Re: [PATCH RESEND v10 0/7] cpufreq:boost: CPU Boost mode support

[Eduardo Valentin]

On 04-12-2013 02:59, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
> 
>> This patch series introduces support for CPU overclocking technique
>> called Boost.
>>
>> It is a follow up of a LAB governor proposal. Boost is a LAB
>> component:
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1484746/match=cpufreq
>>
>> Boost unifies hardware based solution (e.g. Intel Nehalem) with
>> software oriented one (like the one done at Exynos).
>> For this reason cpufreq/freq_table code has been reorganized to
>> include common code.
>>
>> Important design decisions:
>> - Boost related code is compiled-in unconditionally to cpufreq core
>> and disabled by default. The cpufreq_driver is responsibile for
>> setting boost_supported flag and providing set_boost callback(if HW
>> support is needed). For software managed boost, special Kconfig flag -
>>   CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW has been defined. It will be selected only
>>   when a target platform has thermal framework properly configured.
>>
>> - struct cpufreq_driver has been extended with boost related fields:
>>         -- boost_supported - when driver supports boosting
>>         -- boost_enabled - boost state
>>         -- set_boost - callback to function, which is necessary to
>>            enable/disable boost
>>
>> - Boost sysfs attribute (/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost) is
>> visible _only_ when cpufreq driver supports Boost.
>>
>> - No special spin_lock for Boost was created. The one from cpufreq
>> core was reused.
>>
>> - The Boost code doesn't rely on any policy. When boost state is
>> changed, then the policy list is iterated and proper adjustements are
>> done.
>>
>> - To improve safety level, the thermal framework is also extended to
>> disable software boosting, when thermal trip point is reached. After
>> cooling down the boost can be enabled again. This emulates behaviour
>> similar to HW managed boost (like x86)
>>
>> Tested at HW:
>>        Exynos 4412 3.13-rc2 Linux
>>        Intel Core i7-3770 3.13-rc2 Linux
>>
>> Above patches were posted on top of kernel_pm/bleeding-edge
>> (SHA1: 9483a9f69d5c8f83f1723361bf8340ddfb6475b4)
>>
> 
> Rafael, could you pull patches from 1 to 6 of this series? Those are
> related to cpufreq core and has already been accepted by Viresh at a
> late August this year.
> This would facilitate my further cpufreq work.
> 
> And about the last patch - related to thermal. It seems that more
> discussion NOT related to cpufreq will be ongoing. 
> 
> I would prefer to add it as a separate patch to thermal subtree.

I agree with Lukasz here. The part that touches the thermal driver is
minimal and the discussion is a simple matter of concept and
optimization of data structures.

> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Lukasz Majewski (7):
>>   cpufreq: Add boost frequency support in core
>>   cpufreq:acpi:x86: Adjust the acpi-cpufreq.c code to work with common
>>     boost solution
>>   cpufreq:boost:Kconfig: Provide support for software managed BOOST
>>   cpufreq:exynos:Extend Exynos cpufreq driver to support boost
>>     framework
>>   Documentation:cpufreq:boost: Update BOOST documentation
>>   cpufreq:exynos4x12: Change L0 driver data to CPUFREQ_BOOST_FREQ
>>   thermal:exynos:boost: Automatic enable/disable of BOOST feature (at
>>     Exynos4412)
>>
>>  Documentation/cpu-freq/boost.txt          |   26 +++----
>>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig                   |    4 +
>>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm               |   15 ++++
>>  drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c            |   86
>> +++++++-------------- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c                 |
>> 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> drivers/cpufreq/exynos-cpufreq.c          |    3 +
>> drivers/cpufreq/exynos4x12-cpufreq.c      |    2 +-
>> drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c              |   56 ++++++++++++--
>> drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu_data.c |   47 ++++++++++++
>> include/linux/cpufreq.h                   |   24 ++++++ 10 files
>> changed, 302 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> 
> 


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Eduardo Valentin

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