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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpuidle')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c | 94 |
1 files changed, 93 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c index e2864474a98d..987fc5f3997d 100644 --- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c @@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ /* * Timer events oriented CPU idle governor * + * TEO governor: * Copyright (C) 2018 - 2021 Intel Corporation * Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> + * + * Util-awareness mechanism: + * Copyright (C) 2022 Arm Ltd. + * Author: Kajetan Puchalski <kajetan.puchalski@arm.com> */ /** @@ -99,15 +104,56 @@ * select the given idle state instead of the candidate one. * * 3. By default, select the candidate state. + * + * Util-awareness mechanism: + * + * The idea behind the util-awareness extension is that there are two distinct + * scenarios for the CPU which should result in two different approaches to idle + * state selection - utilized and not utilized. + * + * In this case, 'utilized' means that the average runqueue util of the CPU is + * above a certain threshold. + * + * When the CPU is utilized while going into idle, more likely than not it will + * be woken up to do more work soon and so a shallower idle state should be + * selected to minimise latency and maximise performance. When the CPU is not + * being utilized, the usual metrics-based approach to selecting the deepest + * available idle state should be preferred to take advantage of the power + * saving. + * + * In order to achieve this, the governor uses a utilization threshold. + * The threshold is computed per-CPU as a percentage of the CPU's capacity + * by bit shifting the capacity value. Based on testing, the shift of 6 (~1.56%) + * seems to be getting the best results. + * + * Before selecting the next idle state, the governor compares the current CPU + * util to the precomputed util threshold. If it's below, it defaults to the + * TEO metrics mechanism. If it's above, the closest shallower idle state will + * be selected instead, as long as is not a polling state. */ #include <linux/cpuidle.h> #include <linux/jiffies.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/sched/clock.h> +#include <linux/sched/topology.h> #include <linux/tick.h> /* + * The number of bits to shift the CPU's capacity by in order to determine + * the utilized threshold. + * + * 6 was chosen based on testing as the number that achieved the best balance + * of power and performance on average. + * + * The resulting threshold is high enough to not be triggered by background + * noise and low enough to react quickly when activity starts to ramp up. + */ +#define UTIL_THRESHOLD_SHIFT 6 + + +/* * The PULSE value is added to metrics when they grow and the DECAY_SHIFT value * is used for decreasing metrics on a regular basis. */ @@ -137,9 +183,11 @@ struct teo_bin { * @time_span_ns: Time between idle state selection and post-wakeup update. * @sleep_length_ns: Time till the closest timer event (at the selection time). * @state_bins: Idle state data bins for this CPU. - * @total: Grand total of the "intercepts" and "hits" mertics for all bins. + * @total: Grand total of the "intercepts" and "hits" metrics for all bins. * @next_recent_idx: Index of the next @recent_idx entry to update. * @recent_idx: Indices of bins corresponding to recent "intercepts". + * @util_threshold: Threshold above which the CPU is considered utilized + * @utilized: Whether the last sleep on the CPU happened while utilized */ struct teo_cpu { s64 time_span_ns; @@ -148,11 +196,30 @@ struct teo_cpu { unsigned int total; int next_recent_idx; int recent_idx[NR_RECENT]; + unsigned long util_threshold; + bool utilized; }; static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct teo_cpu, teo_cpus); /** + * teo_cpu_is_utilized - Check if the CPU's util is above the threshold + * @cpu: Target CPU + * @cpu_data: Governor CPU data for the target CPU + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +static bool teo_cpu_is_utilized(int cpu, struct teo_cpu *cpu_data) +{ + return sched_cpu_util(cpu) > cpu_data->util_threshold; +} +#else +static bool teo_cpu_is_utilized(int cpu, struct teo_cpu *cpu_data) +{ + return false; +} +#endif + +/** * teo_update - Update CPU metrics after wakeup. * @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data. * @dev: Target CPU. @@ -323,6 +390,22 @@ static int teo_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev, goto end; } + cpu_data->utilized = teo_cpu_is_utilized(dev->cpu, cpu_data); + /* + * If the CPU is being utilized over the threshold and there are only 2 + * states to choose from, the metrics need not be considered, so choose + * the shallowest non-polling state and exit. + */ + if (drv->state_count < 3 && cpu_data->utilized) { + for (i = 0; i < drv->state_count; ++i) { + if (!dev->states_usage[i].disable && + !(drv->states[i].flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_POLLING)) { + idx = i; + goto end; + } + } + } + /* * Find the deepest idle state whose target residency does not exceed * the current sleep length and the deepest idle state not deeper than @@ -454,6 +537,13 @@ static int teo_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev, if (idx > constraint_idx) idx = constraint_idx; + /* + * If the CPU is being utilized over the threshold, choose a shallower + * non-polling state to improve latency + */ + if (cpu_data->utilized) + idx = teo_find_shallower_state(drv, dev, idx, duration_ns, true); + end: /* * Don't stop the tick if the selected state is a polling one or if the @@ -510,9 +600,11 @@ static int teo_enable_device(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev) { struct teo_cpu *cpu_data = per_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus, dev->cpu); + unsigned long max_capacity = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(dev->cpu); int i; memset(cpu_data, 0, sizeof(*cpu_data)); + cpu_data->util_threshold = max_capacity >> UTIL_THRESHOLD_SHIFT; for (i = 0; i < NR_RECENT; i++) cpu_data->recent_idx[i] = -1; |