Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc: Ignore GBE LTR on Tiger Lake platforms

From: David E. Box
Date: Mon Mar 08 2021 - 11:55:47 EST


Hi Rajneesh,

On Mon, 2021-03-08 at 09:04 -0500, Rajneesh Bhardwaj wrote:
> Hi David
>
> Overall, it looks like the right thing to do but i have a few
> comments. See below.
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 2:07 PM David E. Box <
> david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Due to a HW limitation, the Latency Tolerance Reporting (LTR) value
> > programmed in the Tiger Lake GBE controller is not large enough to
> > allow
> > the platform to enter Package C10, which in turn prevents the
> > platform from
> > achieving its low power target during suspend-to-idle.  Ignore the
> > GBE LTR
> > value on Tiger Lake. LTR ignore functionality is currently
> > performed solely
> > by a debugfs write call. Split out the LTR code into its own
> > function that
> > can be called by both the debugfs writer and by this work around.
> >
>
> I presume this must be the last resort to use such quirk and you've
> already considered a user space tuning program or fw patch is not an
> option on this generation of SOCs.

This was the suggested work around by the LAN team. A FW solution may
be considered for future products but is not in the works for TGL.

>
> > Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >  drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++---
> > ----
> >  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
> > b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
> > index ee2f757515b0..ab31eb646a1a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
> > @@ -863,34 +863,45 @@ static int pmc_core_pll_show(struct seq_file
> > *s, void *unused)
> >  }
> >  DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(pmc_core_pll);
> >
> > -static ssize_t pmc_core_ltr_ignore_write(struct file *file,
> > -                                        const char __user
> > *userbuf,
> > -                                        size_t count, loff_t
> > *ppos)
> > +static int pmc_core_write_ltr_ignore(u32 value)
>
> This sounds a bit confusing with pmc_core_ltr_ignore_write.

Ack

>
> >  {
> >         struct pmc_dev *pmcdev = &pmc;
> >         const struct pmc_reg_map *map = pmcdev->map;
> > -       u32 val, buf_size, fd;
> > -       int err;
> > -
> > -       buf_size = count < 64 ? count : 64;
> > -
> > -       err = kstrtou32_from_user(userbuf, buf_size, 10, &val);
> > -       if (err)
> > -               return err;
> > +       u32 fd;
>
> lets just call it value

Yeah, I'll clean it up the names. It was just moved without changing
it.

>
> > +       int err = 0;
> >
> >         mutex_lock(&pmcdev->lock);
> >
> > -       if (val > map->ltr_ignore_max) {
> > +       if (fls(value) > map->ltr_ignore_max) {
>
> I am not sure why you're considering a bit position here. We rather
> use absolute value for this and we already preserve (OR) previously
> programmed LTR while changing to the new desired value.  Current
> modification would allow users to supply even bigger values than the
> MAX IP ignore allowed. This can be useful when you want to ignore
> more
> than 1 IP at a time but that's not how we usually use it for debug.
> This is more for a user space debug script to deal with.

This was unintentionally added. The line should not have changed at
all. Thanks for catching.

>
> https://01.org/blogs/rajneesh/2019/using-power-management-controller-drivers-debug-low-power-platform-states
>
> >                 err = -EINVAL;
> >                 goto out_unlock;
> >         }
> >
> >         fd = pmc_core_reg_read(pmcdev, map->ltr_ignore_offset);
> > -       fd |= (1U << val);
> > +       fd |= value;
> >         pmc_core_reg_write(pmcdev, map->ltr_ignore_offset, fd);
> >
> >  out_unlock:
> >         mutex_unlock(&pmcdev->lock);
> > +
> > +       return err;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static ssize_t pmc_core_ltr_ignore_write(struct file *file,
> > +                                        const char __user
> > *userbuf,
> > +                                        size_t count, loff_t
> > *ppos)
> > +{
> > +       u32 buf_size, val;
> > +       int err;
> > +
> > +       buf_size = count < 64 ? count : 64;
> > +
> > +       err = kstrtou32_from_user(userbuf, buf_size, 10, &val);
> > +       if (err)
> > +               return err;
> > +
> > +       err = pmc_core_write_ltr_ignore(1U << val);
> > +
> >         return err == 0 ? count : err;
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -1189,6 +1200,15 @@ static int quirk_xtal_ignore(const struct
> > dmi_system_id *id)
> >         return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > +static int quirk_ltr_ignore(u32 val)
> > +{
> > +       int err;
> > +
> > +       err = pmc_core_write_ltr_ignore(val);
> > +
> > +       return err;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static const struct dmi_system_id pmc_core_dmi_table[]  = {
> >         {
> >         .callback = quirk_xtal_ignore,
> > @@ -1244,6 +1264,15 @@ static int pmc_core_probe(struct
> > platform_device *pdev)
> >         pmcdev->pmc_xram_read_bit = pmc_core_check_read_lock_bit();
> >         dmi_check_system(pmc_core_dmi_table);
> >
> > +       /*
> > +        * On TGL, due to a hardware limitation, the GBE LTR blocks
> > PC10 when
> > +        * a cable is attached. Tell the PMC to ignore it.
> > +        */
> > +       if (pmcdev->map == &tgl_reg_map) {
> > +               dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "ignoring GBE LTR\n");
> > +               quirk_ltr_ignore(1U << 3);
>
> Can this be made a part of *_reg_map itself if intended to be used
> for
> more future platforms? Otherwise we just leave it as a one time
> quirk.

The intent right now is not to use this for future platforms. We'll see
if that can happen.

David

>
> > +       }
> > +
> >         pmc_core_dbgfs_register(pmcdev);
> >
> >         device_initialized = true;
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
>
>