Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] PM: EM: Increase energy calculation precision

[Dietmar Eggemann]

On 02/08/2021 08:21, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> Hi Peter, Vincent,
> 
> Gentle ping.
> 
> 
> On 7/20/21 10:41 AM, Lukasz Luba wrote:

[...]

>> There are corner cases when the EAS energy calculation for two
>> Performance
>> Domains (PDs) return the same value. The EAS compares these values to
>> choose smaller one. It might happen that this values are equal due to
>> rounding error. In such scenario, we need better resolution, e.g. 1000
>> times better. To provide this possibility increase the resolution in the
>> em_perf_state::cost for 64-bit architectures. The costs for increasing
>> resolution in 32-bit architectures are pretty high (64-bit division) and
>> the returns do not justify the increased costs.

s/The costs ... increased costs./The cost of increasing resolution on
32-bit is pretty high (64-bit division) and is not justified since there
are no new 32bit big.LITTLE EAS systems expected which would benefit
from this higher resolution./ ?

>> This patch allows to avoid the rounding to milli-Watt errors, which might
>> occur in EAS energy estimation for each Performance Domains (PD). The

s/Performance Domains (PD)/PD.

[...]

>> Scenario:
>> Low utilized system e.g. ~200 sum_util for PD0 and ~220 for PD1. There
>> are quite a few small tasks ~10-15 util. These tasks would suffer for
>> the rounding error. Such system utilization has been seen while playing
>> some simple games. In such condition our partner reported 5..10mA less
>> battery drain.

Hard to digest: Maybe s/Such system ... battery drain./These utilization
values are typical when running games on Android. One of our partners
has reported 5..10mA less battery drain when running with increased
resolution./ ?

>>
>> Some details:
>> We have two Perf Domains (PDs): PD0 (big) and PD1 (little)

s/Perf Domains (PDs)/PDs

[...]

>> 2. Difference in the the last find_energy_efficient_cpu(): margin filter.

s/in the the last find_energy_efficient_cpu(): margin filter/in the 6%
energy margin filter at the end of find_energy_efficient_cpu()/ ?

>> With this patch the margin comparison also has better resolution,
>> so it's possible to have better task placement thanks to that.
>>
>> Fixes: 27871f7a8a341ef ("PM: Introduce an Energy Model management
>> framework")
>> Reported-by: CCJ Yeh <CCj.Yeh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/energy_model.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>   kernel/power/energy_model.c  |  3 ++-
>>   2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/energy_model.h b/include/linux/energy_model.h
>> index 3f221dbf5f95..1834752c5617 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/energy_model.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/energy_model.h
>> @@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ struct em_perf_domain {
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_ENERGY_MODEL
>>   #define EM_MAX_POWER 0xFFFF
>>   +/*
>> + * Increase resolution of energy estimation calculations for 64-bit
>> + * architectures. The extra resolution improves decision made by EAS
>> for the
>> + * task placement when two Performance Domains might provide similar
>> energy
>> + * estimation values (w/o better resolution the values could be equal).
>> + *
>> + * We increase resolution only if we have enough bits to allow this
>> increased
>> + * resolution (i.e. 64-bit). The costs for increasing resolution when
>> 32-bit
>> + * are pretty high and the returns do not justify the increased costs.
>> + */
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>> +#define em_scale_power(p) ((p) * 1000)
>> +#else
>> +#define em_scale_power(p) (p)
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   struct em_data_callback {
>>       /**
>>        * active_power() - Provide power at the next performance state of
>> diff --git a/kernel/power/energy_model.c b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
>> index 0f4530b3a8cd..bf312c04c514 100644
>> --- a/kernel/power/energy_model.c
>> +++ b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
>> @@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ static int em_create_perf_table(struct device
>> *dev, struct em_perf_domain *pd,
>>       /* Compute the cost of each performance state. */
>>       fmax = (u64) table[nr_states - 1].frequency;
>>       for (i = 0; i < nr_states; i++) {
>> -        table[i].cost = div64_u64(fmax * table[i].power,
>> +        unsigned long power_res = em_scale_power(table[i].power);
>> +        table[i].cost = div64_u64(fmax * power_res,
>>                         table[i].frequency);
>>       }

Otherwise, LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>

This is now an EM only patch (Task scheduler (i.e. CFS/EAS) is only
effected via compute_energy() -> em_cpu_energy().