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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/energy-model.rst | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c | 9 |
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst b/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst index 8a2788afe89b..5ac62a7b4b7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst +++ b/Documentation/power/energy-model.rst @@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ CONFIG_ENERGY_MODEL must be enabled to use the EM framework. 2.2 Registration of performance domains ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Registration of 'advanced' EM +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The 'advanced' EM gets it's name due to the fact that the driver is allowed +to provide more precised power model. It's not limited to some implemented math +formula in the framework (like it's in 'simple' EM case). It can better reflect +the real power measurements performed for each performance state. Thus, this +registration method should be preferred in case considering EM static power +(leakage) is important. + Drivers are expected to register performance domains into the EM framework by calling the following API:: @@ -103,6 +113,18 @@ to: return warning/error, stop working or panic. See Section 3. for an example of driver implementing this callback, or Section 2.4 for further documentation on this API +Registration of 'simple' EM +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The 'simple' EM is registered using the framework helper function +cpufreq_register_em_with_opp(). It implements a power model which is tight to +math formula:: + + Power = C * V^2 * f + +The EM which is registered using this method might not reflect correctly the +physics of a real device, e.g. when static power (leakage) is important. + 2.3 Accessing performance domains ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -138,6 +160,10 @@ or in Section 2.4 3. Example driver ----------------- +The CPUFreq framework supports dedicated callback for registering +the EM for a given CPU(s) 'policy' object: cpufreq_driver::register_em(). +That callback has to be implemented properly for a given driver, +because the framework would call it at the right time during setup. This section provides a simple example of a CPUFreq driver registering a performance domain in the Energy Model framework using the (fake) 'foo' protocol. The driver implements an est_power() function to be provided to the @@ -167,25 +193,22 @@ EM framework:: 20 return 0; 21 } 22 - 23 static int foo_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) + 23 static void foo_cpufreq_register_em(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) 24 { 25 struct em_data_callback em_cb = EM_DATA_CB(est_power); 26 struct device *cpu_dev; - 27 int nr_opp, ret; + 27 int nr_opp; 28 29 cpu_dev = get_cpu_device(cpumask_first(policy->cpus)); 30 - 31 /* Do the actual CPUFreq init work ... */ - 32 ret = do_foo_cpufreq_init(policy); - 33 if (ret) - 34 return ret; - 35 - 36 /* Find the number of OPPs for this policy */ - 37 nr_opp = foo_get_nr_opp(policy); + 31 /* Find the number of OPPs for this policy */ + 32 nr_opp = foo_get_nr_opp(policy); + 33 + 34 /* And register the new performance domain */ + 35 em_dev_register_perf_domain(cpu_dev, nr_opp, &em_cb, policy->cpus, + 36 true); + 37 } 38 - 39 /* And register the new performance domain */ - 40 em_dev_register_perf_domain(cpu_dev, nr_opp, &em_cb, policy->cpus, - 41 true); - 42 - 43 return 0; - 44 } + 39 static struct cpufreq_driver foo_cpufreq_driver = { + 40 .register_em = foo_cpufreq_register_em, + 41 }; diff --git a/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c b/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c index 44faa3a74db6..b740866b228d 100644 --- a/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c +++ b/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c @@ -166,16 +166,13 @@ static struct dtpm_ops dtpm_ops = { static int cpuhp_dtpm_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu) { - struct em_perf_domain *pd; struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu; - pd = em_cpu_get(cpu); - if (!pd) - return -EINVAL; - dtpm_cpu = per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu); + if (dtpm_cpu) + dtpm_update_power(&dtpm_cpu->dtpm); - return dtpm_update_power(&dtpm_cpu->dtpm); + return 0; } static int cpuhp_dtpm_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu) |