 a.m. UTC
On many platforms, CPUs can do DVFS across cpufreq policies. i.e CPU
from policy-A can change frequency of CPUs belonging to policy-B.

This is quite common in case of ARM platforms where we don't
configure any per-cpu register.

Add a flag to identify such platforms and update
cpufreq_can_do_remote_dvfs() to allow remote callbacks if this flag is
set.

Also enable the flag for cpufreq-dt driver which is used only on ARM
platforms currently.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c |  1 +
 include/linux/cpufreq.h      | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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2.13.0.71.gd7076ec9c9cb

Comments

Viresh Kumar July 31, 2017, 4 a.m. UTC | #1
On 28-07-17, 20:43, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote:

> > On many platforms, CPUs can do DVFS across cpufreq policies. i.e CPU

> > from policy-A can change frequency of CPUs belonging to policy-B.

> >

> > This is quite common in case of ARM platforms where we don't

> > configure any per-cpu register.

> >

> > Add a flag to identify such platforms and update

> > cpufreq_can_do_remote_dvfs() to allow remote callbacks if this flag is

> > set.

> >

> > Also enable the flag for cpufreq-dt driver which is used only on ARM

> > platforms currently.

> >

> > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

> > ---

> >  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c |  1 +

> >  include/linux/cpufreq.h      | 18 ++++++++++++++++--

> >  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

> >

> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c

> > index fef3c2160691..d83ab94d041a 100644

> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c

> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c

> > @@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ static int cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)

> >                 transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;

> >

> >         policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = transition_latency;

> > +       policy->dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu = true;

> >

> 

> Are there also ARM hardware that may not support it?


I don't think so. ARM never had any per-cpu register interface which may break
due to this.

> If yes, wouldn't

> a saner thing to do be to keep default as false and read the property

> from DT for hardware that does support it and then set to true?


I would do it if required, but for now I don't think there are any such users of
cpufreq-dt.

-- 
viresh
Pavan Kondeti Aug. 1, 2017, 11 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote:
> On many platforms, CPUs can do DVFS across cpufreq policies. i.e CPU

> from policy-A can change frequency of CPUs belonging to policy-B.

>

> This is quite common in case of ARM platforms where we don't

> configure any per-cpu register.

>

> Add a flag to identify such platforms and update

> cpufreq_can_do_remote_dvfs() to allow remote callbacks if this flag is

> set.

>

> Also enable the flag for cpufreq-dt driver which is used only on ARM

> platforms currently.

>

> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

> ---

>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c |  1 +

>  include/linux/cpufreq.h      | 18 ++++++++++++++++--

>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

>

> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c

> index fef3c2160691..d83ab94d041a 100644

> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c

> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c

> @@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ static int cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)

>                 transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;

>

>         policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = transition_latency;

> +       policy->dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu = true;

>

>         return 0;

>

> diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h

> index b3b6e8203e82..227cd0f13300 100644

> --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h

> +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h

> @@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {

>          */

>         unsigned int            transition_delay_us;

>

> +       /*

> +        * Remote DVFS flag (Not added to the driver structure as we don't want

> +        * to access another structure from scheduler hotpath).

> +        *

> +        * Should be set if CPUs can do DVFS on behalf of other CPUs from

> +        * different cpufreq policies.

> +        */

> +       bool                    dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu;

> +

>          /* Cached frequency lookup from cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq. */

>         unsigned int cached_target_freq;

>         int cached_resolved_idx;

> @@ -564,8 +573,13 @@ struct governor_attr {

>

>  static inline bool cpufreq_can_do_remote_dvfs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)

>  {

> -       /* Allow remote callbacks only on the CPUs sharing cpufreq policy */

> -       if (cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), policy->cpus))

> +       /*

> +        * Allow remote callbacks if:

> +        * - dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu flag is set

> +        * - the local and remote CPUs share cpufreq policy

> +        */

> +       if (policy->dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu ||

> +           cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), policy->cpus))

>                 return true;

>

>         return false;


Currently sugov threads in the schedutil governor are pinned to the
policy CPUs. schedutil can now make use of this new
dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu flag and avoid the pinning, right?

Thanks,
Pavan
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Viresh Kumar Aug. 2, 2017, 3:44 a.m. UTC | #3
On 01-08-17, 16:30, Pavan Kondeti wrote:
> Currently sugov threads in the schedutil governor are pinned to the

> policy CPUs. schedutil can now make use of this new

> dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu flag and avoid the pinning, right?


Actually yes and it would be something as simple as below. Will send a patch for
this if no one reports any problems with this.


-- 
vireshdiff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 9deedd5f16a5..6ea12a8c8863 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -471,7 +471,10 @@ static int sugov_kthread_create(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy)
        }
 
        sg_policy->thread = thread;
-       kthread_bind_mask(thread, policy->related_cpus);
+
+       if (!policy->dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu)
+               kthread_bind_mask(thread, policy->related_cpus);
+
        init_irq_work(&sg_policy->irq_work, sugov_irq_work);
        mutex_init(&sg_policy->work_lock);
 

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diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c
index fef3c2160691..d83ab94d041a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@  static int cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
 
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = transition_latency;
+	policy->dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu = true;
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index b3b6e8203e82..227cd0f13300 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@  struct cpufreq_policy {
 	 */
 	unsigned int		transition_delay_us;
 
+	/*
+	 * Remote DVFS flag (Not added to the driver structure as we don't want
+	 * to access another structure from scheduler hotpath).
+	 *
+	 * Should be set if CPUs can do DVFS on behalf of other CPUs from
+	 * different cpufreq policies.
+	 */
+	bool			dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu;
+
 	 /* Cached frequency lookup from cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq. */
 	unsigned int cached_target_freq;
 	int cached_resolved_idx;
@@ -564,8 +573,13 @@  struct governor_attr {
 
 static inline bool cpufreq_can_do_remote_dvfs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	/* Allow remote callbacks only on the CPUs sharing cpufreq policy */
-	if (cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), policy->cpus))
+	/*
+	 * Allow remote callbacks if:
+	 * - dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu flag is set
+	 * - the local and remote CPUs share cpufreq policy
+	 */
+	if (policy->dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu ||
+	    cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), policy->cpus))
 		return true;
 
 	return false;