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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2018-03-22 17:50:49 +0100
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2018-04-06 09:29:34 +0200
commit45f1ff59e27ca59d33cc1a317e669d90022ccf7d (patch)
tree6c572de885a950cab84ed344072cd113eedfe79d /drivers/cpuidle
parentefefc97736e6f3261879bc9dddcb161224a455f5 (diff)
downloadlinux-45f1ff59e27ca59d33cc1a317e669d90022ccf7d.tar.bz2
cpuidle: Return nohz hint from cpuidle_select()
Add a new pointer argument to cpuidle_select() and to the ->select cpuidle governor callback to allow a boolean value indicating whether or not the tick should be stopped before entering the selected state to be returned from there. Make the ladder governor ignore that pointer (to preserve its current behavior) and make the menu governor return 'false" through it if: (1) the idle exit latency is constrained at 0, or (2) the selected state is a polling one, or (3) the expected idle period duration is within the tick period range. In addition to that, the correction factor computations in the menu governor need to take the possibility that the tick may not be stopped into account to avoid artificially small correction factor values. To that end, add a mechanism to record tick wakeups, as suggested by Peter Zijlstra, and use it to modify the menu_update() behavior when tick wakeup occurs. Namely, if the CPU is woken up by the tick and the return value of tick_nohz_get_sleep_length() is not within the tick boundary, the predicted idle duration is likely too short, so make menu_update() try to compensate for that by updating the governor statistics as though the CPU was idle for a long time. Since the value returned through the new argument pointer of cpuidle_select() is not used by its caller yet, this change by itself is not expected to alter the functionality of the code. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpuidle')
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c10
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c3
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c59
3 files changed, 57 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index 0003e9a02637..6df894d65d9e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -272,12 +272,18 @@ int cpuidle_enter_state(struct cpuidle_device *dev, struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
*
* @drv: the cpuidle driver
* @dev: the cpuidle device
+ * @stop_tick: indication on whether or not to stop the tick
*
* Returns the index of the idle state. The return value must not be negative.
+ *
+ * The memory location pointed to by @stop_tick is expected to be written the
+ * 'false' boolean value if the scheduler tick should not be stopped before
+ * entering the returned state.
*/
-int cpuidle_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
+int cpuidle_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev,
+ bool *stop_tick)
{
- return cpuidle_curr_governor->select(drv, dev);
+ return cpuidle_curr_governor->select(drv, dev, stop_tick);
}
/**
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
index 1ad8745fd6d6..b24883f85c99 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ static inline void ladder_do_selection(struct ladder_device *ldev,
* ladder_select_state - selects the next state to enter
* @drv: cpuidle driver
* @dev: the CPU
+ * @dummy: not used
*/
static int ladder_select_state(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
- struct cpuidle_device *dev)
+ struct cpuidle_device *dev, bool *dummy)
{
struct ladder_device *ldev = this_cpu_ptr(&ladder_devices);
struct device *device = get_cpu_device(dev->cpu);
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index aa390404e85f..f53a929bd2bd 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
struct menu_device {
int last_state_idx;
int needs_update;
+ int tick_wakeup;
unsigned int next_timer_us;
unsigned int predicted_us;
@@ -279,8 +280,10 @@ again:
* menu_select - selects the next idle state to enter
* @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data
* @dev: the CPU
+ * @stop_tick: indication on whether or not to stop the tick
*/
-static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
+static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev,
+ bool *stop_tick)
{
struct menu_device *data = this_cpu_ptr(&menu_devices);
struct device *device = get_cpu_device(dev->cpu);
@@ -303,8 +306,10 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
latency_req = resume_latency;
/* Special case when user has set very strict latency requirement */
- if (unlikely(latency_req == 0))
+ if (unlikely(latency_req == 0)) {
+ *stop_tick = false;
return 0;
+ }
/* determine the expected residency time, round up */
data->next_timer_us = ktime_to_us(tick_nohz_get_sleep_length());
@@ -354,6 +359,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
if (latency_req > interactivity_req)
latency_req = interactivity_req;
+ expected_interval = data->predicted_us;
/*
* Find the idle state with the lowest power while satisfying
* our constraints.
@@ -369,15 +375,30 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
idx = i; /* first enabled state */
if (s->target_residency > data->predicted_us)
break;
- if (s->exit_latency > latency_req)
+ if (s->exit_latency > latency_req) {
+ /*
+ * If we break out of the loop for latency reasons, use
+ * the target residency of the selected state as the
+ * expected idle duration so that the tick is retained
+ * as long as that target residency is low enough.
+ */
+ expected_interval = drv->states[idx].target_residency;
break;
-
+ }
idx = i;
}
if (idx == -1)
idx = 0; /* No states enabled. Must use 0. */
+ /*
+ * Don't stop the tick if the selected state is a polling one or if the
+ * expected idle duration is shorter than the tick period length.
+ */
+ if ((drv->states[idx].flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_POLLING) ||
+ expected_interval < TICK_USEC)
+ *stop_tick = false;
+
data->last_state_idx = idx;
return data->last_state_idx;
@@ -397,6 +418,7 @@ static void menu_reflect(struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index)
data->last_state_idx = index;
data->needs_update = 1;
+ data->tick_wakeup = tick_nohz_idle_got_tick();
}
/**
@@ -427,14 +449,27 @@ static void menu_update(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
* assume the state was never reached and the exit latency is 0.
*/
- /* measured value */
- measured_us = cpuidle_get_last_residency(dev);
-
- /* Deduct exit latency */
- if (measured_us > 2 * target->exit_latency)
- measured_us -= target->exit_latency;
- else
- measured_us /= 2;
+ if (data->tick_wakeup && data->next_timer_us > TICK_USEC) {
+ /*
+ * The nohz code said that there wouldn't be any events within
+ * the tick boundary (if the tick was stopped), but the idle
+ * duration predictor had a differing opinion. Since the CPU
+ * was woken up by a tick (that wasn't stopped after all), the
+ * predictor was not quite right, so assume that the CPU could
+ * have been idle long (but not forever) to help the idle
+ * duration predictor do a better job next time.
+ */
+ measured_us = 9 * MAX_INTERESTING / 10;
+ } else {
+ /* measured value */
+ measured_us = cpuidle_get_last_residency(dev);
+
+ /* Deduct exit latency */
+ if (measured_us > 2 * target->exit_latency)
+ measured_us -= target->exit_latency;
+ else
+ measured_us /= 2;
+ }
/* Make sure our coefficients do not exceed unity */
if (measured_us > data->next_timer_us)