Re: [PATCH] x86: intel_epb: Set Alder Lake N and Raptor Lake P normal EPB

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 5:24 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 12:01 AM Srinivas Pandruvada
> <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Intel processors support additional software hint called EPB ("Energy
> > Performance Bias") to guide the hardware heuristic of power management
> > features to favor increasing dynamic performance or conserve energy
> > consumption.
> >
> > Since this EPB hint is processor specific, the same value of hint can
> > result in different behavior across generations of processors.
> >
> > commit 4ecc933b7d1f ("x86: intel_epb: Allow model specific normal EPB
> > value")' introduced capability to update the default power up EPB
> > based on the CPU model and updated the default EPB to 7 for Alder Lake
> > mobile CPUs.
> >
> > The same change is required for other Alder Lake-N and Raptor Lake-P
> > mobile CPUs as the current default of 6 results in higher uncore power
> > consumption. This increase in power is related to memory clock
> > frequency setting based on the EPB value.
> >
> > Depending on the EPB the minimum memory frequency is set by the
> > firmware. At EPB = 7, the minimum memory frequency is 1/4th compared to
> > EPB = 6. This results in significant power saving for idle and
> > semi-idle workload on a Chrome platform.
> >
> > For example Change in power and performance from EPB change from 6 to 7
> > on Alder Lake-N:
> >
> > Workload    Performance diff (%)    power diff
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > VP9 FHD30       0 (FPS)         -218 mw
> > Google meet     0 (FPS)         -385 mw
> >
> > This 200+ mw power saving is very significant for mobile platform for
> > battery life and thermal reasons.
> >
> > But as the workload demands more memory bandwidth, the memory frequency
> > will be increased very fast. There is no power savings for such busy
> > workloads.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > Workload                Performance diff (%) from EPB 6 to 7
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Speedometer 2.0         -0.8
> > WebGL Aquarium 10K
> > Fish                    -0.5
> > Unity 3D 2018           0.2
> > WebXPRT3                -0.5
> >
> > There are run to run variations for performance scores for
> > such busy workloads. So the difference is not significant.
> >
> > Add a new define ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_NORMAL_POWERSAVE for EPB 7
> > and use it for Alder Lake-N and Raptor Lake-P mobile CPUs.
> >
> > This modification is done originally by
> > Jeremy Compostella <jeremy.compostella@xxxxxxxxx>.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

I'm wondering if there are any plans to pick up this one into the x86
tree?  If not, I can take care of it.

> > ---
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 1 +
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c  | 7 ++++++-
> >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> > index 10ac52705892..a3eb4d3e70b8 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> > @@ -796,6 +796,7 @@
> >  #define ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_PERFORMANCE           0
> >  #define ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_BALANCE_PERFORMANCE   4
> >  #define ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_NORMAL                        6
> > +#define ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_NORMAL_POWERSAVE      7
> >  #define ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_BALANCE_POWERSAVE     8
> >  #define ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_POWERSAVE             15
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c
> > index fbaf12e43f41..3b8476158236 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c
> > @@ -204,7 +204,12 @@ static int intel_epb_offline(unsigned int cpu)
> >  }
> >
> >  static const struct x86_cpu_id intel_epb_normal[] = {
> > -       X86_MATCH_INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(ALDERLAKE_L, 7),
> > +       X86_MATCH_INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(ALDERLAKE_L,
> > +                                  ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_NORMAL_POWERSAVE),
> > +       X86_MATCH_INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(ALDERLAKE_N,
> > +                                  ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_NORMAL_POWERSAVE),
> > +       X86_MATCH_INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(RAPTORLAKE_P,
> > +                                  ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_NORMAL_POWERSAVE),
> >         {}
> >  };
> >
> > --
> > 2.31.1
> >