Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] arm64: Provide an AMU-based version of arch_freq_get_on_cpu

From: Sumit Gupta
Date: Wed Mar 20 2024 - 12:43:57 EST




On 12/03/24 14:04, Beata Michalska wrote:
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With the Frequency Invariance Engine (FIE) being already wired up with
sched tick and making use of relevant (core counter and constant
counter) AMU counters, getting the current frequency for a given CPU
on supported platforms can be achieved by utilizing the frequency scale
factor which reflects an average CPU frequency for the last tick period
length.

The solution is partially based on APERF/MPERF implementation of
arch_freq_get_on_cpu.

Suggested-by: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Beata Michalska <beata.michalska@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
index 1a2c72f3e7f8..42cb19c31719 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
#include <linux/cpufreq.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
+#include <linux/seqlock_types.h>

#include <asm/cpu.h>
#include <asm/cputype.h>
@@ -88,18 +90,31 @@ int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)
* initialized.
*/
static DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(unsigned long, arch_max_freq_scale) = 1UL << (2 * SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, arch_const_cycles_prev);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, arch_core_cycles_prev);
static cpumask_var_t amu_fie_cpus;

+struct amu_cntr_sample {
+ u64 arch_const_cycles_prev;
+ u64 arch_core_cycles_prev;
+ unsigned long last_update;
+ seqcount_t seq;
+};
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct amu_cntr_sample, cpu_amu_samples) = {
+ .seq = SEQCNT_ZERO(cpu_amu_samples.seq)
+};
+
void update_freq_counters_refs(void)
{
- this_cpu_write(arch_core_cycles_prev, read_corecnt());
- this_cpu_write(arch_const_cycles_prev, read_constcnt());
+ struct amu_cntr_sample *amu_sample = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_amu_samples);
+
+ amu_sample->arch_core_cycles_prev = read_corecnt();
+ amu_sample->arch_const_cycles_prev = read_constcnt();
}

static inline bool freq_counters_valid(int cpu)
{
+ struct amu_cntr_sample *amu_sample = per_cpu_ptr(&cpu_amu_samples, cpu);
+
if ((cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) || !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_present_mask))
return false;

@@ -108,8 +123,8 @@ static inline bool freq_counters_valid(int cpu)
return false;
}

- if (unlikely(!per_cpu(arch_const_cycles_prev, cpu) ||
- !per_cpu(arch_core_cycles_prev, cpu))) {
+ if (unlikely(!amu_sample->arch_const_cycles_prev ||
+ !amu_sample->arch_core_cycles_prev)) {
pr_debug("CPU%d: cycle counters are not enabled.\n", cpu);
return false;
}
@@ -152,20 +167,27 @@ void freq_inv_set_max_ratio(int cpu, u64 max_rate)

static void amu_scale_freq_tick(void)
{
+ struct amu_cntr_sample *amu_sample = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_amu_samples);
u64 prev_core_cnt, prev_const_cnt;
u64 core_cnt, const_cnt, scale;

- prev_const_cnt = this_cpu_read(arch_const_cycles_prev);
- prev_core_cnt = this_cpu_read(arch_core_cycles_prev);
+ prev_const_cnt = amu_sample->arch_const_cycles_prev;
+ prev_core_cnt = amu_sample->arch_core_cycles_prev;
+
+ write_seqcount_begin(&amu_sample->seq);

update_freq_counters_refs();

- const_cnt = this_cpu_read(arch_const_cycles_prev);
- core_cnt = this_cpu_read(arch_core_cycles_prev);
+ const_cnt = amu_sample->arch_const_cycles_prev;
+ core_cnt = amu_sample->arch_core_cycles_prev;

+ /*
+ * This should not happen unless the AMUs have been reset and the
+ * counter values have not been resroted - unlikely
+ */
if (unlikely(core_cnt <= prev_core_cnt ||
const_cnt <= prev_const_cnt))
- return;
+ goto leave;

/*
* /\core arch_max_freq_scale
@@ -182,6 +204,10 @@ static void amu_scale_freq_tick(void)

scale = min_t(unsigned long, scale, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
this_cpu_write(arch_freq_scale, (unsigned long)scale);
+
+ amu_sample->last_update = jiffies;
+leave:
+ write_seqcount_end(&amu_sample->seq);
}

static struct scale_freq_data amu_sfd = {
@@ -189,6 +215,61 @@ static struct scale_freq_data amu_sfd = {
.set_freq_scale = amu_scale_freq_tick,
};

+#define AMU_SAMPLE_EXP_MS 20
+
+unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ struct amu_cntr_sample *amu_sample;
+ unsigned long last_update;
+ unsigned int seq;
+ unsigned int freq;
+ u64 scale;
+
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, amu_fie_cpus) || !arch_scale_freq_ref(cpu))
+ return 0;
+
+retry:
+ amu_sample = per_cpu_ptr(&cpu_amu_samples, cpu);
+
+ do {
+ seq = raw_read_seqcount_begin(&amu_sample->seq);
+ last_update = amu_sample->last_update;
+ } while (read_seqcount_retry(&amu_sample->seq, seq));
+
+ /*
+ * For those CPUs that are in full dynticks mode,
+ * and those that have not seen tick for a while
+ * try an alternative source for the counters (and thus freq scale),
+ * if available for given policy
+ */
+ if (time_is_before_jiffies(last_update + msecs_to_jiffies(AMU_SAMPLE_EXP_MS))) {
+ struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
+ int ref_cpu = nr_cpu_ids;
+
+ if (cpumask_intersects(housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_TICK),
+ policy->cpus))
+ ref_cpu = cpumask_nth_and(cpu, policy->cpus,
+ housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_TICK));
+

This is looking for any other HK CPU within same policy for counters.
AFAIU, cpumask_nth_and() will return small_cpumask_bits/nr_cpu_ids
if the number of bits in both masks is different. Could you check
again if the current change is fine or needs something like below.
BTW, we have one CPU per policy.

cpumask_and(&mask, policy->cpus, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_TICK));
retry:
....
cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, cpumask_of(cpu));
ref_cpu = cpumask_any(&mask);

Thank you,
Sumit Gupta

+ cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
+ if (ref_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids || ref_cpu == cpu)
+ /* No alternative to pull info from */
+ return 0;
+ cpu = ref_cpu;
+ goto retry;
+ }
+ /*
+ * Reversed computation to the one used to determine
+ * the arch_freq_scale value
+ * (see amu_scale_freq_tick for details)
+ */
+ scale = arch_scale_freq_capacity(cpu);
+ freq = scale * arch_scale_freq_ref(cpu);
+ freq >>= SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
+
+ return freq;
+}
+
static void amu_fie_setup(const struct cpumask *cpus)
{
int cpu;
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