Re: [PATCHv3 2/9] cpufreq: Auto-register the driver as a thermal cooling device if asked

From: Amit Kucheria
Date: Fri Jan 25 2019 - 07:18:26 EST


On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 4:01 PM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 25-01-19, 12:32, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> > All cpufreq drivers do similar things to register as a cooling device.
> > Provide a cpufreq driver flag so drivers can just ask the cpufreq core
> > to register the cooling device on their behalf. This allows us to get
> > rid of duplicated code in the drivers.
> >
> > In order to allow this, we add a struct thermal_cooling_device pointer
> > to struct cpufreq_policy so that drivers don't need to store it in a
> > private data structure.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 ++++++
> > include/linux/cpufreq.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > index e35a886e00bc..cf1be057caf4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > @@ -1318,6 +1318,9 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
> > if (cpufreq_driver->ready)
> > cpufreq_driver->ready(policy);
> >
> > + if (cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_AUTO_REGISTER_COOLING_DEV)
> > + register_cooling_device(policy);
> > +
> > pr_debug("initialization complete\n");
> >
> > return 0;
> > @@ -1405,6 +1408,9 @@ static int cpufreq_offline(unsigned int cpu)
> > goto unlock;
> > }
> >
> > + if (cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_AUTO_REGISTER_COOLING_DEV)
> > + unregister_cooling_device(policy);
> > +
> > if (cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu)
> > cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu(policy);
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> > index bd7fbd6a4478..c7eb59b8ce94 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
> >
> > #include <linux/clk.h>
> > #include <linux/cpumask.h>
> > +#include <linux/cpu_cooling.h>
> > #include <linux/completion.h>
> > #include <linux/kobject.h>
> > #include <linux/notifier.h>
> > @@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {
> >
> > /* For cpufreq driver's internal use */
> > void *driver_data;
> > +
> > + /* Pointer to the cooling device if used for thermal mitigation */
> > + struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
> > };
> >
> > /* Only for ACPI */
> > @@ -386,6 +390,12 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
> > */
> > #define CPUFREQ_NO_AUTO_DYNAMIC_SWITCHING BIT(6)
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Set by drivers that want the core to automatically register the cpufreq
> > + * driver as a thermal cooling device.
> > + */
> > +#define CPUFREQ_AUTO_REGISTER_COOLING_DEV BIT(7)
> > +
> > int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
> > int cpufreq_unregister_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
> >
> > @@ -415,6 +425,17 @@ cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> > policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
> > }
> >
> > +static inline void register_cooling_device(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> > +{
> > + policy->cdev = of_cpufreq_cooling_register(policy);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void unregister_cooling_device(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> > +{
> > + cpufreq_cooling_unregister(policy->cdev);
> > + policy->cdev = NULL;
> > +}
>
> I thought that we discussed over chat that you wouldn't add any
> wrapper routines. How do you see these getting used ? I will suggest
> that this should be open coded in the core itself.

Aah, I understood your earlier comment and the chat to mean that we
could get rid of the #ifdefs. I didn't catch on to the fact you wanted
to get rid of the wrapper routines itself. My bad.

Will respin.

Regards,
Amit