Re: [PATCH] x86: use cpufreq_quick_get() for /proc/cpuinfo "cpu MHz" again

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Nov 09 2017 - 11:06:52 EST


Hi Linus,

On 11/9/2017 11:38 AM, WANG Chao wrote:
Commit 941f5f0f6ef5 (x86: CPU: Fix up "cpu MHz" in /proc/cpuinfo) caused
a serious performance issue when reading from /proc/cpuinfo on system
with aperfmperf.

For each cpu, arch_freq_get_on_cpu() sleeps 20ms to get its frequency.
On a system with 64 cpus, it takes 1.5s to finish running `cat
/proc/cpuinfo`, while it previously was done in 15ms.

Honestly, I'm not sure what to do to address this ATM.

The last requested frequency is only available in the non-HWP case, so it cannot be used universally.

Some programs use /proc/cpuinfo during startup or runtime, eg. QEMU.
This patch will restore the previous behavior and let user space happy.

Fixes: 941f5f0f6ef5 (x86: CPU: Fix up "cpu MHz" in /proc/cpuinfo)
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 4.13
Signed-off-by: WANG Chao <chao.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c | 4 +---
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index 236999c54edc..c60922a66385 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ obj-y += common.o
obj-y += rdrand.o
obj-y += match.o
obj-y += bugs.o
-obj-y += aperfmperf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ) += aperfmperf.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += proc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_FEATURE_NAMES) += capflags.o powerflags.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
index 4378a729b933..6b7e17bf0b71 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
@@ -78,10 +78,8 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
seq_printf(m, "microcode\t: 0x%x\n", c->microcode);
if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_TSC)) {
- unsigned int freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(cpu);
+ unsigned int freq = cpufreq_quick_get(cpu);
- if (!freq)
- freq = cpufreq_quick_get(cpu);
if (!freq)
freq = cpu_khz;
seq_printf(m, "cpu MHz\t\t: %u.%03u\n",