Re: [PATCH 1/3] powernow-k6: disable cache when changing frequency

2014-01-06 Thread Mikulas Patocka
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 2 January 2014 23:08, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > Flushing the cache and changing frequency takes approximatelly 500us. The > > patch increases policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency to that value. > > Its not about how fast caches get cleaned but how mu

Re: [PATCH 1/3] powernow-k6: disable cache when changing frequency

2014-01-02 Thread Viresh Kumar
On 2 January 2014 23:08, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > Flushing the cache and changing frequency takes approximatelly 500us. The > patch increases policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency to that value. Its not about how fast caches get cleaned but how much time would be wasted to get them filled again as s

Re: [PATCH 1/3] powernow-k6: disable cache when changing frequency

2014-01-02 Thread Mikulas Patocka
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 12 December 2013 06:08, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > During frequency transition the processor is in "EPM Stop Grant" state. > > The documentation says that the processor doesn't respond to inquiry > > requests in this state. Consequently, coherency o

Re: [PATCH 1/3] powernow-k6: disable cache when changing frequency

2013-12-17 Thread Viresh Kumar
On 12 December 2013 06:08, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > During frequency transition the processor is in "EPM Stop Grant" state. > The documentation says that the processor doesn't respond to inquiry > requests in this state. Consequently, coherency of processor caches and > bus master devices is not m

[PATCH 1/3] powernow-k6: disable cache when changing frequency

2013-12-11 Thread Mikulas Patocka
I found out that a system with k6-3+ processor is unstable during network server load. The system locks up or the network card stops receiving. The reason for the instability is the CPU frequency scaling. During frequency transition the processor is in "EPM Stop Grant" state. The documentation say