Re: [RFC v2 0/6] Managing cluser-level c-states with generic power domains

From: Lina Iyer
Date: Mon Oct 19 2015 - 16:58:34 EST


Hi Marc,

I am trying to apply this on top of Axel's patches on linux-next (after
fixing issues I saw with his v9), and running to issues applying your
patches. Could you rebase on top of his v10 (he said he would send to
the ML soon) ?

Thanks,
Lina

On Tue, Oct 06 2015 at 08:27 -0600, Marc Titinger wrote:
v2:
- rebase on Lina Iyer's latest series
- remove unnecessary dependency on perf-state patches from Axel Haslam

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Summary

1) DESCRIPTION
2) DEPENDENCIES
3) URL
------------------------


1) DESCRIPTION


This patch set's underlying idea is that cluster-level c-states can be managed
by the power domain, building upon Lina Iyers recent work on CPU-domain, and Axel Haslam's
genpd multiple states. The power domain may contain CPU devices and non-CPU devices.

Non-CPU Devices may expose latency constraints by registering intermediate power-states upon
probing, for instance shallower states than the deepest cluster-off state. The generic
power domain governor may chose a device retention state in place of the cluster-sleep
state demanded by the menu governor, and call the platform specific handling to enter/leave
that retention state.


power-states
-----------


The proposed way how cluster-level c-states are declared as manageable by the
power domain, rather than through the cpuidle-ops, relies on the introduction of
"power-states", consistent with c-states. Here is an example of the DT bindings,
the c-state CLUSTER_SLEEP_0 is exposed as a power-state in the compatible property:

juno.dts: idle-states {
entry-method = "arm,psci";

CPU_SLEEP_0: cpu-sleep-0 {
compatible = "arm,idle-state";
arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
local-timer-stop;
entry-latency-us = <100>;
exit-latency-us = <250>;
min-residency-us = <2000>;
};

CLUSTER_SLEEP_0: cluster-sleep-0 {
compatible = "arm,power-state";
arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
local-timer-stop;
entry-latency-us = <800>;
exit-latency-us = <700>;
min-residency-us = <2500>;
};
}

This will tell cpuidle runtime_put/get the CPU devices for this c-state. Eventually, the
actual platform handlers may be called from the genpd platform ops (in place of cpuidle_ops).

"drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-arm.c":

static const struct of_device_id arm_idle_state_match[] __initconst = {
{.compatible = "arm,idle-state",
.data = arm_enter_idle_state},
{.compatible = "arm,power-state",
.data = arm_enter_power_state},
};


In case of a power-state, arm_enter_power_state will only call pm_runtime_put/get_sync
The power doamin will handle the power off, currently this patch set lacks the final
call to the psci interface to have a fully fonctionnal setup
(and there are some genpd_lock'ing issues if put/get actually suspend the CPU device.)

Ultimately, we would like the Power Domain's simple governor to being able to chose
the cluster power-state based on the c-states defered to it (power-states) and constraints
added by the devices. Consequently, we need to "soak" those power-states into the
power-domain intermediate states from Axel. Since power-states are declared and handled
the same manner than c-states (idle-states in DT), these patches add a soaking used when
attaching to a genpd, where power-states are parsed from the DT into the genpd states:


"drivers/base/power/domain.c":

static const struct of_device_id power_state_match[] = {
{.compatible = "arm,power-state",
},
};

int of_genpd_device_parse_states(struct device_node *np,
struct generic_pm_domain *genpd)

debugfs addition
---------------

To easy debug, this patch set adds a seq-file names "states" to the pm_genpd debugfs:

cat /sys/kernel/debug/pm_genpd/*

Domain State name Enter (ns) / Exit (ns)
-------------------------------------------------------------
a53_pd cluster-sleep-0 1500000 / 800000
a57_pd cluster-sleep-0 1500000 / 800000

And also a seq-file "timings", to help visualize the constrains of the non-CPU
devices in a cluster PD.

Domain Devices, Timings in ns
Stop/Start Save/Restore, Effective
---------------------------------------------------- ---
a57_pd
/cpus/cpu@0 800 /740 1320 /1720 ,0 (cached stop)
/cpus/cpu@1 800 /740 1420 /1780 ,0 (cached stop)
/D1 660 /580 16560 /6080 ,2199420 (cached stop)


Device power-states
-------------------

some devices, like L2 caches, may feature a shallower retention mode, between CPU_SLEEP_0
and CLUSTER_SLEEP_0, in which mode the L2 memory is not powered off, leading to faster
resume than CLUSTER_SLEEP_0.

