Merge back cpufreq material for 6.9-rc1.

Author: rafaeljw

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -374,6 +374,11 @@
 			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
 			  to the current workload.
 
+	amd_prefcore=
+			[X86]
+			disable
+			  Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
+
 	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
 			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
 			Format: <a>,<b>

Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst

@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ platforms. The AMD P-States mechanism is the more performance and energy
 efficiency frequency management method on AMD processors.
 
 
-AMD Pstate Driver Operation Modes
-=================================
+``amd-pstate`` Driver Operation Modes
+======================================
 
 ``amd_pstate`` CPPC has 3 operation modes: autonomous (active) mode,
 non-autonomous (passive) mode and guided autonomous (guided) mode.
@@ -353,6 +353,48 @@ is activated.  In this mode, driver requests minimum and maximum performance
 level and the platform autonomously selects a performance level in this range
 and appropriate to the current workload.
 
+``amd-pstate`` Preferred Core
+=================================
+
+The core frequency is subjected to the process variation in semiconductors.
+Not all cores are able to reach the maximum frequency respecting the
+infrastructure limits. Consequently, AMD has redefined the concept of
+maximum frequency of a part. This means that a fraction of cores can reach
+maximum frequency. To find the best process scheduling policy for a given
+scenario, OS needs to know the core ordering informed by the platform through
+highest performance capability register of the CPPC interface.
+
+``amd-pstate`` preferred core enables the scheduler to prefer scheduling on
+cores that can achieve a higher frequency with lower voltage. The preferred
+core rankings can dynamically change based on the workload, platform conditions,
+thermals and ageing.
+
+The priority metric will be initialized by the ``amd-pstate`` driver. The ``amd-pstate``
+driver will also determine whether or not ``amd-pstate`` preferred core is
+supported by the platform.
+
+``amd-pstate`` driver will provide an initial core ordering when the system boots.
+The platform uses the CPPC interfaces to communicate the core ranking to the
+operating system and scheduler to make sure that OS is choosing the cores
+with highest performance firstly for scheduling the process. When ``amd-pstate``
+driver receives a message with the highest performance change, it will
+update the core ranking and set the cpu's priority.
+
+``amd-pstate`` Preferred Core Switch
+=====================================
+Kernel Parameters
+-----------------
+
+``amd-pstate`` peferred core`` has two states: enable and disable.
+Enable/disable states can be chosen by different kernel parameters.
+Default enable ``amd-pstate`` preferred core.
+
+``amd_prefcore=disable``
+
+For systems that support ``amd-pstate`` preferred core, the core rankings will
+always be advertised by the platform. But OS can choose to ignore that via the
+kernel parameter ``amd_prefcore=disable``.
+
 User Space Interface in ``sysfs`` - General
 ===========================================
 
@@ -385,6 +427,19 @@ control its functionality at the system level.  They are located in the
         to the operation mode represented by that string - or to be
         unregistered in the "disable" case.
 
+``prefcore``
+	Preferred core state of the driver: "enabled" or "disabled".
+
+	"enabled"
+		Enable the ``amd-pstate`` preferred core.
+
+	"disabled"
+		Disable the ``amd-pstate`` preferred core
+
+
+        This attribute is read-only to check the state of preferred core set
+        by the kernel parameter.
+
 ``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate``
 ===============================================
 

arch/x86/Kconfig

@@ -1054,8 +1054,9 @@ config SCHED_MC
 
 config SCHED_MC_PRIO
 	bool "CPU core priorities scheduler support"
-	depends on SCHED_MC && CPU_SUP_INTEL
-	select X86_INTEL_PSTATE
+	depends on SCHED_MC
+	select X86_INTEL_PSTATE if CPU_SUP_INTEL
+	select X86_AMD_PSTATE if CPU_SUP_AMD && ACPI
 	select CPU_FREQ
 	default y
 	help

drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c

@@ -1157,6 +1157,19 @@ int cppc_get_nominal_perf(int cpunum, u64 *nominal_perf)
 	return cppc_get_perf(cpunum, NOMINAL_PERF, nominal_perf);
 }
 
+/**
+ * cppc_get_highest_perf - Get the highest performance register value.
+ * @cpunum: CPU from which to get highest performance.
+ * @highest_perf: Return address.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 for success, -EIO otherwise.
+ */
+int cppc_get_highest_perf(int cpunum, u64 *highest_perf)
+{
+	return cppc_get_perf(cpunum, HIGHEST_PERF, highest_perf);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cppc_get_highest_perf);
+
 /**
  * cppc_get_epp_perf - Get the epp register value.
  * @cpunum: CPU from which to get epp preference value.

drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE 0x80
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_POWER	0x81
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_THROTTLING	0x82
+#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_HIGEST_PERF_CHANGED	0x85
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Diefenbaugh");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI Processor Driver");
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ static void acpi_processor_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 		acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(device->pnp.device_class,
 						  dev_name(&device->dev), event, 0);
 		break;
+	case ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_HIGEST_PERF_CHANGED:
+		cpufreq_update_limits(pr->id);
+		acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(device->pnp.device_class,
+						  dev_name(&device->dev), event, 0);
+		break;
 	default:
 		acpi_handle_debug(handle, "Unsupported event [0x%x]\n", event);
 		break;