Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] PM / DEVFREQ: add example governors

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, MyungJoo Ham wrote:
> Three CPUFREQ-like governors are provided as examples.
> 
> powersave: use the lowest frequency possible. The user (device) should
> set the polling_ms as 0 because polling is useless for this governor.
> 
> performance: use the highest freqeuncy possible. The user (device)
> should set the polling_ms as 0 because polling is useless for this
> governor.
> 
> simple_ondemand: simplified version of CPUFREQ's ONDEMAND governor.
> 
> When a user updates OPP entries (enable/disable/add), OPP framework
> automatically notifies DEVFREQ to update operating frequency
> accordingly. Thus, DEVFREQ users (device drivers) do not need to update
> DEVFREQ manually with OPP entry updates or set polling_ms for powersave
> , performance, or any other "static" governors.

Well, do you expect anyone to actually use them?  If not, it would make
more sense to put them into a doc.

Thanks,
Rafael


> Signed-off-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/power/devfreq.c |   69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/devfreq.h      |    5 +++
>  2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/devfreq.c b/drivers/base/power/devfreq.c
> index 8e2e45b..251d761 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/power/devfreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/devfreq.c
> @@ -351,3 +351,72 @@ static int __init devfreq_init(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  late_initcall(devfreq_init);
> +
> +static int devfreq_powersave_func(struct devfreq *df,
> +				  unsigned long *freq)
> +{
> +	*freq = 0; /* devfreq_do will run "ceiling" to 0 */
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +struct devfreq_governor devfreq_powersave = {
> +	.get_target_freq = devfreq_powersave_func,
> +};
> +
> +static int devfreq_performance_func(struct devfreq *df,
> +				    unsigned long *freq)
> +{
> +	*freq = UINT_MAX; /* devfreq_do will run "floor" */
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +struct devfreq_governor devfreq_performance = {
> +	.get_target_freq = devfreq_performance_func,
> +};
> +
> +/* Constants for DevFreq-Simple-Ondemand (DFSO) */
> +#define DFSO_UPTHRESHOLD	(90)
> +#define DFSO_DOWNDIFFERENCTIAL	(5)
> +static int devfreq_simple_ondemand_func(struct devfreq *df,
> +					unsigned long *freq)
> +{
> +	struct devfreq_dev_status stat;
> +	int err = df->profile->get_dev_status(df->dev, &stat);
> +	unsigned long long a, b;
> +
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	/* Set MAX if it's busy enough */
> +	if (stat.busy_time * 100 >
> +	    stat.total_time * DFSO_UPTHRESHOLD) {
> +		*freq = UINT_MAX;
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Set MAX if we do not know the initial frequency */
> +	if (stat.current_frequency == 0) {
> +		*freq = UINT_MAX;
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Keep the current frequency */
> +	if (stat.busy_time * 100 >
> +	    stat.total_time * (DFSO_UPTHRESHOLD - DFSO_DOWNDIFFERENCTIAL)) {
> +		*freq = stat.current_frequency;
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Set the desired frequency based on the load */
> +	a = (unsigned long long) stat.busy_time * stat.current_frequency;
> +	b = div_u64(a, stat.total_time);
> +	b *= 100;
> +	b = div_u64(b, (DFSO_UPTHRESHOLD - DFSO_DOWNDIFFERENCTIAL / 2));
> +	*freq = (unsigned long) b;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +struct devfreq_governor devfreq_simple_ondemand = {
> +	.get_target_freq = devfreq_simple_ondemand_func,
> +};
> diff --git a/include/linux/devfreq.h b/include/linux/devfreq.h
> index d08e9f5..ec41ba6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/devfreq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/devfreq.h
> @@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ extern int devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
>  extern int devfreq_remove_device(struct device *dev);
>  extern int devfreq_update(struct device *dev, bool may_not_exist);
>  extern int devfreq_tickle_device(struct device *dev, unsigned long duration_ms);
> +
> +extern struct devfreq_governor devfreq_powersave;
> +extern struct devfreq_governor devfreq_performance;
> +extern struct devfreq_governor devfreq_simple_ondemand;
> +
>  #else /* !CONFIG_PM_DEVFREQ */
>  static int devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
>  			   struct devfreq_dev_profile *profile,
> 

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