One way to handle device constrains and retention features in the power-domain, is to
allow devices to register a new power-state (consistent with a c-state).

idle-states:

D1_RETENTION: d1-retention {
compatible = "arm,power-state";
/*leave the psci param, for demo/testing:
* the psci cpuidle driver will not currently
* understand that a c-state shall not have it's
* table entry with a firmware command.
* the actual .power_on/off would be registered
* by the DECLARE macro for a given domain*/
arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
local-timer-stop;
entry-latency-us = <800>;
exit-latency-us = <200>;
min-residency-us = <2500>;
};


D1 {
compatible = "fake,fake-driver";
name = "D1";
constraint = <30000>;
power-domains = <&a53_pd>;
power-states =<&D1_RETENTION>;
};


The genpd simple governor can now upon suspend of the last-man CPU chose a shallower
retention state than CLUSTER_SLEEP_0.

In order to achieve this, this patch set added the power-state parsing during the
genpd_dev_pm_attach call. Multiple genpd states are now inserted in a sorted manner
according to their depth: see pm_genpd_insert_state in "drivers/base/power/domain.c".



2) DEPENDENCIES

This patch set applies over linux-4.2rc5 plus the following ordered dependencies:

* Ulf Hansson:

6637131 New [V4] PM / Domains: Remove intermediate states from the power off sequence

* Lina Iyer's patch series:

7118981 Not Applicable [v2,1/7] PM / Domains: Allocate memory outside domain locks
7118991 Not Applicable [v2,2/7] PM / Domains: Support IRQ safe PM domains
7119001 Not Applicable [v2,3/7] drivers: cpu: Define CPU devices as IRQ safe
7119011 Not Applicable [v2,4/7] PM / Domains: Introduce PM domains for CPUs/clusters
7119021 Not Applicable [v2,5/7] ARM: cpuidle: Add runtime PM support for CPU idle
7119031 Not Applicable [v2,6/7] ARM64: smp: Add runtime PM support for CPU hotplug
7119041 Not Applicable [v2,7/7] ARM: smp: Add runtime PM support for CPU hotplug

* John Medhurst:

6303671 New arm64: dts: Add idle-states for Juno

* Axel Haslam:

6301741 Not Applicable [v7,1/5] PM / Domains: prepare for multiple states
6301751 Not Applicable [v7,2/5] PM / Domains: core changes for multiple states
6301781 Not Applicable [v7,3/5] PM / Domains: make governor select deepest state
6301771 Not Applicable [v7,4/5] ARM: imx6: pm: declare pm domain latency on power_state struct.
6301761 Not Applicable [v7,5/5] PM / Domains: remove old power on/off latencies.

2) URL

playable from https://github.com/mtitinger/linux-pm.git

by adding the "fake driver D1" and launching the test-dev-state.sh script.
this will show the power domain suspending to an intermediate state, based on the
device constraints.

domain status pstate slaves
/device runtime status
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a53_pd on
/devices/system/cpu/cpu0 active
/devices/system/cpu/cpu3 suspended
/devices/system/cpu/cpu4 suspended
/devices/system/cpu/cpu5 suspended
a57_pd d1-retention
/devices/system/cpu/cpu1 suspended
/devices/system/cpu/cpu2 suspended
/devices/platform/D1

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Marc Titinger (6):
arm64: Juno: declare generic power domains for both clusters.
PM / Domains: prepare for devices that might register a power state
PM / Domains: introduce power-states consistent with c-states.
PM / Domains: succeed & warn when attaching non-irqsafe devices to an
irq-safe domain.
arm: cpuidle: let genpd handle the cluster power transition with
'power-states'
PM / Domains: add debugfs 'states' and 'timings' seq files

.../devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt | 21 +-
.../devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt | 29 ++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno.dts | 25 +-
drivers/base/power/cpu-pd.c | 5 +
drivers/base/power/domain.c | 415 +++++++++++++++------
drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-arm.c | 52 ++-
include/linux/pm_domain.h | 21 +-
7 files changed, 437 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)

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