RE: [PATCH v9 03/13] cpufreq: intel_pstate: use common macro definition for Energy Preference Performance(EPP)

From: Yuan, Perry
Date: Thu Jan 05 2023 - 00:50:21 EST


[AMD Official Use Only - General]

Hi Mario

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 03/13] cpufreq: intel_pstate: use common macro
> definition for Energy Preference Performance(EPP)
>
> On 12/25/2022 10:34, Perry Yuan wrote:
> > make the energy preference performance strings and profiles using one
> > common header for intel_pstate driver, then the amd_pstate epp driver
> > can use the common header as well. This will simpify the intel_pstate
> > and amd_pstate driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 | 2 +-
> > drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 13 +++----------
> > include/linux/cpufreq.h | 10 ++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
> > index 00476e94db90..f64aef1e093d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
> > @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ config X86_PCC_CPUFREQ
> >
> > config X86_AMD_PSTATE
> > bool "AMD Processor P-State driver"
> > - depends on X86 && ACPI
> > + depends on X86 && ACPI && X86_INTEL_PSTATE
>
> This doesn't seem right to me. What if someone didn't compile in Intel
> x86 support for their kernel? They wouldn't be able to pick
> X86_AMD_PSTATE.

How about changed like this ? when amd pstate enabled, it will build intel-pstate.c as well.

depends on X86 && ACPI
+ select X86_INTEL_PSTATE



>
> > select ACPI_PROCESSOR
> > select ACPI_CPPC_LIB if X86_64
> > select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if SMP diff --git
> > a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> > index ad9be31753b6..93a60fdac0fc 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> > @@ -640,15 +640,7 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_epb(int cpu, s16 pref)
> > * 4 power
> > */
> >
> > -enum energy_perf_value_index {
> > - EPP_INDEX_DEFAULT = 0,
> > - EPP_INDEX_PERFORMANCE,
> > - EPP_INDEX_BALANCE_PERFORMANCE,
> > - EPP_INDEX_BALANCE_POWERSAVE,
> > - EPP_INDEX_POWERSAVE,
> > -};
> > -
> > -static const char * const energy_perf_strings[] = {
> > +const char * const energy_perf_strings[] = {
> > [EPP_INDEX_DEFAULT] = "default",
> > [EPP_INDEX_PERFORMANCE] = "performance",
> > [EPP_INDEX_BALANCE_PERFORMANCE] = "balance_performance",
> @@ -656,7
> > +648,8 @@ static const char * const energy_perf_strings[] = {
> > [EPP_INDEX_POWERSAVE] = "power",
> > NULL
> > };
> > -static unsigned int epp_values[] = {
> > +
> > +unsigned int epp_values[] = {
> > [EPP_INDEX_DEFAULT] = 0, /* Unused index */
> > [EPP_INDEX_PERFORMANCE] = HWP_EPP_PERFORMANCE,
> > [EPP_INDEX_BALANCE_PERFORMANCE] =
> HWP_EPP_BALANCE_PERFORMANCE, diff
> > --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h index
> > d5595d57f4e5..0693269fb775 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> > @@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ struct cpufreq_freqs {
> > u8 flags; /* flags of cpufreq_driver, see below. */
> > };
> >
> > +enum energy_perf_value_index {
> > + EPP_INDEX_DEFAULT = 0,
> > + EPP_INDEX_PERFORMANCE,
> > + EPP_INDEX_BALANCE_PERFORMANCE,
> > + EPP_INDEX_BALANCE_POWERSAVE,
> > + EPP_INDEX_POWERSAVE,
> > +};
> > +extern const char * const energy_perf_strings[]; extern unsigned int
> > +epp_values[];
> > +
> > /* Only for ACPI */
> > #define CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_NONE (0) /* None */
> > #define CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_HW (1) /* HW does needed
> coordination */
>
> I think the right place for these variables and strings is in the cppc library
> source file that is common across CPPC implementations.