[RFT][PATCH v1 8/8] cpufreq: intel_pstate: EAS: Increase cost for CPUs using L3 cache

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

On some hybrid platforms some efficient CPUs (E-cores) are not connected
to the L3 cache, but there are no other differences between them and the
other E-cores that use L3.  In that case, it is generally more efficient
to run "light" workloads on the E-cores that do not use L3 and allow all
of the cores using L3, including P-cores, to go into idle states.

For this reason, slightly increase the cost for all CPUs sharing the L3
cache to make EAS prefer CPUs that do not use it to the other CPUs with
the same perf-to-frequency scaling factor (if any).

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@
 			   unsigned long *cost)
 {
 	struct pstate_data *pstate = &all_cpu_data[dev->id]->pstate;
+	struct cpu_cacheinfo *cacheinfo = get_cpu_cacheinfo(dev->id);
 
 	/*
 	 * The smaller the perf-to-frequency scaling factor, the larger the IPC
@@ -991,6 +992,13 @@
 	 * of the same type in different "utilization bins" is different.
 	 */
 	*cost = div_u64(100ULL * INTEL_PSTATE_CORE_SCALING, pstate->scaling) + freq;
+	/*
+	 * Inrease the cost slightly for CPUs able to access L3 to avoid litting
+	 * it up too eagerly in case some other CPUs of the same type cannot
+	 * access it.
+	 */
+	if (cacheinfo->num_levels >= 3)
+		(*cost)++;
 
 	return 0;
 }