RE: [PATCH 1/3] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add more tracepoint for AMD P-State module

From: Su, Jinzhou (Joe)
Date: Wed Mar 02 2022 - 04:53:21 EST


[AMD Official Use Only]

Comment in line.

Regards,
Joe

> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add more tracepoint for AMD P-
> State module
>
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 12:07:45AM +0800, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 5:05 PM Deucher, Alexander
> > <Alexander.Deucher@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > [AMD Official Use Only]
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 10:26 AM
> > > > To: Su, Jinzhou (Joe) <Jinzhou.Su@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Linux PM <linux-
> > > > pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Srinivas Pandruvada
> > > > <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Doug Smythies
> > > > <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx>; Huang, Ray <Ray.Huang@xxxxxxx>; Viresh
> > > > Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>; Todd Brandt
> > > > <todd.e.brandt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Linux Kernel Mailing List
> > > > <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Sharma, Deepak
> > > > <Deepak.Sharma@xxxxxxx>; Deucher, Alexander
> > > > <Alexander.Deucher@xxxxxxx>; Du, Xiaojian <Xiaojian.Du@xxxxxxx>;
> > > > Yuan, Perry <Perry.Yuan@xxxxxxx>; Meng, Li (Jassmine)
> > > > <Li.Meng@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add more tracepoint
> > > > for AMD P-State module
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 11:04 AM Jinzhou Su <Jinzhou.Su@xxxxxxx>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Add frequency, mperf, aperf and tsc in the trace. This can be
> > > > > used to debug and tune the performance of AMD P-state driver.
> > > > >
> > > > > Use the time difference between amd_pstate_update to calculate
> > > > > CPU frequency. There could be sleep in arch_freq_get_on_cpu, so
> > > > > do not use it here.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jinzhou Su <Jinzhou.Su@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure what the second sign-off is for.
> > > >
> > > > If this is a maintainer's sign-off, it should be added by the
> > > > maintainer himself and you should not add it when submitting the patch.
> > >
> > > Both developers co-worked on the patch. Isn't that pretty standard when
> you rework someone else's patch?
> >
> > It is, but that's when Co-developed-by should be used. Otherwise the
> > meaning of the second s-o-b is unclear.
>
> Yes.
>
> Joe, can you add below in next V2:
>
> Co-developed-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
>
> Patch looks good for me, could you please add new patch to describe how to
> use the tracer script in Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst?

Ok, will do that later.

Joe
>
> Thanks,
> Ray