Re: [PATCH v4] x86, sched: Fix the AMD CPPC maximum perf on some specific generations

From: Alexander Monakov
Date: Wed May 12 2021 - 18:38:05 EST


On Sun, 25 Apr 2021, Huang Rui wrote:

> Some AMD Ryzen generations has different calculation method on maximum
> perf. 255 is not for all asics, some specific generations should use 166
> as the maximum perf. Otherwise, it will report incorrect frequency value
> like below:

The commit message says '255', but the code:

> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> @@ -1170,3 +1170,19 @@ void set_dr_addr_mask(unsigned long mask, int dr)
> break;
> }
> }
> +
> +u32 amd_get_highest_perf(void)
> +{
> + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
> +
> + if (c->x86 == 0x17 && ((c->x86_model >= 0x30 && c->x86_model < 0x40) ||
> + (c->x86_model >= 0x70 && c->x86_model < 0x80)))
> + return 166;
> +
> + if (c->x86 == 0x19 && ((c->x86_model >= 0x20 && c->x86_model < 0x30) ||
> + (c->x86_model >= 0x40 && c->x86_model < 0x70)))
> + return 166;
> +
> + return 225;
> +}

says 225? This is probably a typo? In any case they are out of sync.

Alexander