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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst59
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp-v2-base.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/energy-model.rst183
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/opp.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/pci.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/zh_CN/power/opp.rst2
8 files changed, 269 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 26534c8e927a5..10bc8e3b2832c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -374,6 +374,11 @@
selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
to the current workload.
+ amd_prefcore=
+ [X86]
+ disable
+ Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
+
amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
Format: <a>,<b>
@@ -1760,6 +1765,17 @@
(that will set all pages holding image data
during restoration read-only).
+ hibernate.compressor= [HIBERNATION] Compression algorithm to be
+ used with hibernation.
+ Format: { lzo | lz4 }
+ Default: lzo
+
+ lzo: Select LZO compression algorithm to
+ compress/decompress hibernation image.
+
+ lz4: Select LZ4 compression algorithm to
+ compress/decompress hibernation image.
+
highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
index 9eb26014d34b6..1e0d101b020a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ platforms. The AMD P-States mechanism is the more performance and energy
efficiency frequency management method on AMD processors.
-AMD Pstate Driver Operation Modes
-=================================
+``amd-pstate`` Driver Operation Modes
+======================================
``amd_pstate`` CPPC has 3 operation modes: autonomous (active) mode,
non-autonomous (passive) mode and guided autonomous (guided) mode.
@@ -353,6 +353,48 @@ is activated. In this mode, driver requests minimum and maximum performance
level and the platform autonomously selects a performance level in this range
and appropriate to the current workload.
+``amd-pstate`` Preferred Core
+=================================
+
+The core frequency is subjected to the process variation in semiconductors.
+Not all cores are able to reach the maximum frequency respecting the
+infrastructure limits. Consequently, AMD has redefined the concept of
+maximum frequency of a part. This means that a fraction of cores can reach
+maximum frequency. To find the best process scheduling policy for a given
+scenario, OS needs to know the core ordering informed by the platform through
+highest performance capability register of the CPPC interface.
+
+``amd-pstate`` preferred core enables the scheduler to prefer scheduling on
+cores that can achieve a higher frequency with lower voltage. The preferred
+core rankings can dynamically change based on the workload, platform conditions,
+thermals and ageing.
+
+The priority metric will be initialized by the ``amd-pstate`` driver. The ``amd-pstate``
+driver will also determine whether or not ``amd-pstate`` preferred core is
+supported by the platform.
+
+``amd-pstate`` driver will provide an initial core ordering when the system boots.
+The platform uses the CPPC interfaces to communicate the core ranking to the
+operating system and scheduler to make sure that OS is choosing the cores
+with highest performance firstly for scheduling the process. When ``amd-pstate``
+driver receives a message with the highest performance change, it will
+update the core ranking and set the cpu's priority.
+
+``amd-pstate`` Preferred Core Switch
+=====================================
+Kernel Parameters
+-----------------
+
+``amd-pstate`` peferred core`` has two states: enable and disable.
+Enable/disable states can be chosen by different kernel parameters.
+Default enable ``amd-pstate`` preferred core.
+
+``amd_prefcore=disable``
+
+For systems that support ``amd-pstate`` preferred core, the core rankings will
+always be advertised by the platform. But OS can choose to ignore that via the
+kernel parameter ``amd_prefcore=disable``.
+
User Space Interface in ``sysfs`` - General
===========================================
@@ -385,6 +427,19 @@ control its functionality at the system level. They are located in the
to the operation mode represented by that string - or to be
unregistered in the "disable" case.
+``prefcore``
+ Preferred core state of the driver: "enabled" or "disabled".
+
+ "enabled"
+ Enable the ``amd-pstate`` preferred core.
+
+ "disabled"
+ Disable the ``amd-pstate`` preferred core
+
+
+ This attribute is read-only to check the state of preferred core set
+ by the kernel parameter.
+
``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate``
===============================================
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp-v2-base.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp-v2-base.yaml
index e2f8f7af3cf41..b1bb87c865ed3 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp-v2-base.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp-v2-base.yaml
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ patternProperties:
specific binding.
minItems: 1
maxItems: 32
- items:
- maxItems: 1
opp-microvolt:
description: |
diff --git a/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst b/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst
index 13225965c9a4c..ada4938c37e56 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,31 @@ whose performance is scaled together. Performance domains generally have a
required to have the same micro-architecture. CPUs in different performance
domains can have different micro-architectures.
