Message ID | 20230824021249.271946-1-li.meng@amd.com (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | AMD Pstate Preferred Core | expand |
On 8/23/2023 21:12, Meng Li wrote: > Hi all: > > 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. > > Earlier implementations of AMD Pstate Preferred Core only support a static > core ranking and targeted performance. Now it has the ability to dynamically > change the preferred core based on the workload and platform conditions and > accounting for thermals and aging. > > 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. > > AMD Pstate driver will provide an initial core ordering at boot time. > It relies on the CPPC interface 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. > > Changes form V2->V3: > - x86: > - - Modify kconfig and description. > - cpufreq: amd-pstate: > - - Add Co-developed-by tag in commit message. > - cpufreq: > - - Modify commit message. > - Documentation: amd-pstate: > - - Modify inappropriate descriptions. > > Changes form V1->V2: > - acpi: cppc: > - - Add reference link. > - cpufreq: > - - Moidfy link error. > - cpufreq: amd-pstate: > - - Init the priorities of all online CPUs > - - Use a single variable to represent the status of Preferred Core. > - Documentation: > - - Default enabled preferred core. > - Documentation: amd-pstate: > - - Modify inappropriate descriptions. > - - Default enabled preferred core. > - - Use a single variable to represent the status of Preferred Core. > > Meng Li (7): > x86: Drop CPU_SUP_INTEL from SCHED_MC_PRIO for the expansion. > acpi: cppc: Add get the highest performance cppc control > cpufreq: amd-pstate: Enable AMD Pstate Preferred Core Supporting. > cpufreq: Add a notification message that the highest perf has changed > cpufreq: amd-pstate: Update AMD Pstate Preferred Core ranking > dynamically > Documentation: amd-pstate: introduce AMD Pstate Preferred Core > Documentation: introduce AMD Pstate Preferrd Core mode kernel command > line options > > .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 + > Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 53 ++++++ > arch/x86/Kconfig | 5 +- > drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c | 13 ++ > drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 6 + > drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 152 ++++++++++++++++-- > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 13 ++ > include/acpi/cppc_acpi.h | 5 + > include/linux/amd-pstate.h | 1 + > include/linux/cpufreq.h | 4 + > 10 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>