Re: [PATCH 0/2] intel_pstate: fix turbo not being used after a processor is rebooted

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 7:07 PM srinivas pandruvada
<srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2022-12-27 at 18:02 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 5:40 PM srinivas pandruvada
> > <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2022-12-27 at 16:38 +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > > > Hi Srinivas,
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Dec 24 2022, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 2022-12-23 at 10:10 -0800, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Pratyush,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 2022-12-22 at 11:39 +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Srinivas,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 21 2022, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wed, 2022-12-21 at 16:52 +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > > > > > > > > When a processor is brought offline and online again,
> > > > > > > > > it is
> > > > > > > > > unable to
> > > > > > > > > use Turbo mode because the _PSS table does not contain
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > whole
> > > > > > > > > turbo
> > > > > > > > > frequency range, but only +1 MHz above the max non-
> > > > > > > > > turbo
> > > > > > > > > frequency.
> > > > > > > > > This
> > > > > > > > > causes problems when ACPI processor driver tries to set
> > > > > > > > > frequency
> > > > > > > > > constraints. See patch 2 for more details.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > I can reproduce on a Broadwell server platform. But not on a
> > > > > > client
> > > > > > system with acpi_ppc usage.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Need to check what change broke this.
> > > > >
> > > > > When PPC limits enforcement changed to PM QOS, this broke.
> > > > > Previously
> > > > > acpi_processor_get_platform_limit() was not enforcing any
> > > > > limits.
> > > > > It
> > > > > was just setting variable. So any update done after
> > > > > acpi_register_performance_state() call to pr->performance-
> > > > > > states[ppc].core_frequency, was effective.
> > > > >
> > > > > We don't really need to call
> > > > >         ret = freq_qos_update_request(&pr->perflib_req,
> > > > >                         pr->performance-
> > > > > >states[ppc].core_frequency
> > > > > *
> > > > > 1000);
> > > > >
> > > > > if the PPC is not changed. When PPC is changed, this gets
> > > > > called
> > > > > again,
> > > > > so then we can call the above function to update cpufreq limit.
> > > > >
> > > > > The below change fixed for me.
> > > >
> > > > Right.
> > > I think, this is the only change you require to fix this. In
> > > addition
> > > set pr->performance_platform_limit = 0 in
> > > acpi_processor_unregister_performance().
> >
> > Not really, because if the limit is set to a lower frequency and then
> > reset to _PSS[0], it needs to be set back to "no limit".
> >
>
> If PPC becomes 0 again after ppc > 0 during dynamic PPC change, pr-
> >performance_platform_limit will not match current PPC, so will set to
> PPC 0 performance ( which is already patched by driver after return
> from acpi_register_performance_state()).

I see.

> But fine, you can always set freq qos to FREQ_QOS_MAX_DEFAULT_VALUE for
> PPC 0 as you are doing in your patch.

I think that using the "no limit" value to represent the "no limit"
condition makes sense.

Also, I'm wondering if the patching of states[0].core_frequency will
still be necessary after this change.