Re: [RFC PATCH] cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-hw: allow work to be done on other CPU for PREEMPT_RT

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2023-03-15 17:49:10 [+0100], Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Qualcomm cpufreq driver configures interrupts with affinity to each
> cluster, e.g.  dcvsh-irq-0, dcvsh-irq-4 and dcvsh-irq-7 on SM8250.
> Triggered interrupt will schedule delayed work, but, since workqueue
> prefers local CPUs, it might get executed on a CPU dedicated to realtime
> tasks causing unexpected latencies in realtime workload.
> 
> Use unbound workqueue for such case.  This might come with performance
> or energy penalty, e.g. because of cache miss or when other CPU is
> sleeping.

I miss the point where it explains that only PREEMPT_RT is affected by
this.

> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
> index 2f581d2d617d..c5ff8d25fabb 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
> @@ -390,7 +390,16 @@ static irqreturn_t qcom_lmh_dcvs_handle_irq(int irq, void *data)
>  
>  	/* Disable interrupt and enable polling */
>  	disable_irq_nosync(c_data->throttle_irq);
> -	schedule_delayed_work(&c_data->throttle_work, 0);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Workqueue prefers local CPUs and since interrupts have set affinity,
> +	 * the work might execute on a CPU dedicated to realtime tasks.
> +	 */
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
> +		queue_delayed_work_on(WORK_CPU_UNBOUND, system_unbound_wq,
> +				      &c_data->throttle_work, 0);
> +	else
> +		schedule_delayed_work(&c_data->throttle_work, 0);

You isolated CPUs and use this on PREEMPT_RT. And this special use-case
is your reasoning to make this change and let it depend on PREEMPT_RT?

If you do PREEMPT_RT and you care about latency I would argue that you
either disable cpufreq and set it to PERFORMANCE so that the highest
available frequency is set once and not changed afterwards.

>  	if (qcom_cpufreq.soc_data->reg_intr_clr)
>  		writel_relaxed(GT_IRQ_STATUS,
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>