Re: [PATCH] sched: cpufreq_schedutil: maintain raw cache when next_f is not changed

[Wei Wang]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 10:01 AM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 6:36 PM Wei Wang <wvw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Currently, raw cache will be reset when next_f is changed after
> > get_next_freq for correctness. However, it may introduce more
> > cycles. This patch changes it to maintain the cached value instead of
> > dropping it.
>
> IMV you need to be more specific about why this helps.
>

I think the idea of cached_raw_freq is to reduce the chance of calling
cpufreq drivers (in some arch those may be costly) but sometimes the
cache will be wiped for correctness. The purpose of this patch is to
still keep the cached value instead of wiping them.

thx
wvw


>
> > This is adapted from https://android-review.googlesource.com/1352810/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wvw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 7 +++++--
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> > index 5ae7b4e6e8d6..ae3ae7fcd027 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> > @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct sugov_policy {
> >         s64                     freq_update_delay_ns;
> >         unsigned int            next_freq;
> >         unsigned int            cached_raw_freq;
> > +       unsigned int            prev_cached_raw_freq;
> >
> >         /* The next fields are only needed if fast switch cannot be used: */
> >         struct                  irq_work irq_work;
> > @@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ static unsigned int get_next_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy,
> >                 return sg_policy->next_freq;
> >
> >         sg_policy->need_freq_update = false;
> > +       sg_policy->prev_cached_raw_freq = sg_policy->cached_raw_freq;
> >         sg_policy->cached_raw_freq = freq;
> >         return cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq(policy, freq);
> >  }
> > @@ -464,8 +466,8 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
> >         if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq) {
> >                 next_f = sg_policy->next_freq;
> >
> > -               /* Reset cached freq as next_freq has changed */
> > -               sg_policy->cached_raw_freq = 0;
> > +               /* Restore cached freq as next_freq has changed */
> > +               sg_policy->cached_raw_freq = sg_policy->prev_cached_raw_freq;
> >         }
> >
> >         /*
> > @@ -828,6 +830,7 @@ static int sugov_start(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> >         sg_policy->limits_changed               = false;
> >         sg_policy->need_freq_update             = false;
> >         sg_policy->cached_raw_freq              = 0;
> > +       sg_policy->prev_cached_raw_freq         = 0;
> >
> >         for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus) {
> >                 struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu = &per_cpu(sugov_cpu, cpu);
> > --
> > 2.29.0.rc1.297.gfa9743e501-goog
> >