The existing cpu_frequency trace_event can be verbose, emitting an event
for every CPU in the policy even when their frequencies are identical.

This patch adds a new policy_frequency trace event, which provides a
more efficient alternative to cpu_frequency trace event. This option
allows users who only need frequency at a policy level more concise logs
with simpler analysis.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Wu <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c    |  2 ++
 include/trace/events/power.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 4472bb1ec83c..b65534a4fd9a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static void cpufreq_notify_transition(struct cpufreq_policy 
*policy,
                pr_debug("FREQ: %u - CPUs: %*pbl\n", freqs->new,
                         cpumask_pr_args(policy->cpus));
 
+               trace_policy_frequency(freqs->new, policy->cpu);
                for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus)
                        trace_cpu_frequency(freqs->new, cpu);
 
@@ -2214,6 +2215,7 @@ unsigned int cpufreq_driver_fast_switch(struct 
cpufreq_policy *policy,
                            arch_scale_freq_ref(policy->cpu));
        cpufreq_stats_record_transition(policy, freq);
 
+       trace_policy_frequency(freq, policy->cpu);
        if (trace_cpu_frequency_enabled()) {
                for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus)
                        trace_cpu_frequency(freq, cpu);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/power.h b/include/trace/events/power.h
index 82904291c2b8..87dbd53c8ea1 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/power.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/power.h
@@ -188,6 +188,27 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(cpu, cpu_frequency,
        TP_ARGS(frequency, cpu_id)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(policy_frequency,
+
+       TP_PROTO(unsigned int frequency, unsigned int policy_cpu),
+
+       TP_ARGS(frequency, policy_cpu),
+
+       TP_STRUCT__entry(
+               __field(u32, frequency)
+               __field(u32, policy_cpu)
+       ),
+
+       TP_fast_assign(
+               __entry->frequency = frequency;
+               __entry->policy_cpu = policy_cpu;
+       ),
+
+       TP_printk("frequency=%lu policy_cpu=%lu",
+                 (unsigned long)__entry->frequency,
+                 (unsigned long)__entry->policy_cpu)
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(cpu_frequency_limits,
 
        TP_PROTO(struct cpufreq_policy *policy),
-- 
2.51.2.1041.gc1ab5b90ca-goog


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