Re: [PATCH] tools/power turbostat: Fix Bzy_MHz calculation equation

From: Peng Liu
Date: Sun Oct 29 2023 - 23:21:00 EST


Ping

On 2023/10/7 13:46, Peng Liu wrote:
From: Peng Liu <liupeng17@xxxxxxxxxx>

To calculate Bzy_MHz, TSC_delta should multiply APERF_delta instead
of dividing it.

Signed-off-by: Peng Liu <liupeng17@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8
index 8f08c3fd498d..1ba6340d3b3d 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ below the processor's base frequency.
Busy% = MPERF_delta/TSC_delta
-Bzy_MHz = TSC_delta/APERF_delta/MPERF_delta/measurement_interval
+Bzy_MHz = TSC_delta*APERF_delta/MPERF_delta/measurement_interval
Note that these calculations depend on TSC_delta, so they
are not reliable during intervals when TSC_MHz is not running at the base frequency.