[Utopic][SRU][PATCH v2 1/4] cpuidle: powernv: Populate cpuidle state details by querying the device-tree

Chris J Arges chris.j.arges at canonical.com
Thu Jul 2 15:35:41 UTC 2015


From: "Preeti U. Murthy" <preeti at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470404

We hard code the metrics relevant for cpuidle states in the kernel today.
Instead pick them up from the device tree so that they remain relevant
and updated for the system that the kernel is running on.

Signed-off-by: Preeti U. Murthy <preeti at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu <shreyas at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki at intel.com>
(backported from commit 74aa51b5ccd3975392e30d11820dc073c5f2cd32)
Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges at canonical.com>

Conflicts:
	drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
---
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
index de61b9a..a489b56 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ static int powernv_add_idle_states(void)
 	int nr_idle_states = 1; /* Snooze */
 	int dt_idle_states;
 	const __be32 *idle_state_flags;
-	u32 len_flags, flags;
+	const __be32 *idle_state_latency;
+	u32 len_flags, flags, latency_ns;
 	int i;
 
 	/* Currently we have snooze statically defined */
@@ -177,18 +178,32 @@ static int powernv_add_idle_states(void)
 		return nr_idle_states;
 	}
 
+	idle_state_latency = of_get_property(power_mgt,
+			"ibm,cpu-idle-state-latencies-ns", NULL);
+	if (!idle_state_latency) {
+		pr_warn("DT-PowerMgmt: missing ibm,cpu-idle-state-latencies-ns\n");
+		return nr_idle_states;
+	}
+
 	dt_idle_states = len_flags / sizeof(u32);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dt_idle_states; i++) {
 
 		flags = be32_to_cpu(idle_state_flags[i]);
+
+		/* Cpuidle accepts exit_latency in us and we estimate
+		 * target residency to be 10x exit_latency
+		 */
+		latency_ns = be32_to_cpu(idle_state_latency[i]);
 		if (flags & OPAL_PM_NAP_ENABLED) {
 			/* Add NAP state */
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].name, "Nap");
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].desc, "Nap");
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].flags = CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIME_VALID;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].exit_latency = 10;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency = 100;
+			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].exit_latency =
+					((unsigned int)latency_ns) / 1000;
+			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency =
+					((unsigned int)latency_ns / 100);
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].enter = &nap_loop;
 			nr_idle_states++;
 		}
@@ -200,8 +215,10 @@ static int powernv_add_idle_states(void)
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].desc, "FastSleep");
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].flags =
 				CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIME_VALID | CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIMER_STOP;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].exit_latency = 300;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency = 1000000;
+			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].exit_latency =
+					((unsigned int)latency_ns) / 1000;
+			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency =
+					((unsigned int)latency_ns / 100);
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].enter = &fastsleep_loop;
 			nr_idle_states++;
 		}
-- 
1.9.1





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