Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:15:36 -0700 | From | Ricardo Neri <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 21/24] thermal: intel: hfi: Implement model-specific checks for task classification |
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 07:03:08PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 6:02 AM Ricardo Neri > <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > > In Alder Lake and Raptor Lake, the result of thread classification is more > > accurate when only one SMT sibling is busy. Classification results for > > class 2 and 3 are always reliable. > > > > To avoid unnecessary migrations, only update the class of a task if it has > > been the same during 4 consecutive user ticks. > > > > Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com> > > Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> > > Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> > > Cc: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com> > > Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> > > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> > > Cc: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> > > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> > > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> > > Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com> > > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > > Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com> > > Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com> > > Cc: x86@kernel.org > > Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com> > > --- > > Changes since v2: > > * None > > > > Changes since v1: > > * Adjusted the result the classification of Intel Thread Director to start > > at class 1. Class 0 for the scheduler means that the task is > > unclassified. > > * Used the new names of the IPC classes members in task_struct. > > * Reworked helper functions to use sched_smt_siblings_idle() to query > > the idle state of the SMT siblings of a CPU. > > --- > > drivers/thermal/intel/intel_hfi.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_hfi.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_hfi.c > > index 35d947f47550..fdb53e4cabc1 100644 > > --- a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_hfi.c > > +++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_hfi.c > > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ > > #include <linux/workqueue.h> > > > > #include <asm/msr.h> > > +#include <asm/intel-family.h> > > > > #include "../thermal_core.h" > > #include "intel_hfi.h" > > @@ -209,9 +210,64 @@ static int __percpu *hfi_ipcc_scores; > > */ > > #define HFI_UNCLASSIFIED_DEFAULT 1 > > > > +#define CLASS_DEBOUNCER_SKIPS 4 > > + > > +/** > > + * debounce_and_update_class() - Process and update a task's classification > > + * > > + * @p: The task of which the classification will be updated > > + * @new_ipcc: The new IPC classification > > + * > > + * Update the classification of @p with the new value that hardware provides. > > + * Only update the classification of @p if it has been the same during > > + * CLASS_DEBOUNCER_SKIPS consecutive ticks. > > + */ > > +static void debounce_and_update_class(struct task_struct *p, u8 new_ipcc) > > +{ > > + u16 debounce_skip; > > + > > + /* The class of @p changed. Only restart the debounce counter. */ > > + if (p->ipcc_tmp != new_ipcc) { > > + p->ipcc_cntr = 1; > > + goto out; > > + } > > + > > + /* > > + * The class of @p did not change. Update it if it has been the same > > + * for CLASS_DEBOUNCER_SKIPS user ticks. > > + */ > > + debounce_skip = p->ipcc_cntr + 1; > > + if (debounce_skip < CLASS_DEBOUNCER_SKIPS) > > + p->ipcc_cntr++; > > + else > > + p->ipcc = new_ipcc; > > + > > +out: > > + p->ipcc_tmp = new_ipcc; > > +} > > Why does the code above belong to the Intel HFI driver? It doesn't > look like there is anything driver-specific in it.
That is a good point. This post-processing is specific to the implementation of IPCC classes using Intel Thread Director.
Maybe a new file called drivers/thermal/intel/intel_itd.c would be better?
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