Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Ignore turbo active ratio in HWP

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sun Aug 12 2018 - 07:23:09 EST


On Thursday, August 2, 2018 2:26:06 AM CEST Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> When HWP is active turbo active ratio is not used, so we should allow
> policy max frequency above turbo activation ratio to be set. When HWP is
> not active, then any policy max frequency above turbo activation ratio
> can result upto max one-core turbo frequency.
>
> This fix helps better thermal control in turbo region when other methods
> like "Running Average Power Limit" is not available to use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index efb015a5f7ac..32c10e69241e 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -2020,7 +2020,8 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> static void intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> struct cpudata *cpu)
> {
> - if (cpu->pstate.max_pstate_physical > cpu->pstate.max_pstate &&
> + if (!hwp_active &&
> + cpu->pstate.max_pstate_physical > cpu->pstate.max_pstate &&
> policy->max < policy->cpuinfo.max_freq &&
> policy->max > cpu->pstate.max_freq) {
> pr_debug("policy->max > max non turbo frequency\n");
>

Applied, thanks!