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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 03/14] PM: Introduce an Energy Model management framework
On Tuesday 02 Oct 2018 at 14:25:35 (+0200), Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 10:12:58AM +0100, Quentin Perret wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * em_pd_energy() - Estimates the energy consumed by the CPUs of a perf. domain
> > + * @pd : performance domain for which energy has to be estimated
> > + * @max_util : highest utilization among CPUs of the domain
> > + * @sum_util : sum of the utilization of all CPUs in the domain
> > + *
> > + * Return: the sum of the energy consumed by the CPUs of the domain assuming
> > + * a capacity state satisfying the max utilization of the domain.
> > + */
> > +static inline unsigned long em_pd_energy(struct em_perf_domain *pd,
> > + unsigned long max_util, unsigned long sum_util)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long freq, scale_cpu;
> > + struct em_cap_state *cs;
> > + int i, cpu;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * In order to predict the capacity state, map the utilization of the
> > + * most utilized CPU of the performance domain to a requested frequency,
> > + * like schedutil.
> > + */
> > + cpu = cpumask_first(to_cpumask(pd->cpus));
> > + scale_cpu = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(NULL, cpu);
> > + cs = &pd->table[pd->nr_cap_states - 1];
> > + freq = map_util_freq(max_util, cs->frequency, scale_cpu);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Find the lowest capacity state of the Energy Model above the
> > + * requested frequency.
> > + */
> > + for (i = 0; i < pd->nr_cap_states; i++) {
> > + cs = &pd->table[i];
> > + if (cs->frequency >= freq)
> > + break;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * The capacity of a CPU in the domain at that capacity state (cs)
> > + * can be computed as:
> > + *
> > + * cs->freq * scale_cpu
> > + * cs->cap = -------------------- (1)
> > + * cpu_max_freq
> > + *
> > + * So, the energy consumed by this CPU at that capacity state is:
> > + *
> > + * cs->power * cpu_util
> > + * cpu_nrg = -------------------- (2)
> > + * cs->cap
> > + *
> > + * since 'cpu_util / cs->cap' represents its percentage of busy time.
> > + *
> > + * NOTE: Although the result of this computation actually is in
> > + * units of power, it can be manipulated as an energy value
> > + * over a scheduling period, since it is assumed to be
> > + * constant during that interval.
> > + *
> > + * By injecting (1) in (2), 'cpu_nrg' can be re-expressed as a product
> > + * of two terms:
> > + *
> > + * cs->power * cpu_max_freq cpu_util
> > + * cpu_nrg = ------------------------ * --------- (3)
> > + * cs->freq scale_cpu
> > + *
> > + * The first term is static, and is stored in the em_cap_state struct
> > + * as 'cs->cost'.
> > + *
> > + * Since all CPUs of the domain have the same micro-architecture, they
> > + * share the same 'cs->cost', and the same CPU capacity. Hence, the
> > + * total energy of the domain (which is the simple sum of the energy of
> > + * all of its CPUs) can be factorized as:
> > + *
> > + * cs->cost * \Sum cpu_util
> > + * pd_nrg = ------------------------ (4)
> > + * scale_cpu
> > + */
> > + return cs->cost * sum_util / scale_cpu;
> > +}
>
> Should we explicitly mention that this ignores idle costs?

More doc shouldn't hurt so I can add a little something if you feel it's
needed.

Thanks,
Quentin

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