Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix setting max_perf_pct in performance policy | Date | Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:30:52 +0200 |
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On Thursday, October 16, 2014 08:05:44 AM Dirk Brandewie wrote: > On 10/15/2014 04:16 PM, Pali Rohár wrote: > > Code which changes policy to powersave changes also max_policy_pct based on > > max_freq. Code which change max_perf_pct has upper limit base on value > > max_policy_pct. When policy is changing from powersave back to performance > > then max_policy_pct is not changed. Which means that changing max_perf_pct is > > not possible to high values if max_freq was too low in powersave policy. > > > > Test case: > > > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq > > 800000 > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq > > 3300000 > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > > performance > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct > > 100 > > > > $ echo powersave > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > > $ echo 800000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq > > $ echo 20 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct > > > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > > powersave > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq > > 800000 > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct > > 20 > > > > $ echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > > $ echo 3300000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq > > $ echo 100 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct > > > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > > performance > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq > > 3300000 > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct > > 24 > > > > And now intel_pstate driver allows to set maximal value for max_perf_pct based > > on max_policy_pct which is 24 for previous powersave max_freq 800000. > > > > This patch will set default value for max_policy_pct when setting policy to > > performance so it will allow to set also max value for max_perf_pct. > > > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> > > Acked-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@intel.com>
Applied, thanks!
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