Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] Subject: The power allocator thermal governor

[Eduardo Valentin]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 05:17:18PM +0000, Javi Merino wrote:
> *** BLURB HERE ***
> 
> Hi linux-pm,
> 
> Introduce the power allocator governor, a thermal governor that
> allocates device power to control temperature.  This series is based
> on branch "linus" of Eduardo's linux-soc-thermal tree:
> 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/evalenti/linux-soc-thermal.git
> 
> Changes since v2:
>   - Address Eduardo's review
>     + Turn variable-size array in divvy_up_power() into a
>       devm_kcalloc() as suggested by Eduardo
>     + Remove #ifdeffery from thermal_core.c as suggested by Eduardo
>   - Bring back cpufreq's CPUFREQ_UPDATE_POLICY_CPU notifier in order
>     to update the cpu device in cpu_cooling.c when cpufreq changes
>     the policy cpu.


Can you please elaborate a bit more on the issue you saw to decide to
bring this functionality back?

Can we keep the cpufreq changes as a separated thread? To me if the
issue happens to power allocator, it also happens to the other
governors. I don't want to block power allocator due to the cpufreq
chanes.

Besides, cpufreq changes should go via the proper cpufreq tree, not the
thermal tree.

> 
> Changes since v1:
>   - Removed a memory leak pointed out by Steve Rostedt
>   - Relax the constraint of the trip points to be the first and last
>     passive trip point as Lina Iyer suggested.
>   - Update how the governor treats weights to mimic the behavior of
>     fair share in v3 of the weight fixes series.
>   - Don't cache the cpufreq_cooling_device and scan for it whenever
>     we need it.
>   - Consider the rate of changes in the derivative term of the PID
>     controller
> 
> Changes since RFC v6:
>   - Addressed Eduardo's review
>     + Pass the interval to the static power function as suggested by
>       Eduardo
>     + Make the cooling device ops return 0 or -E* and put the
>       calculation in a parameter, like the rest of the cooling device
>       ops
>     + Documentation improvements
>   - Use thermal_cdev_update() to change cooling device states
>   - Add a patch to export the power allocator governor's tzp
>     parameters to sysfs
> 
> Changes since RFC v5:
>   - Addressed Stephen's review of the trace patches.
>   - Removed power actors and extended the cooling device interface
>     instead.
>   - Let platforms override the power allocator governor parameters in
>     their thermal zone parameters
> 
> Changes since RFC v4:
>   - Add more tracing
>   - Document some of the limitations of the power allocator governor
>   - Export the power_actor API and move power_actor.h to include/linux
> 
> Changes since RFC v3:
>   - Use tz->passive to poll faster when the first trip point is hit.
>   - Don't make a special directory for power_actors
>   - Add a DT property for sustainable-power
>   - Simplify the static power interface and pass the current thermal
>     zone in every power_actor_ops to remove the controversial
>     enum power_actor_types
>   - Use locks with the actor_list list
>   - Use cpufreq_get() to get the frequency of the cpu instead of
>     using the notifiers.
>   - Remove the prompt for THERMAL_POWER_ACTOR_CPU when configuring
>     the kernel
> 
> Changes since RFC v2:
>   - Changed the PI controller into a PID controller
>   - Added static power to the cpu power model
>   - tz parameter max_dissipatable_power renamed to sustainable_power
>   - Register the cpufreq cooling device as part of the
>     power_cpu_actor registration.
> 
> Changes since RFC v1:
>   - Fixed finding cpufreq cooling devices in cpufreq_frequency_change()
>   - Replaced the cooling device interface with a separate power actor
>     API
>   - Addressed most of Eduardo's comments
>   - Incorporated ftrace support for bitmask to trace cpumasks
> 
> Cheers,
> Javi & Punit
> 
> Javi Merino (4):
>   thermal: introduce the Power Allocator governor
>   thermal: add trace events to the power allocator governor
>   thermal: export thermal_zone_parameters to sysfs
>   Revert "cpufreq: remove CPUFREQ_UPDATE_POLICY_CPU notifications"
> 
> Kapileshwar Singh (1):
>   thermal: cpu_cooling: update the cpu device when cpufreq updates the
>     policy cpu
> 
>  Documentation/thermal/power_allocator.txt      | 247 ++++++++++++
>  Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt            |  52 +++
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c                      |   3 +
>  drivers/thermal/Kconfig                        |  15 +
>  drivers/thermal/Makefile                       |   1 +
>  drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c                  |  34 +-
>  drivers/thermal/power_allocator.c              | 538 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c                 | 110 ++++-
>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h                 |   8 +
>  include/linux/cpufreq.h                        |   5 +-
>  include/linux/thermal.h                        |  37 +-
>  include/trace/events/thermal.h                 |  58 +++
>  include/trace/events/thermal_power_allocator.h |  87 ++++
>  13 files changed, 1184 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/thermal/power_allocator.txt
>  create mode 100644 drivers/thermal/power_allocator.c
>  create mode 100644 include/trace/events/thermal_power_allocator.h
> 
> -- 
> 1.9.1
>

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