Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] cpufreq/amd-pstate: Add dynamic energy performance preference

[Mario Limonciello]

On 3/12/2025 07:16, Dhananjay Ugwekar wrote:
> On 3/4/2025 8:53 PM, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Dynamic energy performance preference will change the EPP profile
> > based on whether the machine is running on AC or DC power.
> >
> > A notification chain from the power supply core is used to adjust
> > EPP values on plug in or plug out events.
> >
> > For non-server systems:
> >      * the default EPP for AC mode is `performance`.
> >      * the default EPP for DC mode is `balance_performance`.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v1->v2:
> >   * Change defaults to performance (AC) and balance_performance (DC)
> >   * Default Kconfig to disabled for now
> >   * Rebase on latest branch
> > ---
> >   Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst |  18 ++-
> >   drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86                 |  12 ++
> >   drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c                | 129 ++++++++++++++++++--
> >   drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.h                |   5 +-
> >   4 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> [Snip]
> > @@ -1556,6 +1667,10 @@ static int amd_pstate_epp_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> >   	if (!policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
> >   		return -ENODEV;
> >   
> > +	/* policy can't be changed to performance policy while dynamic epp is enabled */
> > +	if (policy->policy == CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE && cpudata->dynamic_epp)
> > +		return -EBUSY;
>
> We might need to tweak this condition, because if we enable "CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE_DYNAMIC_EPP" in config
> and boot with "amd_pstate=active" it lands here (cpufreq_online()->amd_pstate_epp_set_policy()) driver init fails
> as the default governor is performance.

The check is important to make sure that you can't go to performance 
mode after init.

I think this is the way I would want to solve it.
Set policy to powersave before enabling dynamic epp for 
amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init().

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 824756ac0010e..4a0f561d0e2d1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -1729,8 +1729,10 @@ static int amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init(struct 
cpufreq_policy *policy)
                WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->cppc_req_cached, value);
        }

-       if (dynamic_epp)
+       if (dynamic_epp) {
+               policy->policy = CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE;
                ret = amd_pstate_set_dynamic_epp(policy);
+       }
        else
                ret = amd_pstate_set_epp(policy, 
amd_pstate_get_balanced_epp(policy));
        if (ret)

Thoughts?

> > +
> >   	cpudata->policy = policy->policy;
> >   
> >   	ret = amd_pstate_epp_update_limit(policy);
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.h b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.h
> > index fbe1c08d3f061..6882876f895de 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.h
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.h
> > @@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ struct amd_cpudata {
> >   	/* EPP feature related attributes*/
> >   	u32	policy;
> >   	bool	suspended;
> > -	u8	epp_default;
> > +	u8	epp_default_ac;
> > +	u8	epp_default_dc;
> > +	bool	dynamic_epp;
> > +	struct notifier_block power_nb;
> >   };
> >   
> >   /*