+To better reflect power variation due to static power (leakage) the EM
+supports runtime modifications of the power values. The mechanism relies on
+RCU to free the modifiable EM perf_state table memory. Its user, the task
+scheduler, also uses RCU to access this memory. The EM framework provides
+API for allocating/freeing the new memory for the modifiable EM table.
+The old memory is freed automatically using RCU callback mechanism when there
+are no owners anymore for the given EM runtime table instance. This is tracked
+using kref mechanism. The device driver which provided the new EM at runtime,
+should call EM API to free it safely when it's no longer needed. The EM
+framework will handle the clean-up when it's possible.
+
+The kernel code which want to modify the EM values is protected from concurrent
+access using a mutex. Therefore, the device driver code must run in sleeping
+context when it tries to modify the EM.
+
+With the runtime modifiable EM we switch from a 'single and during the entire
+runtime static EM' (system property) design to a 'single EM which can be
+changed during runtime according e.g. to the workload' (system and workload
+property) design.
+
+It is possible also to modify the CPU performance values for each EM's
+performance state. Thus, the full power and performance profile (which
+is an exponential curve) can be changed according e.g. to the workload
+or system property.
+
2. Core APIs
------------
@@ -175,10 +200,82 @@ CPUfreq governor is in use in case of CPU device. Currently this calculation is
not provided for other type of devices.
More details about the above APIs can be found in ``<linux/energy_model.h>``
-or in Section 2.4
+or in Section 2.5
+
+
+2.4 Runtime modifications
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Drivers willing to update the EM at runtime should use the following dedicated
+function to allocate a new instance of the modified EM. The API is listed
+below::
+
+ struct em_perf_table __rcu *em_table_alloc(struct em_perf_domain *pd);
+
+This allows to allocate a structure which contains the new EM table with
+also RCU and kref needed by the EM framework. The 'struct em_perf_table'
+contains array 'struct em_perf_state state[]' which is a list of performance
+states in ascending order. That list must be populated by the device driver
+which wants to update the EM. The list of frequencies can be taken from
+existing EM (created during boot). The content in the 'struct em_perf_state'
+must be populated by the driver as well.
+
+This is the API which does the EM update, using RCU pointers swap::
+
+ int em_dev_update_perf_domain(struct device *dev,
+ struct em_perf_table __rcu *new_table);
+
+Drivers must provide a pointer to the allocated and initialized new EM
+'struct em_perf_table'. That new EM will be safely used inside the EM framework
+and will be visible to other sub-systems in the kernel (thermal, powercap).
+The main design goal for this API is to be fast and avoid extra calculations
+or memory allocations at runtime. When pre-computed EMs are available in the
+device driver, than it should be possible to simply re-use them with low
+performance overhead.
+
+In order to free the EM, provided earlier by the driver (e.g. when the module
+is unloaded), there is a need to call the API::
+
+ void em_table_free(struct em_perf_table __rcu *table);
+
+It will allow the EM framework to safely remove the memory, when there is
+no other sub-system using it, e.g. EAS.
+
+To use the power values in other sub-systems (like thermal, powercap) there is
+a need to call API which protects the reader and provide consistency of the EM
+table data::
+
+ struct em_perf_state *em_perf_state_from_pd(struct em_perf_domain *pd);
+
+It returns the 'struct em_perf_state' pointer which is an array of performance
+states in ascending order.
+This function must be called in the RCU read lock section (after the
+rcu_read_lock()). When the EM table is not needed anymore there is a need to
+call rcu_real_unlock(). In this way the EM safely uses the RCU read section
+and protects the users. It also allows the EM framework to manage the memory
+and free it. More details how to use it can be found in Section 3.2 in the
+example driver.
