Messages in this thread | | | From | "Pandruvada, Srinivas" <> | Subject | Re: [intel-pstate driver regression] processor frequency very high even if in idle | Date | Wed, 30 Mar 2016 23:17:10 +0000 |
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On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 15:46 -0700, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote: > On Thu, 2016-03-31 at 00:25 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > On 3/31/2016 12:18 AM, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 23:41 +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am using Intel-PState-Driver here with v4.6-rc1 and Intel- > > > > SandyBridge-CPU. > > > > > > > > Here are my turbostat results attached. > > > > > > > > $ cd $BUILD_DIR > > > > $ LC_ALL=C make -C tools/ turbostat > > > > > > > > $ sudo ./turbostat -i 1 --msr=0x199 --debug --out > > > > /tmp/turbostat-i-1-msr-0x199-debug.txt > > > > > > > > Will try <https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8702071/>. > > > > > > > > Please see attached files. > > > > > > > Thanks. Your logs make sense. You have config set to performance > > > mode > > > by default (Which I believe default in all kernel Ubuntu). So as > > > expected Intel P state was asking for max. So there is no issue > > > here. > > But the behavior is different from what it used to be, isn't it? > > > There are two turbostat output files, In both I see we are requesting > max (0x1700) in performance mode. This CPU is Sandybridge, so no > config > TDP here, the other problem system reported is Haswell > . > 0 1 3 0.15 2017 1596 0x00001700 > > I am not sure whether Sedat is saying that he has the same issue as > Jorg. I think Sedat will see the same turbostat output if he ran 4.5. > I takeback my statements. It will depend on when he ran turbostat, is it within a minute or so. As doug suggested, ubuntu changes the mode to powersave, then we shouldn't see 0x1700 in MSR 0x199. Sedat, What is the output of cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu?/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Thanks, Srinivas
> Sedat, > Please confirm whether you see difference between 4.5 and 4.6-rc1. > > Thanks, > Srinivas > > > > > So there seems to be a problem here AFAICS. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" > > in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html | |