From: Nicole Chalhoub <n-chalh...@ti.com>
While there is CPU load, program a C-state specific one-shot timer in
order to give CPUidle another opportunity to pick a deeper C-state
instead of spending potentially long idle times in a shallow C-state.
Long winded version:
When going idle with a high load average, CPUidle menu governor will
decide to pick a shallow C-state since one of the guiding principles
of the menu governor is "The busier the system, the less impact of
C-states is acceptable" (taken from cpuidle/governors/menu.c.)
That makes perfect sense.
However, there are missed power-saving opportunities for bursty
workloads with long idle times (e.g. MP3 playback.) Given such a
workload, because of the load average, CPUidle tends to pick a shallow
C-state. Because we also go tickless, this shallow C-state is used
for the duration of the idle period. If the idle period is long, a
deeper C state would've resulted in better power savings.
This patch provides an additional opportuntity for CPUidle to pick a
deeper C-state by programming a timer (with a C-state specific timeout)
such that the CPUidle governor will have another opportunity to pick a
deeper C-state.
Adding this timer for C-state reevaluation improved the load estimation
on our ARM/OMAP4 platform and increased the time spent in deep C-states
(~50% of idle time in C-states deeper than C1). A power saving of ~10mA
at battery level is observed during MP3 playback on OMAP4/Blaze board.
Signed-off-by: Nicole Chalhoub <n-chalh...@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khil...@ti.com>
---
drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
include/linux/cpuidle.h | 4 +++
3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index 1994885..4b1ac0c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -92,13 +92,33 @@ static void cpuidle_idle_call(void)
target_state->time += (unsigned long long)dev->last_residency;
target_state->usage++;
- /* give the governor an opportunity to reflect on the outcome */
- if (cpuidle_curr_governor->reflect)
+ hrtimer_cancel(&dev->cstate_timer);
+
+ /*
+ * Give the governor an opportunity to reflect on the outcome
+ * Do not take into account the wakeups due to the hrtimer, they
+ * should not impact the predicted idle time.
+ */
+ if ((!dev->hrtimer_expired) && cpuidle_curr_governor->reflect)
cpuidle_curr_governor->reflect(dev);
trace_power_end(0);
}
/**
+ * cstate_reassessment_timer - interrupt handler of the cstate hrtimer
+ * @handle: the expired hrtimer
+ */
+static enum hrtimer_restart cstate_reassessment_timer(struct hrtimer *handle)
+{
+ struct cpuidle_device *data =
+ container_of(handle, struct cpuidle_device, cstate_timer);
+
+ data->hrtimer_expired = 1;
+
+ return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
+/**
* cpuidle_install_idle_handler - installs the cpuidle idle loop handler
*/
void cpuidle_install_idle_handler(void)
@@ -185,6 +205,10 @@ int cpuidle_enable_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
dev->enabled = 1;
+ dev->hrtimer_expired = 0;
+ hrtimer_init(&dev->cstate_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ dev->cstate_timer.function = cstate_reassessment_timer;
+
enabled_devices++;
return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index 1b12870..fd54584 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -125,10 +125,21 @@ struct menu_device {
#define LOAD_INT(x) ((x) >> FSHIFT)
#define LOAD_FRAC(x) LOAD_INT(((x) & (FIXED_1-1)) * 100)
-static int get_loadavg(void)
+static int get_loadavg(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
{
- unsigned long this = this_cpu_load();
+ unsigned long this;
+ /*
+ * this_cpu_load() returns the value of rq->load.weight
+ * at the previous scheduler tick and not the current value.
+ * If the timer expired, that means we are in idle,there
+ * are no more runnable processes in the current queue
+ * =>return the current value of rq->load.weight which is 0.
+ */
+ if (dev->hrtimer_expired == 1)
+ return 0;
+ else
+ this = this_cpu_load();
return LOAD_INT(this) * 10 + LOAD_FRAC(this) / 10;
}
@@ -166,13 +177,13 @@ static inline int which_bucket(unsigned int duration)
* to be, the higher this multiplier, and thus the higher
* the barrier to go to an expensive C state.
*/
-static inline int performance_multiplier(void)
+static inline int performance_multiplier(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
{
int mult = 1;
/* for higher loadavg, we are more reluctant */
- mult += 2 * get_loadavg();
+ mult += 2 * get_loadavg(dev);
/* for IO wait tasks (per cpu!) we add 5x each */
mult += 10 * nr_iowait_cpu(smp_processor_id());
@@ -236,6 +247,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
int latency_req = pm_qos_request(PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY);
int i;
int multiplier;
+ ktime_t timeout;
if (data->needs_update) {
menu_update(dev);
@@ -256,7 +268,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
data->bucket = which_bucket(data->expected_us);
- multiplier = performance_multiplier();
+ multiplier = performance_multiplier(dev);
/*
* if the correction factor is 0 (eg first time init or cpu hotplug
@@ -287,12 +299,27 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
break;
if (s->exit_latency > latency_req)
break;
- if (s->exit_latency * multiplier > data->predicted_us)
+ if (s->exit_latency * multiplier > data->predicted_us) {
+ /*
+ * Could not enter the next C-state because of a high
+ * load. Set a timer in order to check the load again
+ * after the timeout expires and re-evaluate cstate.
+ */
+ if (s->hrtimer_timeout != 0 && get_loadavg(dev)) {
+ timeout =
+ ktime_set(0,
+ s->hrtimer_timeout * NSEC_PER_USEC);
+ hrtimer_start(&dev->cstate_timer, timeout,
+ HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ }
break;
+ }
data->exit_us = s->exit_latency;
data->last_state_idx = i;
}
+ /* Reset hrtimer_expired which is set when the hrtimer fires */
+ dev->hrtimer_expired = 0;
return data->last_state_idx;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
index 55215cc..8d11b52 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
#define CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX 8
#define CPUIDLE_NAME_LEN 16
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ struct cpuidle_state {
unsigned int exit_latency; /* in US */
unsigned int power_usage; /* in mW */
unsigned int target_residency; /* in US */
+ unsigned int hrtimer_timeout; /* in US */
unsigned long long usage;
unsigned long long time; /* in US */
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ struct cpuidle_device {
struct completion kobj_unregister;
void *governor_data;
struct cpuidle_state *safe_state;
+ struct hrtimer cstate_timer;
+ unsigned int hrtimer_expired;
};
DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device *, cpuidle_devices);
--
1.7.0.4
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