Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: sc7280: Add cpu OPP tables

[Matthias Kaehlcke]

On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 11:55:10PM +0530, Sibi Sankar wrote:
> Hey Sudeep,
> 
> Thanks for the review!
> 
> On 2021-05-04 20:12, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 07:58:21PM +0530, Sibi Sankar wrote:
> > > Add OPP tables required to scale DDR/L3 per freq-domain on SC7280
> > > SoCs.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Sibi Sankar <sibis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7280.dtsi | 135
> > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 135 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7280.dtsi
> > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7280.dtsi
> > > index 0bb835aeae33..90220cecb368 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7280.dtsi
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7280.dtsi
> > 
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > @@ -248,6 +273,116 @@
> > >  		};
> > >  	};
> > > 
> > > +	cpu0_opp_table: cpu0_opp_table {
> > > +		compatible = "operating-points-v2";
> > > +		opp-shared;
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp1: opp-300000000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <300000000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <800000 9600000>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp2: opp-691200000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <691200000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <800000 17817600>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp3: opp-806400000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <806400000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <800000 20889600>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp4: opp-940800000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <940800000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <1804000 24576000>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp5: opp-1152000000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <1152000000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <2188000 27033600>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp6: opp-1324800000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <1324800000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <2188000 33792000>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp7: opp-1516800000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <1516800000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <3072000 38092800>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp8: opp-1651200000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <1651200000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <3072000 41779200>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp9: opp-1804800000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <1804800000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <4068000 48537600>;
> > > +		};
> > > +
> > > +		cpu0_opp10: opp-1958400000 {
> > > +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <1958400000>;
> > > +			opp-peak-kBps = <4068000 48537600>;
> > > +		};
> > > +	};
> > > +
> > 
> > NACK, this breaks if there is a mismatch from what is read from the
> > hardware
> > and what is presented in this table above. Either add it from the some
> > bootloader or other boot code to this table reading from the
> > hardware/firmware
> > or find a way to link them without this.
> > 
> > Sorry I had warned long back about this when such links were discussed
> > as
> > part of interconnect binding.
> 
> Not sure why this warrants a NACK,
> as this was consensus for mapping
> cpu freq to DDR/L3 bandwidth votes.
> (We use the same solution on SDM845
> and SC7180). The opp tables are
> optional and when specified puts in
> votes for DDR/L3. In the future the
> table can be safely dropped when more
> useful devfreq governors are upstreamed.
> 
> cpufreq: qcom: Don't add frequencies without an OPP
> 
> I guess your main concern for breakage
> is ^^ commit? The original design is
> to list a super set of frequencies
> supported by all variants of the SoC
> along with the required DDR/L3 bandwidth
> values. When we run into non-documented
> frequency we just wouldn't put in bw
> votes for it which should be fine since
> the entire opp_table is optional. If
> this is the reason for the NACK I can
> try get it reverted with Matthias's ack.

Couldn't omitting the vote result in inconsistent performance at OPPs
w/o DT entry?

Let's assume the Soc has (at least) the following OPPs:

  cpu0_opp1: opp-300000000 {
           opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <300000000>;
           opp-peak-kBps = <800000 9600000>;
  };

  cpu0_opp3: opp-806400000 {
          opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <806400000>;
          opp-peak-kBps = <800000 20889600>;
  };

  /* missing in the device tree */
  cpu0_opp4: opp-940800000 {
          opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <940800000>;
          opp-peak-kBps = <1804000 24576000>;
  };

  cpu0_opp5: opp-1152000000 {
          opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <1152000000>;
          opp-peak-kBps = <2188000 27033600>;
  };


When the CPU frequency changes from 1.152 GHz to 940.4 MHz the
bandwidth vote is omitted because the new OPP isn't listed in the
DT, the DDR/L3 bandwidth remains at the value for 1.152 GHz, which
is fine in terms of performance, but has a penalty in terms of power.

In case the CPU frequency changes from 806.4 MHz to 940.4 MHz the
bandwidth vote is also omitted, but now the DDR/L3 bandwith stays
at the value for 806.4 MHz, which could have a negative impact on
performance. The impact would be even larger if the switch happened
from a lower OPP, like OPP 1.