Re: [PATCH 14/19] cpupower: initial AMD P-state capability

[Shuah Khan]

On 9/8/21 8:59 AM, Huang Rui wrote:
> If kernel enables AMD P-state, cpupower won't need to respond ACPI
> hardware P-states function anymore.

This commit log doesn't seem to match the code change. I see it
calling cpupower_amd_pstate_enabled() and setting flags.

> Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c
> index 72eb43593180..78218c54acca 100644
> --- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c
> +++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c
> @@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ int get_cpu_info(struct cpupower_cpu_info *cpu_info)
>   		if (ext_cpuid_level >= 0x80000008 &&
>   		    cpuid_ebx(0x80000008) & (1 << 4))
>   			cpu_info->caps |= CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_RDPRU;
> +
> +		if (cpupower_amd_pstate_enabled(0)) {

What is the reason for calling this function with cpu id = 0?


> +			cpu_info->caps |= CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_PSTATE;
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * If AMD P-state is enabled, the firmware will treat
> +			 * AMD P-state function as high priority.
> +			 */
> +			cpu_info->caps &= ~CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_CPB;
> +			cpu_info->caps &= ~CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_CPB_MSR;
> +			cpu_info->caps &= ~CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_HW_PSTATE;
> +			cpu_info->caps &= ~CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_PSTATEDEF;
> +		}
>   	}
>   
>   	if (cpu_info->vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {

thanks,
-- Shuah