Re: [PATCH 09/11] cpufreq: amd-pstate: implement heterogeneous core topology for highest performance initialization

From: Mario Limonciello
Date: Tue May 07 2024 - 11:19:32 EST


On 5/7/2024 02:15, Perry Yuan wrote:
Introduces an optimization to the AMD-Pstate driver by implementing
a heterogeneous core topology for the initialization of the highest
performance value while driver loading.
There are two type cores designed including performance core and
efficiency Core. each core type has different highest performance value

Capitalize the "E" in each.

and highest frequency initialized by power firmware, `amd_pstate` driver

Three things:

1. Rather than "power firmware" you should just say "platform".
2. I would use "configured" instead of "initialized"
3. This is a run on sentence.

Here's my proposed change.

Each core type has different highest performance and frequency values configured by the platform. The `amd_pstate` driver needs to identify
the type of core to correctly set an appropriate highest perf value.

need to identify the core types and set correct highest perf value.

X86_FEATURE_HETERO_CORE_TOPOLOGY is used to identify whether the
processor support heterogeneous core type by reading CPUID leaf
Fn_0x80000026_EAX and bit 30. if the bit is set as one, then amd_pstate
driver will check EBX 30:28 bits to get the core type.

Value Description:
0h Performance Core.
1h Efficiency Core.

https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/processor-tech-docs/programmer-references/24593.pdf

Use the word "Link:" to prefix this link.

PDF p274
Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 19 ++++++++++
drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/amd-pstate.h | 8 +++++
4 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 811548f131f4..30d1900bb7e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -683,10 +683,12 @@ static inline u32 per_cpu_l2c_id(unsigned int cpu)
extern u32 amd_get_highest_perf(void);
extern void amd_clear_divider(void);
extern void amd_check_microcode(void);
+extern int amd_get_this_core_type(void);
#else
static inline u32 amd_get_highest_perf(void) { return 0; }
static inline void amd_clear_divider(void) { }
static inline void amd_check_microcode(void) { }
+static inline int amd_get_this_core_type(void) { }
#endif
extern unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned long sp);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 307302af0aee..67966bdcde65 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -1219,3 +1219,22 @@ void noinstr amd_clear_divider(void)
:: "a" (0), "d" (0), "r" (1));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(amd_clear_divider);
+
+#define X86_CPU_TYPE_ID_SHIFT 28
+
+/**
+ * amd_get_this_core_type - Get the type of this heterogeneous CPU
+ *
+ * Returns the CPU type [31:28] (i.e., performance or efficient) of
+ * a CPU in the processor.
+ * If the processor has no core type support, returns -1.
+ */
+
+int amd_get_this_core_type(void)
+{
+ if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_HETERO_CORE_TOPOLOGY))
+ return -1;
+
+ return cpuid_ebx(0x80000026) >> X86_CPU_TYPE_ID_SHIFT;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(amd_get_this_core_type);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 7145248b38ec..7fe8a8fc6227 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
#define AMD_PSTATE_TRANSITION_LATENCY 20000
#define AMD_PSTATE_TRANSITION_DELAY 1000
-#define AMD_PSTATE_PREFCORE_THRESHOLD 166
+#define CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF_EFFICIENT 132
+#define CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF_PERFORMANCE 196
+#define CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF_DEFAULT 166
/*
* TODO: We need more time to fine tune processors with shared memory solution
@@ -326,6 +328,49 @@ static inline int amd_pstate_enable(bool enable)
return static_call(amd_pstate_enable)(enable);
}
+static void get_this_core_type(void *data)
+{
+ int *cpu_type = data;
+
+ *cpu_type = amd_get_this_core_type();
+}

Does this really need a static function calling a static function just to set a variable?

I would think that you can simplify it something like this:

int amd_get_core_type(void *data)
{
int *type = data;

if (!type)
return -EINVAL;
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_HETERO_CORE_TOPOLOGY)) {
*type = -1;
return -ENODEV;
}
*type = cpuid_ebx(0x80000026) >> X86_CPU_TYPE_ID_SHIFT;
}

And then amd_pstate_get_cpu_type() can call:

smp_call_function_single(cpu, amd_get_core_type, &cpu_type, 1);

+
+static int amd_pstate_get_cpu_type(int cpu)
+{
+ int cpu_type = 0;
+
+ smp_call_function_single(cpu, get_this_core_type, &cpu_type, 1);
+
+ return cpu_type;
+}
+
+static u32 amd_pstate_highest_perf_set(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
+{
+ u32 highest_perf;
+ int core_type;
+
+ core_type = amd_pstate_get_cpu_type(cpudata->cpu);
+ pr_debug("core_type %d found\n", core_type);
+
+ switch (core_type) {
+ case CPU_CORE_TYPE_NO_HETERO_SUP:
+ highest_perf = CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF_DEFAULT;
+ break;
+ case CPU_CORE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE:
+ highest_perf = CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF_PERFORMANCE;
+ break;
+ case CPU_CORE_TYPE_EFFICIENCY:
+ highest_perf = CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF_EFFICIENT;
+ break;
+ default:
+ highest_perf = CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF_DEFAULT;
+ WARN_ONCE(true, "WARNING: Undefined core type found");
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return highest_perf;
+}
+
static int pstate_init_perf(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
{
u64 cap1;
@@ -336,15 +381,7 @@ static int pstate_init_perf(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
if (ret)
return ret;
- /* For platforms that do not support the preferred core feature, the
- * highest_pef may be configured with 166 or 255, to avoid max frequency
- * calculated wrongly. we take the AMD_CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF(cap1) value as
- * the default max perf.
- */
- if (cpudata->hw_prefcore)
- highest_perf = AMD_PSTATE_PREFCORE_THRESHOLD;
- else
- highest_perf = AMD_CPPC_HIGHEST_PERF(cap1);
+ highest_perf = amd_pstate_highest_perf_set(cpudata);

I think it would be a good idea to follow up later on validate the selections of this logic from amd-pstate-ut.c.

WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf, highest_perf);
WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->max_limit_perf, highest_perf);
@@ -365,10 +402,7 @@ static int cppc_init_perf(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
if (ret)
return ret;
- if (cpudata->hw_prefcore)
- highest_perf = AMD_PSTATE_PREFCORE_THRESHOLD;
- else
- highest_perf = cppc_perf.highest_perf;
+ highest_perf = amd_pstate_highest_perf_set(cpudata);
WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf, highest_perf);
WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->max_limit_perf, highest_perf);
diff --git a/include/linux/amd-pstate.h b/include/linux/amd-pstate.h
index d58fc022ec46..869d916003f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/amd-pstate.h
+++ b/include/linux/amd-pstate.h
@@ -134,4 +134,12 @@ struct quirk_entry {
u32 lowest_freq;
};
+/* defined by CPUID_Fn80000026_EBX BIT [31:28] */
+enum amd_core_type {
+ CPU_CORE_TYPE_NO_HETERO_SUP = -1,
+ CPU_CORE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE = 0,
+ CPU_CORE_TYPE_EFFICIENCY = 1,
+ CPU_CORE_TYPE_UNDEFINED = 2,
+};
+
#endif /* _LINUX_AMD_PSTATE_H */