+
+There is dedicated API for device drivers to calculate em_perf_state::cost
+values::
+
+ int em_dev_compute_costs(struct device *dev, struct em_perf_state *table,
+ int nr_states);
+
+These 'cost' values from EM are used in EAS. The new EM table should be passed
+together with the number of entries and device pointer. When the computation
+of the cost values is done properly the return value from the function is 0.
+The function takes care for right setting of inefficiency for each performance
+state as well. It updates em_perf_state::flags accordingly.
+Then such prepared new EM can be passed to the em_dev_update_perf_domain()
+function, which will allow to use it.
+
+More details about the above APIs can be found in ``<linux/energy_model.h>``
+or in Section 3.2 with an example code showing simple implementation of the
+updating mechanism in a device driver.
-2.4 Description details of this API
+2.5 Description details of this API
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/energy_model.h
:internal:
@@ -187,8 +284,11 @@ or in Section 2.4
:export:
-3. Example driver
------------------
+3. Examples
+-----------
+
+3.1 Example driver with EM registration
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The CPUFreq framework supports dedicated callback for registering
the EM for a given CPU(s) 'policy' object: cpufreq_driver::register_em().
@@ -242,3 +342,78 @@ EM framework::
39 static struct cpufreq_driver foo_cpufreq_driver = {
40 .register_em = foo_cpufreq_register_em,
41 };
+
+
+3.2 Example driver with EM modification
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This section provides a simple example of a thermal driver modifying the EM.
+The driver implements a foo_thermal_em_update() function. The driver is woken
+up periodically to check the temperature and modify the EM data::
+
+ -> drivers/soc/example/example_em_mod.c
+
+ 01 static void foo_get_new_em(struct foo_context *ctx)
+ 02 {
+ 03 struct em_perf_table __rcu *em_table;
+ 04 struct em_perf_state *table, *new_table;
+ 05 struct device *dev = ctx->dev;
+ 06 struct em_perf_domain *pd;
+ 07 unsigned long freq;
+ 08 int i, ret;
+ 09
+ 10 pd = em_pd_get(dev);
+ 11 if (!pd)
+ 12 return;
+ 13
+ 14 em_table = em_table_alloc(pd);
+ 15 if (!em_table)
+ 16 return;
+ 17
+ 18 new_table = em_table->state;
+ 19
+ 20 rcu_read_lock();
+ 21 table = em_perf_state_from_pd(pd);
+ 22 for (i = 0; i < pd->nr_perf_states; i++) {
+ 23 freq = table[i].frequency;
+ 24 foo_get_power_perf_values(dev, freq, &new_table[i]);
+ 25 }
+ 26 rcu_read_unlock();
+ 27
+ 28 /* Calculate 'cost' values for EAS */
+ 29 ret = em_dev_compute_costs(dev, table, pd->nr_perf_states);
+ 30 if (ret) {
+ 31 dev_warn(dev, "EM: compute costs failed %d\n", ret);
+ 32 em_free_table(em_table);
+ 33 return;
+ 34 }
+ 35
+ 36 ret = em_dev_update_perf_domain(dev, em_table);
+ 37 if (ret) {
+ 38 dev_warn(dev, "EM: update failed %d\n", ret);
+ 39 em_free_table(em_table);
+ 40 return;
+ 41 }
+ 42
+ 43 /*
+ 44 * Since it's one-time-update drop the usage counter.
+ 45 * The EM framework will later free the table when needed.
+ 46 */
+ 47 em_table_free(em_table);
+ 48 }
+ 49
+ 50 /*
+ 51 * Function called periodically to check the temperature and
+ 52 * update the EM if needed
+ 53 */
+ 54 static void foo_thermal_em_update(struct foo_context *ctx)
+ 55 {
+ 56 struct device *dev = ctx->dev;
+ 57 int cpu;
+ 58
+ 59 ctx->temperature = foo_get_temp(dev, ctx);
+ 60 if (ctx->temperature < FOO_EM_UPDATE_TEMP_THRESHOLD)
+ 61 return;
+ 62
+ 63 foo_get_new_em(ctx);
+ 64 }
diff --git a/Documentation/power/opp.rst b/Documentation/power/opp.rst
index a7c03c4709807..1b7f1d854f14a 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/opp.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/opp.rst
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count
{
/* Do things */
num_available = dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count(dev);
- speeds = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * num_available, GFP_KERNEL);
+ speeds = kcalloc(num_available, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
/* populate the table in increasing order */
freq = 0;
while (!IS_ERR(opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(dev, &freq))) {
diff --git a/Documentation/power/pci.rst b/Documentation/power/pci.rst
index a125544b4cb68..12070320307e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/pci.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/pci.rst
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ The PCI subsystem-level callbacks they correspond to::
pci_pm_poweroff()
pci_pm_poweroff_noirq()
-work in analogy with pci_pm_suspend() and pci_pm_poweroff_noirq(), respectively,
+work in analogy with pci_pm_suspend() and pci_pm_suspend_noirq(), respectively,
although they don't attempt to save the device's standard configuration
registers.
diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
index 65b86e487afe0..5c4e730f38d05 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend request for the
device in that case. If there is no idle callback, or if the callback returns
0, then the PM core will attempt to carry out a runtime suspend of the device,
also respecting devices configured for autosuspend. In essence this means a
-call to pm_runtime_autosuspend() (do note that drivers needs to update the
+call to __pm_runtime_autosuspend() (do note that drivers needs to update the
device last busy mark, pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(), to control the delay under
this circumstance). To prevent this (for example, if the callback routine has
started a delayed suspend), the routine must return a non-zero value. Negative
@@ -396,10 +396,9 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
nonzero, increment the counter and return 1; otherwise return 0 without
changing the counter
- `int pm_runtime_get_if_active(struct device *dev, bool ign_usage_count);`
+ `int pm_runtime_get_if_active(struct device *dev);`
- return -EINVAL if 'power.disable_depth' is nonzero; otherwise, if the
- runtime PM status is RPM_ACTIVE, and either ign_usage_count is true
- or the device's usage_count is non-zero, increment the counter and
+ runtime PM status is RPM_ACTIVE, increment the counter and
return 1; otherwise return 0 without changing the counter
`void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev);`
@@ -410,6 +409,10 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
pm_request_idle(dev) and return its result
`int pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);`
+ - does the same as __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() for now, but in the
+ future, will also call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() as well, DO NOT USE!
+
+ `int __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);`
- decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
pm_request_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
@@ -540,6 +543,7 @@ It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context:
- pm_runtime_put_noidle()
- pm_runtime_put()
- pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()
+- __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()
- pm_runtime_enable()
- pm_suspend_ignore_children()
- pm_runtime_set_active()
@@ -730,6 +734,7 @@ out the following operations:
for it, respectively.
7. Generic subsystem callbacks
+==============================
Subsystems may wish to conserve code space by using the set of generic power
management callbacks provided by the PM core, defined in
@@ -865,9 +870,9 @@ automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed.
Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field. Drivers should
call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() to update this field after carrying out I/O,
-typically just before calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(). The desired length
-of the inactivity period is a matter of policy. Subsystems can set this length
-initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
+typically just before calling __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(). The desired
+length of the inactivity period is a matter of policy. Subsystems can set this
+length initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
registration the length should be controlled by user space, using the
/sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms attribute.
@@ -878,7 +883,7 @@ instead of the non-autosuspend counterparts::
Instead of: pm_runtime_suspend use: pm_runtime_autosuspend;
Instead of: pm_schedule_suspend use: pm_request_autosuspend;
- Instead of: pm_runtime_put use: pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
+ Instead of: pm_runtime_put use: __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend.
Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they
@@ -917,7 +922,7 @@ Here is a schematic pseudo-code example::
lock(&foo->private_lock);
if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0) {
pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
- pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
+ __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
} else {
foo_process_next_request(foo);
}
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/power/opp.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/power/opp.rst
index 8d6e3f6f62024..7470fa2d4c43a 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/power/opp.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/power/opp.rst
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count
{
/* 做一些事情 */
num_available = dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count(dev);
- speeds = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * num_available, GFP_KERNEL);
+ speeds = kcalloc(num_available, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
/* 按升序填充表 */
freq = 0;
while (!IS_ERR(opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(dev, &freq))) {