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cpufreq: intel_pstate: Correct frequency setting in the HWP mode
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In the functions intel_pstate_hwp_set(), min/max range from HWP capability
MSR along with max_perf_pct and min_perf_pct, is used to set the HWP
request MSR. In some cases this doesn't result in the correct HWP max/min
in HWP request.

For example: In the following case:

HWP capabilities from MSR 0x771
0x70a1220

Here cpufreq min/max frequencies from above MSR dump are 700MHz and 3.2GHz
respectively.

This will result in
hwp_min = 0x07
hwp_max = 0x20

To limit max frequency to 2GHz:

perf_limits->max_perf_pct = 63 (2GHz as a percent of 3.2GHz rounded up)

With the current calculation:
adj_range = max_perf_pct * range / 100;
adj_range = 63 * (32 - 7) / 100
adj_range = 15

max = hw_min + adj_range;
max = 7 + 15 = 22

This will result in HWP request of 0x160f, which will result in a
frequency cap of 2.2GHz not 2GHz.

The problem with the above calculation is that hwp_min of 7 is treated
as 0% in the range. But max_perf_pct is calculated with respect to minimum
as 0 and max as 3.2GHz or hwp_max, so adding hwp_min to it will result in
more than the desired.

Since the min_perf_pct and max_perf_pct is already a percent of max
frequency or hwp_max, this min/max HWP request value can be calculated
directly applying these percentage to hwp_max.

Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Srinivas Pandruvada authored and Rafael J. Wysocki committed Mar 14, 2017
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11 changes: 4 additions & 7 deletions drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
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Expand Up @@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static struct freq_attr *hwp_cpufreq_attrs[] = {

static void intel_pstate_hwp_set(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
{
int min, hw_min, max, hw_max, cpu, range, adj_range;
int min, hw_min, max, hw_max, cpu;
struct perf_limits *perf_limits = limits;
u64 value, cap;

Expand All @@ -863,20 +863,17 @@ static void intel_pstate_hwp_set(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
hw_max = HWP_GUARANTEED_PERF(cap);
else
hw_max = HWP_HIGHEST_PERF(cap);
range = hw_max - hw_min;

max_perf_pct = perf_limits->max_perf_pct;
min_perf_pct = perf_limits->min_perf_pct;
min = hw_max * min_perf_pct / 100;

rdmsrl_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_HWP_REQUEST, &value);
adj_range = min_perf_pct * range / 100;
min = hw_min + adj_range;

value &= ~HWP_MIN_PERF(~0L);
value |= HWP_MIN_PERF(min);

adj_range = max_perf_pct * range / 100;
max = hw_min + adj_range;

max = hw_max * max_perf_pct / 100;
value &= ~HWP_MAX_PERF(~0L);
value |= HWP_MAX_PERF(max);

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